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Lean Kanban North America 2014

San Francisco, CA | May 5-8, 2014

KEYNOTES

Think Anew, Act Anew

Speaker: Dave Snowden

Beyond Budgeting: An Agile Mgmt Model for New Business

Speaker: Bjarte Bogsnes

MAIN STAGE TALKS

Decisions, Commitments and Real Options

Speaker: Jabe Bloom

Improving Lean Kanban in Large Distributed Teams

Speaker: Luke Hohmann

Wiki Management: The Future of Management Has Already Arrived!

Speaker: Rod Collins

Decision Making and Communication Across Time and Space

Speaker: Kathleen Mosier

Overview of Lean Kanban University

Speaker: Janice Linden Reed

Interactive Workshop Summaries

Moderator: Frank Vega

Brickell Key Awards

Moderator: Russell Healy

LEAN APPLIED SESSIONS

Using Systems Thinking to (re) Create Education

Speaker: Trace Pickering

Using Kata to Address Wicked Problems in Safety

Speaker: Will Lichtig

Taking the Risk out of High-Risk Endeavors

Speaker: Digby Christian

Choosing By Advantages

Speaker: Hal Macomber

“Power to the Edge” – Reinterpreting Lean to Reduce Conflicts and Increase Synergy

Speaker: Gregory Howell

EVOLVING PRODUCT MANAGEMENT SESSIONS

From Fragile to Agile: The 4 Roles of Product Management

Speaker: Steve Johnson

Product Management and Systems Thinking – A Jimdo Case Study

Speaker: Arne Roock

Black Swan Farming Using Cost of Delay

Speakers: Özlem Yüce and Joshua Arnold

Demystifying Agile Product Management

Speaker: Rich Mironov

Lean Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Speaker: Dave West

IGNITE TALKS

Mgr (Bill): Why haven’t you attended standups or updated Jira? Engineer: I don’t believe in agile or collaborating (true story)

Speaker: Michael Birkhead

Behavior-Driven Process Management (BDPM)

Speaker: Itamar Goldminz

How using continuous discovery improves continuous flow (or) continuously learn and improve your continuous delivery

Speaker: Aaron Sanders

Visibility is my superpower

Speaker: Julia Wester

Chuck Norris and the handling of rework

Speaker: Klaus Leopold

Why should I measure and where should I start to do so?

Speaker: Wolfgang Wiedenroth

Influence is all about trust

Speaker: Jason Yip

LEAN STARTUP SESSIONS

Quantifying Risk for Innovation Teams

Speaker: Sam McAfee

Modern Analytics: How to Think About Event Data

Speaker: Michelle Wetlzer

Going the Distance: Creating a Sustainable Startup

Speaker: William Pietri

Imagining Lean Biotech

Speaker: DJ Kleinbaum

Growing An Innovative Culture

Speaker: Joanne Molesky

BEYOND BUDGETING SESSIONS

Moving Beyond Budgets to Create More Agile, Adaptive Organizations

Speaker: Steve Player

Eliminating Budgets to Enable Lean Management

Speaker: Kevin Meyer

The HOLT CAT Journey Towards World Class Forecasting

Speaker: Gretchen Stepke

Using Self-Directed Teams to Engage and Empower the Organization

Speaker: Doug Kirkpatrick

KANBAN SESSIONS

Indefinite, Unsustainable Pace

Speaker: Eric Green

The Inner Game of Kanban

Speaker: Russell Healy

Leadership as a Design Problem

Speaker: Frode Odegard

Values, Agendas and Change at Scale: Kanban’s Bigger Picture

Speaker: Mike Burrows

Amdocs SBG

Speakers: Keren Yahalom and Yaki Koren

MANAGING RISK SESSIONS

The Impact of Agile Quantified: A de-Mystery Thriller

Speaker: Larry Maccherone

New Methods for Minimizing Risk During Product Development

Speaker: Chris Shinkle

Risk-Reduction Metrics for Agile Organizations

Speaker: Dan Greening

Understanding Risk, Impediments and Dependency Impact

Speaker: Troy Magennis

21st Century Risk Management

Speaker: Dennis Stevens

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