Business Agility - What Is It? Why Do I Need It? SESSION 1 (Two Part Series)
Session 1: Business Agility - What is it? Why Do I Need It? - Tuesday, June 8, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Session 2: Agile 101: How to Make Your Organization Adaptable During a Constantly Changing Market - Tuesday, June 15, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
To be “Agile,” an organization needs to think about what makes them adaptable in a constantly changing business landscape. This mindset includes a style of communication and collaboration that is transparent. It’s about being an innovative team player open to new and unique ways of seeing how things work while continuing to learn and evolve. Join Stacy Colombo and Eric Freiman as they share their expertise on how to gain the insights you need to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise using SAFe and its underlying principals.
You’ve likely heard terms like ‘Business Agility’ and ‘Agile’ and may not know what they mean or how they might apply to your business. Today, more than ever, businesses everywhere face more challenges to compete and thrive in a constantly changing environment. If your business does not know what Business Agility is, you can bet that your competition does.
Business Agility is essential for quickly responding to market changes and opportunities with innovative, nimble business solutions. It is critical to just keeping up with the competition – never mind trying to beat them in the marketplace. The intent of this conversation is to provide you a blunt, candid, straight forward understanding of what Business Agility is and how your organization would benefit from it.
During this webinar you will learn:
• What does Business Agility mean?
• Why do you need it?
• What are Lean-Agile principles and practices?
• How do Lean-Agile principles support Business Agility?
• How to start down the path of building an Agile organization
Presenters:
Laurel McDevitt, Enterprise Agile Coach & Senior Program Manager, Dewpoint.
Laurel provides scaled agile transformation consulting, coaching, and training to support business agility for billion-dollar organizations. Laurel enjoys puzzles, prefers adventures to the mundane, and seeks to learn everywhere. Her education and professional certifications include a Master of Public Administration (MPA), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Prosci Certified Change Management Practioner, and a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP). After 14+ years in the project world, Laurel found a professional home when introduced to agile at scale and geeks out when discussing ways for enterprises to have both business and technology engaged and aligned. She is known to have in-depth, philosophical discussions about technology delivery with her husband while walking their Australian shepherd.
Presenters:
Eric Freiman, Service Delivery Manager, Dewpoint
Eric is a Career Information and Technology professional specializing in client service delivery management. He is experienced in application development, systems administration, and project and program management – both Lean Agile and Traditional Project Management disciplines.
Laurel McDevitt, Enterprise Agile Coach & Senior Program Manager, Dewpoint.
Laurel provides scaled agile transformation consulting, coaching, and training to support business agility for billion-dollar organizations. Laurel enjoys puzzles, prefers adventures to the mundane, and seeks to learn everywhere. Her education and professional certifications include a Master of Public Administration (MPA), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Prosci Certified Change Management Practioner, and a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP). After 14+ years in the project world, Laurel found a professional home when introduced to agile at scale and geeks out when discussing ways for enterprises to have both business and technology engaged and aligned. She is known to have in-depth, philosophical discussions about technology delivery with her husband while walking their Australian shepherd.
Session 2: Agile 101: How to Make Your Organization Adaptable During a Constantly Changing Market - Tuesday, June 15, 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
To be “Agile,” an organization needs to think about what makes them adaptable in a constantly changing business landscape. This mindset includes a style of communication and collaboration that is transparent. It’s about being an innovative team player open to new and unique ways of seeing how things work while continuing to learn and evolve. Join Stacy Colombo and Eric Freiman as they share their expertise on how to gain the insights you need to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise using SAFe and its underlying principals.
During this webinar you will learn:
• The basics of what an Agile environment looks like
• How to help your organization master business agility to thrive in competitive markets
• How to improve productivity and reduce the financial and delivery risks of big bang agile transformation
Presenters:
Presenters:
Stacy Colombo, Service Delivery Leader, Dewpoint
During her time with Dewpoint, Stacy has become SAFe Certified and has spoken on panels to help others understand the role of a Scrum Master in an Agile environment. Her role is to consult new clients and help existing clients along their Agile journey.
Eric Freiman, Service Delivery Manager, Dewpoint
Eric is a Career Information and Technology professional specializing in client service delivery management. He is experienced in application development, systems administration, and project and program management – both Lean Agile and Traditional Project Management disciplines.
Date and Time
Tuesday Jun 8, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Location
Zoom Meeting. Link will be sent to registrants the day before the event.
Fees/Admission
Free for Members
$10 for Future Members