Agile Hartford Dave Kiersznowski

While the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) has been making inroads at large organizations as they look to transform and scale their agile practices, the path to success is often challenging. Organizational culture, coupled with Agile practices & methods that seem inflexible, can lead to disruption. What other options are there? Why not consider Disciplined Agile (DA)? Join the board of Agile Hartford and noted Author, Speaker, & Executive Coach Kevin Martin as we discuss the DA Fram...

Join the board of Agile Hartford as we discuss the use of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and how they can play an important part in a company's Agile transformation strategy. Steven Voyles is a consultant with the 334 group (www.the334group.com), offering Business Agility Coaching, Agile Training, and Lean / Agile Leadership. Visit them to see what they can offer your organization!The podcast refers to John Doerr's book, 'Measure what Matters', which can be found on Amazon, or at you...

Join the board of Agile Hartford as we speak with Talli Pinhasi, who has been creating engaging customer experiences since the early days of the internet. You will hear how design thinking concepts and proven practices lead to innovative customer solutions by focusing on the customer - their wants, needs, and how we can delight them. Talli also shares a long list of the benefits of integrating design thinking into all aspects of (scaled) agile — should you need your own elevator s...

Where should Agile transformations begin? While organizations gravitate to Scrum, there are significant investments in adopting the mindset, pursuing support of leadership, and pressuring the corporate culture to foster the changes necessary for success. The truth is, not every Agile transformation requires excellence with Scrum. Instead, why not start where you are and consider Kanban? While still considered an Agile method, Kanban's applicability goes far beyond software development. Join A...

Join us on the inaugural Agile Hartford podcast, as we discuss the criticality of training leadership in Agile transformations, with our guest Matt Lasater from Engaged Agility. We'll touch on key lessons learned from previous engagements, and how to instill critical Lean & Agile values to foster success. We will also explore technical agility, DevOps, Ender's Game, and Dieting as examples of good Agile practice!Visit Agile Hartford @ AgileHartford.org, and Engaged Agility @ EngagedAgilit...

Agile Hartford is now offering Podcasts to our membership... and beyond! In this brief promo, join the Agile Hartford board as we discuss what to expect from us in the coming months.