Have we reached “Peak Agile”? Why, and what is next?
Abstract: Agile has been around in its many flavours since the mid 90’s. Yet after 30 years, organizations are still struggling to realize its promised benefits. Why is this so? In recent years, Mark has also seen organizations give up agile altogether after several attempts at transformation and agile adoption.
If agile is so simple and effective, why are entire conferences dedicated to getting it right? In this slightly controversial talk Mark explains why agile as a movement is currently struggling, and how we can build on our past learnings to apply more effective approaches. By doing so, teams will be reenergized
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working
Biography: Mark Lines is co-creator of Disciplined Agile with Scott W. Ambler and co-author of several books on Disciplined Agile (DA) including “Choose your WoW” translated into 8 languages. He has over 30 years of experience helping organizations around the world to be successful with solution delivery using Agile, Lean, Traditional, and Hybrid approaches. As an enterprise and team coach, his passion is reinvigorating struggling agile shops, helping them to return to the joy and productivity that teams experienced when they first learned about agile. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, and as a pilot enjoys flying in the foot hills of the Canadian Rockies.
