CONFERENCE RETROSPECTIVE
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INTRODUCTION Welcome!
I‘d like to thank everyone who attended and contributed to AgileCymru 2015, without your participation and support the conference would not have been the great success it was. There are also a couple of people who went unrecognised for their efforts. Emma Parker, without whom the whole thing would have just been another idea rattling around my brain. Karly Edwards for her tireless efforts creating website content, managing social media and creating leads and connections with sponsors and suppliers. I had the idea of a “Welsh” agile conference as far back as 2011, but inevitably life and procrastination got in the way. Part of me wasn’t even convinced that at that time “agile” was in a mature enough stage here in Wales to support it. So 2014 rolls around and I’m mulling it over, and Emma Parker more or less frog marches me down to the Wales Millennium Centre to see their events coordinator, and the rest is history. The 9 months preparing and planning the conference were full of highs and lows, and right up until April of 2015 I still wasn’t even sure we’d make it a real thing. Equal parts stressful, nerve wracking and adrenalin rush, to see the results of the hard work I put in come to fruition had made it all worthwhile. 216 enthusiastic and engaged attendees, 34 great speakers, 4 separate tracks over 2 days. We’re already planning Agile Cymru 2016, you can sign up for updates on our website, and follow us @agileCymru on Twitter and Instagram.
We hope to see you there James
THE AMAZING VENUE!
About agileCYMRU
Agile Cymru presents a sensational opportunity for those interested in a more collaborative, flexible and responsive way of working. This year, over 200 likeminded people came together to share, form ideas and learn from the leading experts, all in a bid to understand a set of underlying principles to help the teams they work with significantly improve the way they operate. During our two day collaborative exploration, attendees are immersed in a generous mix of interactive, classroom and storytelling workshops, offering practical advice, techniques and lessons from practitioners, experts and beginners. Agile Cymru is actively shaping the agile community in Wales. It is a conference where ideas collide to create an infinite number of possibilities. Our intimate coaching clinic gave attendees the opportunity to speak with a handful of speakers one on one and address any burning problems or questions head on. This is a bonus feature where individuals can book a slot on the day to receive free invaluable advice from renowned agile coaches. Our Twitter feed went into overload during and after the conference, with all attendees excited about the knowledge they could apply back in the office. Our 2015 event saw individuals from diverse backgrounds brought to the same creative space all with one aim in common – to learn how to become more agile. We’re most definitely looking forward to Agile Cymru 2016!
About the Millennium Centre, Wales
This Welsh landmark is the home of the performing arts. Since opening its doors in 2004, over 13.5 million visitors have flocked to Cardiff Bay to be entertained by musicals, operas, ballets, circus and contemporary dance. The Centre brings the arts to those who may not otherwise have the opportunity; the Wales Millennium Centre ignites artistic prowess in the Welsh community and raises aspirations through creativity. “The best theatre built in the world in the last 50 years” Lord Lloyd-Webber
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WHAT WE DID
Day 1 – Tuesday 7 July 2015
Day 2 – Wednesday 8 July 2015
9.00 – 10.30am Opening keynote: Kim Morgan ‘Working with complexity’
10.30 – 11.00am Break
8am
Coffee/Tea
9.00 – 10.30am Keynote: Neil Mullarkey, Improv
10.30 – 11.00am Break
11.00 – 12.30pm
Patrizia Bertini, Lego Serious play taster session
11.00 – 12.30pm Tobias Mayer, ‘Navigating Complexity’
12.30 – 1.30pm
Lunch
12.30 – 1.30pm
2.15 – 3.00pm
Nigel Baker, Uncertainty in an Agile World
Lunch
1.30 – 3.00pm Andrea Provaglio, Dreaming – how business intent drives your Agile initiatives 3.00pm – 3.30pm Break 3.00 – 4.30pm
Jose Casal & Lazro Wolf, Portfolio Kanban
4.30pm Complimentary drink & more networking!
3.00pm – 3.30pm Break 4.30 – 5.00pm
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DAY 1: KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Kim Morgan
Coaching at Work Magazine’s “Coaching Person of the Year” 2012, Kim Morgan is Managing Director of Barefoot Coaching Ltd, one of the UK’s leading providers of University Accredited Coach Training.
She is a sought after conference speaker on all aspects of coaching and coach education, leadership and leadership development, psychology and change management. With over 25 years’ experience of psychology and people development, across all sectors of public and private business, Kim draws extensively on her experiences of what universally works to make great leaders, successful teams and outstanding organisations. She is a specialist in delivering coaching and coach education at all levels within organisations, and has worked with many organisations to help them implement a coaching culture. Kim specialises in one to one executive coaching, team coaching and working with senior teams to bring about greater cohesion, performance and improved results. MA in Coaching and Coaching Development Author of “The Coach’s Casebook” (2015) Visiting Research Fellow in Coaching at the University of Chester Lifelong Fellowship of the National Council of Psychotherapists for outstanding contributions to the profession. Member of European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), Keynote Speaker at EMCC 16th Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Keynote speaker at ICF London Conference 2014.
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She was one of the UK’s first executive business and personal coaches, who has pioneered and led externally certified University Masters Level Post Graduate Awards in Coach Training since 2001.
DAY 1: WORKSHOPS THOMAS SUNDBERG: HOW TO FAIL A SOFTWARE PROJECT FAST AND EFFICIENTLY? e tsu@kth.se
@thomassundberg
SOPHIE MANTON: AGILE & NLP @sophiemanton
e curator@agilelib.net
@tobiasmayer
JAMES HAYES: GAME OF SCRUMS: TRIBAL BEHAVIOURS WITH AGILE AT SCALE e James.Hayes@live.co.uk
JANET GILES: OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS - CASE STUDY e janet.giles@ons.gsi.gov.uk
@janet_giles
KONSTANTIN KUDRYASHOV: MOVING AWAY FROM LEGACY CODE WITH BDD e ever.zet@gmail.com
@everzet
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TOBIAS MAYER: NAVIGATING COMPLEXITY
CLARKE CHING: HOW TO ROLL ROCKS DOWNHILL – ACCELERATING AGILE WITH GOLDRATT’S TOC e clarkeching@gmail.com
@clarkeching
LAZRO WOLF & JOSE CASAL: PORTFOLIO KANBAN
MARGARET MORGAN & TED MORRIS-DAWSON: FROM AGILE PROJECTS TO AN AGILE ORGANISATION - THE JOURNEY
MATT BARCOMB: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO MODERN LEADERSHIP
DAVID BOWER: AGILE SOFTWARE DELIVERY IN GOVERNMENT: AWARD WINNING CONTINUOUS DELIVERY - IT’S NOT ONLY GDS!
e lazaro@lazarowolf.com e jose.casal@actinium.io
e mgbarcomb@gmail.com
@lazarowolf @jose_casal
@mattbarcomb
e dave@lourish.com
@dgjbower
DAY 1: WORKSHOPS ALEX JOHNSTON: USER NEEDS DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT - THE EVOLUTION OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNS AND USER RESEARCH IN AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT e alexjohnston1@gmail.com
@x_alex_j
RACHEL DAVIES: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BEING EXTREME?
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e rachel.davies@unrulygroup.com
ANDREA PROVAGLIO: DREAMING - HOW BUSINESS INTENT DRIVES YOUR AGILE INITIATIVES e andrea@andreaprovaglio.com
@andreaprovaglio
ANDY HILES & JAMES HARVEY: WHAT WOULD THE A-TEAM DO? e andy.hiles@blueyonder.co.uk
e James@agilesnap.com
@Yolandy
@blockeight
@rachelcdavies
DAY 2: KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Neil Mullarkey
With Don’t Be Needy Be Succeedy winning the Fringe Report Award for Best Satire during a legendary run at the Edinburgh Festival, Neil’s alter ego life coach, self-help guru and Gangsta Motivator, L.Vaughan Spencer, has gone on to publish the book “Don’t Be Needy Be Succeedy; the A to Zee of Motivality”, has written and starred in instructional videos for LearnDirect (the government’s post-school learning service), has toured throughout the UK and Ireland, has appeared on Yoodoo (a website for people starting their own business), and has even featured in April Fool viral videos for The Economist in 2010 and Microsoft in 2011. He can currently be spotted offering Fast Therapy on the ‘bumperbreak’ (sponsor idents) for Nicorette on Dave, the UKTV channel. Having subsequently forged a reputation for using this unparalleled on-stage expertise to inspire people and businesses to embrace their creativity and enhance their communication skills, Neil has developed a string of prestigious corporate clients in developing innovation and agility in the workplace, including Barclays Capital, Google, Deloitte, GlaxoSmithKline, Microsoft, Vodafone, the NHS, Saatchi & Saatchi and Deloitte; transforming businesses from the inside by encouraging communication, collaboration, engagement and creativity, and simplifying some of the most complex of problems into the most compelling of solutions. e neil@neilmullarkey.com @NeilMullarkey
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From co-founding the world famous improvisation group The Comedy Store Players with Mike Myers, through to appearing on the likes of Have I Got News For You, Smith and Jones, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Austin Powers (International Man of Mystery and Goldmember), I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, Lovejoy, Saturday Live, Carrott Confidential, Paul Merton The Series, Spiceworld The Movie and QI, Neil Mullarkey has worked with some of the most talented names in comedy, film, radio and television.
FUN!
DAY 2: WORKSHOPS GAYNOR BUSSELL: MULTI-TASKING MAKES YOU STUPID e gaynor@gaynorbussell.com
@gaynorbussell
MARK SUMMERS: BUILDING METAPHORS FOR RETROSPECTIVES PAUL GODDARD: IMPROVISSSSSING WITH AGILE e paul@agilify.co.uk
@agilify_UK
BELINDA WALDOCK: AGILE IMPROVEMENT BEYOND SOFTWARE SPRING-BOARDING BUSINESS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT USING AGILE e me@belindaw.co.uk
@belindawaldock
KARL SCOTLAND: STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT THE SECRET SAUCE FOR ENTERPRISE AGILITY e kjscotland@googlemail.com
@kjscotland
MATT ROADNIGHT: STORY SLICING WORKSHOP e matt.roadnight@sprintagile.com
@mattroadnight
DAVE SNOWDEN: WEBCAST SESSION e agreements@cognitive-edge.com
@snowded
ALAN DE STE CROIX AGILE - THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY e alan.destecroix@dustyconsulting.co.uk
@ajdestec
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e mark.summers@ripple-rock.com
PATRIZIA BERTINI: LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® TASTER SESSION e pat.bertini@gmail.com
@legoviews
LIZ KEOGH: BDD: A BIT OF AN EXPERIMENT (A BIT OF BDD, A BIT OF CYNEFIN AND A BIT OF BDD FOR LIFE e liz@lunivore.com
@lunivore
DAY 2: WORKSHOPS
SPEAKER FEEDBACK
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“I enjoyed the lively discussions in Agile Cymru’s Coaches Corner” Rachel Davies
NIGEL BAKER: UNCERTAINTY IN AN AGILE WORLD e Nigel@agilebear.com
@agilebear
CHRISTINA OHANIAN: WHERE DO ‘MANAGERS’ FIT ON THE AXIS OF EVIL? e ohaniant@gmail.com
@ctohanian
ROBERT REES: BEYOND THE TWO WEEK ITERATION e robert.rees@theguardian.com
Agile Cymru 2015 was one of the most professionally organised Agile events I have been to. The quality of speakers and scheduled sessions didn’t leave any attendee bored and wandering the halls. Its difficult to pick out the top highlights, but for me the keynote Neil Mullarkey and the talk by Belinda Waldock on day two showcased the diversity that the event aimed to bring to the table. All round a first class Agile event. Andy Hiles
I loved this smaller, “boutique” conference. The sessions were top-notch as good as you’ll find anywhere in the world, with presenters from all around the world And since there weren’t hundreds of them, scheduled over the top of each other, I got to see the ones I wanted to. Clarke Ching
“Of all the a gile conferences I have attended, A gile Cymru had much more of a c ommunity focus. Peop le were relaxed and enjoying talking to oth er practitioners local . It was nice for me to walk the corridors an d many familia see so r faces too. Long may A gile Cymru carry on!” Paul Godd ard
SPEAKER FEEDBACK “Agile Cymru was delightful, insightful and well org anized. It was a great place to learn, share and refine ideas. I met so many great people exploring so many neat things. I’m really looking forward to next year’s!” Matt Barcomb
“At last, a conference that really focuses on ‘Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools’ - and not just in the program!” Andrea Provaglio
was an “Agile Cymru 2015 nce featuring enjoyable confere and similar modern XP, BDD s. Well worth development idea two days!” Thomas Sundberg
“Interesting, interactive, inspiring: Agile Cymru was a high-tech, high energy conference that I was thrilled to have the pleasure of opening. It is rare to go to an event where you can feel so much real learning and transformation taking place. Remember to move that kitchen bin, delegates of 2015!” Kim Morgan
akers and A fantastic conference, with fabulous spe agile sessio ns. It was great to meet up with fellow old friends practitio ners, to sha re ideas, catch up with ence I have and make new ones. It was the best confer y looking attended for many yea rs and I am alread forward to next yea r’s. Christina Ohanian
and “I hav e been to s of spok en at dozen ces Agile conferen ld. across the w or st I This was the be nded. hav e ev er atte Nuff said.” Nigel Baker
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I came away from the conference feeling very up-beat and optimistic about agile in South Wales. There was a tremendous energy and enthusiasm coming from both speakers and audiences which will accelerate the adoption of agile principles and practices and enable many more organisations to embrace the agile approach. Margaret Morgan
MEET THE AGILE CYMRU TEAM
Our team...
The Agile Cymru team are an eclectic bunch. We’re a mix of professionals directly involved in the agile industry and beyond. One thing’s for sure, we’re a good friendly team who stepped out of our comfort zones and initiated high level cooperation to create something truly amazing. We’re a team of motivated individuals that responded to change, and this was the key to making Agile Cymru 2015 such a success. We’re all supercharged for the coming event! Our team members are James Scrimshire, Rob Gamlin, Karly Edwards, Sam Whiting, Craig Strong, Elizabeth Hare and Alastair Watt.
AGILECYMRU 2016 IS COMING!
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