Community Events for Pragmatic, Actionable Guidance 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