Keynote – 9:15 - 10:15
Session Title: Creating Strawberry Jam: A Roadmap for Enterprise Agile Transformation
Speaker: Dr. Ahmed Sidky

Some books make adopting Agile seem simple and straightforward. Unfortunately, it is not—especially when organizational policies and procedures hinder organizational change. Ahmed Sidky (aka Dr. Agile) shares a step-by-step process for designing a tailored road map to becoming Agile, despite the constraints surrounding you. This road map includes the three main phases of most adoption initiatives—Getting Ready, Piloting, and Spreading Agile. The getting ready phase includes evaluating your Agile readiness and educating your organization on adopting Agile principles and values rather than just Agile practices. The piloting phase describes the different criteria to remember when choosing your pilot project(s) and the value of creating a core team to assist the adoption efforts. For the spreading Agile phase, Ahmed uses the metaphor of creating Strawberry Jam to explain how Agile should be spread across the organization. He presents five steps that will help you adopt Agile values in an iterative manner. If you’re just starting out or in the middle of your large scale Agile transition, this talk will equip you with practical techniques and strategies to move from your existing process to an Agile process without starting from scratch.