When the Agile movement began, it started with the term “lightweight processes”. Lean was closely interwoven with some of the approaches and very often referred to in the general discussion – nowadays you hardly ever read about it.

If you really want to use “Agile” approaches for more than just pushing notes over the wall, or holding meetings as ceremonies, a look at Lean is not only helpful, but actually inevitable which we will present in this talk. We’ll also put them in the context of currently fashionable approaches.

Target Audience: All kinds of change agents – either by choice or by chance.
Prerequisites: Some working knowledge of agile software development techniques and practices
Level: Advanced 

Extended Abstract:
When the Agile movement began, it started with the term “lightweight processes”. Lean was closely interwoven with some of the approaches and very often referred to in the general discussion – nowadays you hardly ever read about it.

If you really want to use “Agile” approaches for more than just pushing notes over the wall, or holding meetings as ceremonies, a look at Lean is not only helpful, but actually inevitable. Straight from “ Lean“ come many approaches that are helpful in the agile realm like:

• Visual Management (as an approach to empowerment),
• the Improvement Kata (as a leadership method),
• the Jidoka concept (as an approach to deal with automation),
• and many other ideas for change and organization,

which we will present in this talk. We’ll also put them in the context of currently fashionable approaches (like the Kanban method, Scrum, SAFe, etc.).

Um den Projektalltag zu durchbrechen, braucht es manchmal frische Ideen. Orientieren kann man sich dabei an Kontexten, die erst einmal nichts mit der Software-Entwicklung zu tun haben. Spielerische Ansätze steigern die Motivation, gemeinsame Erlebnisse wie ein Buchclub zur Weiterbildung den Teamzusammenhalt. Wir stellen einige Ideen vor und geben den Teams gute Argumente in die Hand, warum sich Spaß im Projekt auch für die Projektleitung und die Organisation auszahlt.

Zielpublikum: Entwickler:innen, Tester:innen, Projektleiter:innen, Scrum Master
Voraussetzungen: Projekterfahrung, Grundkenntnisse agiler Methoden
Schwierigkeitsgrad: Anfänger

Extended Abstract:
Wenn in das Projekt der Alltag einzieht, unbeliebte Aufgaben liegenbleiben und die Weiterentwicklung des Teams leidet, braucht es frische Ideen. Warum nicht einmal einige Gamification-Techniken ausprobieren? Oder einen Buchclub gründen, um die lange geplante, aber immer wieder verschobene Fortbildung in Eigenregie in Angriff zu nehmen?

Doch wie schafft man es, aus dem Team heraus neue Ideen zu generieren und in das Team hinein solche Ideen zu tragen? Der Vortrag zeigt dazu Wege auf und schlägt Techniken vor, die den Alltag auflockern können. Denn Spaß im Projekt, gezielt eingesetzt, stärkt nicht nur den Teamzusammenhalt, sondern bringt das Team auch auf anderen Ebenen weiter – fachlich, menschlich, kreativ. Das erhöht die Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit, die Identifikation mit Projektzielen und letztlich die Mitarbeiterbindung.

AI is being used every day to power sustainability efforts. We will look at a few areas where we have direct experience working with agriculture, oil and gas, and transportation companies to reduce their carbon footprint and their energy consumption, as well as their risk of systemic failure. We will also talk about the inherent risks of using AI in the sustainability domain, where human-machine interactions are the strongest. We will review some Responsible AI best practices that we have used.

Target Audience: Architects, Developers, Project Leader, Manager, Decision Makers
Prerequisites: None
Level: Advanced 

Can you relate to that ambiguous desire to “actually DO something” while – at the very same time – feeling an irresistible urge to “just hide under a blanket until 'this' all is over”?

I can!

In uncertainty, we humans all too often oscillate somewhere between ‘numbing’ and ‘over-action’. Yet, crises always bear something new, something that wants to be uncovered and tended – besides all the easily visible “unwanted” things.

Join us, in (my) search of sustain-ability.

But: be prepared to be surprised.

Target Audience: All curious human beings (including Developers, Architects, Managers, Project Leads)
Prerequisites: Curiosity and openness for different ways of thinking (and behaviour)
Level: Advanced

Extended Abstract:

Oh crap! Another crisis!

Or at least: another challenging, changing situation.

What can I do? What can WE do – as change supporters, as leaders, as human beings in business?

"What can I do?" is one question I asked myself A LOT of times “just for work” with teams in organisations. Now in times of pandemic, wars & climate change this question got a whole different scope and magnitude for many of us beyond work contexts.

I will take you on a little journey, sharing some of my own experiences… what worked, what didn’t… and most important: what I learned in times of crises.

You will leave that session with digestible psychological science (around Relational Frame Theory (RFT), S. Hayes et al) and most important: with tangible tools to try out yourself. At work and beyond.