management

Building Better Teams to Build Better UX (Panel)

Location: Salon E
April 18th, 2017
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Today's business and technology leaders understand that a good user experience (UX) is a leading factor in product success and customer happiness. Popular dogma says that cross-functional, autonomous agile teams are the way to achieve great UX -- but this isn't always true. This panel of designers, developers, and tech leaders will discuss the sources of bad UI, what the biggest helpers and inhibitors are to successful cross-functional collaboration, and what leaders should (and should not) do to help.

Modern Agile: Taking Agile Back

Location: Salon E
April 19th, 2017
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Some organizations have implemented a brand of "agile" which is full of ceremonies, conformance, compliance, and standardization; a heavyweight process that was never intended by original Agilists. Instead, we re-invigorate agility by (re)turning to values which focus teams on outcomes instead of outputs create a culture that welcomes teamwork and healthy confrontation support continuous learning and experimentation deliver real software that really works And now we move forward through continual delivery and continual deployment, using modern tools and techniques, and seeking simpler, easier, faster methods informed by our values. Come learn about modern agility, and see how you can "crank…
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It’s All in the Questions You Ask: Design Thinking 101 – Part 2

Location: Salon E
April 18th, 2017
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Why has design thinking become such a popular topic and methodology in the past 5-10 years? From Harvard Business Review, to public school education and from the Silicon Valley to the White House, more people are incorporating this problem solving method into their strategy work. In this interactive session, Len and Natalie will share basic principles of design thinking and then facilitate a mini design challenge that is sure to leave you with practical skills to apply to your work and bonded with conference attendees.

It’s All in the Questions You Ask: Design Thinking 101 – Part 1

Location: Salon E
April 18th, 2017
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Why has design thinking become such a popular topic and methodology in the past 5-10 years? From Harvard Business Review, to public school education and from the Silicon Valley to the White House, more people are incorporating this problem solving method into their strategy work. In this interactive session, Len and Natalie will share basic principles of design thinking and then facilitate a mini design challenge that is sure to leave you with practical skills to apply to your work and bonded with conference attendees.

Perfections and the Business Cycle

Location: Salon E
April 19th, 2017
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Poet and critic Paul Valéry got to the heart of the relationship between art and business when he wrote, in 1922, “[For lovers of perfection], a work is never finished...but abandoned,” the act of abandonment being “the result of weariness or an obligation to deliver.” We software developers are, in the main, lovers of perfection--and we are subject to both weariness and pressure to deliver, forces that militate against at least some of our aspirations to perfection in our work. In one sense, software must be perfect--it must run flawlessly--or it is nothing. But practitioners of the art of programming…
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Makers and Menders: Putting the Right Developers on the Right Projects

Location: Salon E
April 18th, 2017
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

When you think of a developer what comes to mind? A brogrammer living in San Francisco working 23 hours a day on the next Facebook? If so, you wouldn’t be alone. Like so many industries, software development is rife with stereotypes. And one that is particularly pervasive is the idea that all developers, if given the chance, would opt for a complete rewrite of an application. While it’s true that there are many software developers who do enjoy starting with a clean slate, there is also a group who loves working on making existing applications better. Rather than starting from…
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Lean Analytics in the Real World

Location: Salon E
April 18th, 2017
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

In this talk, Moore will share real-world case studies of how Lean Analytics helped RJMetrics, its partners, and its clients make smarter decisions at every stage of growth.