Session Title

The Future of Agility as Scrum Turns 25

Abstract

The year 2020 has demonstrated the need for governments, organizations, teams and people to be more Agile. COVID-19 and the associated economic, social and environmental impact has turned many well-built plans into messy wish lists and impossible targets. Agile has become not just a competitive nice to have, but a foundational requirement for success. But what is this Agile? Is this the same agile as Scrum defined 25 years ago? Or is it some new agile that embraces everyone? In this talk Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org talks about the lessons we have learnt from Scrum and how they will provide a foundation to the future of work. He will discuss how Lean Startup, Design Thinking coupled with a people centric approach to organizational structure will, when aligned to the right customers and outcomes drive to a more agile and responsive organization.

Bio

Dave West is the product owner and CEO at scrum.org. He is a frequent keynote at major industry conferences and is a widely published author of articles and research reports. He also is the co-author of two books, The Nexus Framework For Scaling Scrum and Head First Object- Oriented Analysis and Design. He led the development of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) for IBM/Rational. After IBM/Rational, West returned to consulting and managed Ivar Jacobson Consulting for North America. Then as VP, research director Forrester research where he ran the software development and delivery practice. Prior to joining Scrum.org he was Chief Product Officer at Tasktop where he was responsible for product management, engineering and architecture. As a member of the company’s executive management team was also instrumental in growing Tasktop from a services business into a VC backed product business with a team of almost 100.