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In this talk Fedor Usakov shares his hands-on experience with different approaches to code quality control. He discusses applying automated means and talks about ways of working that proved to be most efficient for him while working with remote teams.

Embark together with Steven Sampson-Jones on a transformative journey of self-discovery through the "User Manual of Me." Learn how to create your personalised manual, fostering empowerment and promoting inclusivity, empathy, and neurodiversity within teams and organisations. Join us to unlock your true potential and embrace a culture of growth and collaboration.

In this talk Chris Compston discusses highly effective product teams, and shows how to identify and replicate them across the organisation through self-driven, continuous improvement practices.

Franziska Hauck is people strategist and leadership expert, with a strong focus on coaching leaders from the areas of tech & product. She is a qualified coach and certified mediator and a diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and belonging enabler. In her talk Franziska walks you through a leadership model and gives practical tips on developing your leader toolkit.

Carolin Metzner discusses how participating in a supervision group can be an incredibly effective learning experience for Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches. Carolin shares her personal experience of being a member of a supervision group and how it has been a valuable asset for her personal and professional growth. Additionally, Carolin explains why this format is a great way to help us maintain our mental well-being.

This talk is about streamlining the Product Backlog, fostering efficient collaboration, and aligning your team's efforts with the project's overall objectives. Also about sharing practical guidance and best practices that can be readily applied to improve Product Backlog management.

In this talk Enrico Teotti explains what a Retrospective is and where it fits in an Agile team. As well Enrico showcases the online tools that keep the participants of Agile Retrospectives engaged and shares the examples of purposeful online Retrospective activities. Enrico Teotti is an Agile Coach and (visual) Facilitator with a background in product management and software development starting in 2001.

This talk is about the importance of having a clear understanding of what constitutes a completed task in software development. We discuss how the Definition of Done can improve collaboration and communication among team members, how it can lead to higher quality software and a more efficient development process and talk about best practices for creating a strong Definition of Done.

Scott Weiner focuses in this talk on how to help Scrum teams effectively prioritize their work by business value. Scott shares a specific methodology for scoring work so that it can easily be prioritized, aligning the work teams do with business value so they maximize the value of their work.

User Stories are a usual technique for communicating requirements to the development teams. They are also used for planning and prioritization purposes. Let's recap on the fundamentals such as different formats, splitting patterns and approaches to writing good user stories.

Uncover blind spots in decision-making processes with Karen Schmidt, co-creator of the "Over the Fence" community. In her talk Karen shares two powerful tools: 1) DECISION HATS playing cards to clarify roles for any (complex) decision-making process. 2) DECISION CANVAS with powerful questions to clarify the actual need for a decision. The tools look simple, but have a powerful impact. Licensed as Creative Commons (CC-BY-CA) International 4.0, all the "Over the Fence" tools are available for free (https://overthefence.com.de/tools/).

A team Liftoff is a set of activities aimed at getting the team up-and-running as quickly as possible. Liftoff is used for launching or relaunching a team. After a successful Liftoff the team has a clear purpose, good alignment and sound understanding of the business context.

Agile is a visual way of working. In this video Olina Glindevi and Ben Walder provide a sneak peek into a powerful Framework that combines Agile Mindset with Visual Practices and share the visual tools for improving engagement, enhancing communication, simplifying concepts and making work more fun.

The Radical Collaboration® methodology can help you skillfully solve conflicts of interest, create a collaborative working environment and build high-trust relationships. In this video Andrea Altier introduces the methodology, explains the Red, Green and Pink Zones concept and shares an integrated approach to becoming more agile, innovative, and efficient.

In this talk, Paddy Corry will share some techniques to help with facilitation of any event, and some Retrospective formats to give you some ideas. The Bad Meeting Game is one of those Retrospectives that can pull all these ideas together, and help inspire an Agile team on how to make meetings better!

In this talk Steven Sampson-Jones explains how we creates an immersive Retrospective experience, by introducing graphic and visual facilitation techniques.

Remote work adds new challenges to facilitating efficient Agile Retrospectives. How do you make sure that every team member is heard? How to support team focus on eliminating persisting issues? How to measure progress? And how to provide transparency to the participants and leadership?

In this talk Yamini Hundare shares her experience acquired through failing at a Retrospective. Though failing might not be the right word - rather gaining insights from the Retrospective that didn't go as expected.

Retrospectives can be a great opportunity for a team to reflect on the deliverable and the ways of working. Is it just that, though? Could we extend the purpose of the Retrospective to a more self-reflective direction? In this talk Faye Tsampardouka explores how a team used an overwhelming impediment to promote a mindset change.

Chris Compston covers in this talk the techniques that enable effective retrospectives by highlighting the often missed, but truly important, aspects of a successful reflective and contemplative team session.

Virtual Distance is a sense of detachment that grows unconsciously when we communicate through our screens. Alison JY Lee, a leadership coach and organizational psychologist, explains how Virtual Distance can affect accountability in your remote teams, and what to do to restore true accountability and shrink that distance.

Parija Thakur - Agile Coach at Virgin Media O2 - shares some valuable resources and templates for you to practically use in your next Retros, and answers the following questions: What's the point of having Retrospectives? What format should I use? How often should I do "retros" with my team? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for?

Thabet Mabrouk (PSM1, PMP, ITIL v3) shares his R.G.P.P.E Framework: a Retrospective tool, designed by a practitioner, that enables teams to solve problems and take impactful actions in less than 70 minutes.

Pierre Neis, the author of "The New Normal: AO concepts and patterns of 21-st century agile organizations", "Swarming X4" and co-creator of #play14 explains Agile Swarming, focusing on these points:

• What did we learn from the Mongols?
• How to re-design your company from a gigantic whale to a swarm of small swift fishes?
• and why swarms are behaving?

In this talk we explore with Maria Pastorelli what challenges global teams face in 2021, what is the role of culture in shaping people's perspectives and how to overcome common obstacles. In particular Maria talks about:

• Challenges of global virtual teams
• Cultural hurdles and the power of communication
• Global best practices and experiences

Teamleadsky Framework integrates decades of research into a flexible contemporary approach to developing high performance teams in tech.
It is complementary to any management framework or methodology, and engages managers and individual contributors into a collaborative process of developing dynamic capabilities of their teams towards high performance.

Whenever we collaborate closely in a team, we will face different opinions, working styles, and preferences. Team work thus requires the ability to negotiate effectively and reach mutual gain solutions for the people involved. Becoming aware of ones own style when faced with conflict is a great tool for becoming an effective negotiator. In this talk Anna Bernhardt explains the great model from Thomas & Kilman on conflict modes.

Service Blueprint is a technique used to visualize organizational processes in order to optimize how a business delivers a user experience. Christoph Steinlehner talks about using Service Blueprints as a user-centric approach to structure organizations and how to benefit from design methods for having structured conversations about managing organizations.

Technical professionals need to learn a bunch of new skills to help them succeed in a leadership role. Together with Ronaldo Chicareli who wrote a book on this topic we discuss which skills are critical for newly promoted leaders and how you can guide the people in your teams on their path to leadership.

Team Topologies approach described in a book by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais in 2019 brings new thinking around effective team structures in tech. It provides a consistent actionable guide for evolving team design and interactions to consistently cope with changes.

Self-selection is a facilitated process of letting people self-organize into small, cross-functional teams. On the example of an organizational transformation that he has led, Ozren explains how to restructure a company and create a healthy ground for building a learning organization. All that just by empowering people, trusting them and 100% remotely!

The talk covers topics like how to get started with Nexus Scrum, pitfalls to watch for, challenges you may face and how you can potentially address them. The presentation also discusses the human side of challenges in getting value out of Scrum.

Dr. Stylianos Kampakis explains why organizations should become data-centric and what are the crucial steps to take you there. He covers the differences between data-centric, data-informed, and data-driven and explains what role does culture play in the adoption of AI and Data Science.

In this video we recap on the umbrella term Systems Thinking, clarify why Systems Thinking is necessary for a Product Manager (as well as any other role involved in cross-functional activities) and get familiar with three systemic approaches to setting up collaboration with teams, leads and stakeholders.

PACE is a structured innovation process, based on the combination of Design Thinking, Lean Startup and Agile Scrum.
It involves continuous validation with the customer to ensure that a product or service is the one that the customer really wants.
PACE is created by the ING Group - a Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam.