Lean Software and Systems Conference 2012 Boston, MA | May 13 – May 18, 2012 TALKS State of KanbanLand Speaker: David J Anderson Set-Based Decision Making Speaker: Michael Kennedy Stop Doing Kanban! Start Learning Speaker: Chris Shinkle Business Success through the Lean Systems Framework Speaker: James Sutton Blending Hierarchy with Collaboration Speaker: Alan Shalloway Lessons Learned in Lean Construction Speaker: Gregory Howell A3 Thinking and Kaizen Speaker: Claudio Perrone Kanban Change Leadership Speaker: Klaus Leopold Scaling Lean | Agile Development Speaker: Dean Leffingwell Class Warfare Speaker: Daniel Vacanti Kanban System Design Speaker: Russell Healy Scaling Lean | Agile Development Speaker: Dean Leffingwell Are you a Visionary?: How Lean Startup is helping to create an innovation economy Speaker: Brant Cooper What comes after visualising the work? Conversations for double loop changes in mindset Speaker: Benjamin Mitchell Portfolio Lean & Kanban: Myths, Misconceptions, & Forgotten Principles Speaker: Jeff Patton The Improvement Journey Speaker: Yuval Yeret Pattern Language of Flow Speaker: Gareth Evans Kanban Metrics Speakers: Larry Maccherone and Karl Scotland How Kanban Helps Us Move Beyond Traditional PMO Speaker: David Joyce Are You Sure You’re Doing Project Work? Speaker: Arne Roock, Markus Andrezak It’s Not Your Grandmother’s Lean Anymore! Speaker: Joe Dager Enabling Enterprise Kanban Transformation Through Lean Startup Techniques Speaker: Jeff Anderson A multi-layer on-demand scheduling system for complex dev environments Speaker: Richard Turner The social aspects of being an effective (and lean) systems engineer Speaker: Neil Siegel, PhD Total Engagement and the Reinvention of Work using Games Speaker: J. Leighton Read, MD Making the Entire Firm Agile (& Lean) Speaker: Steve Denning Lean’s Contribution to Enterprise Value Speaker: Brian Hagen Identifying and Measuring Value for Lean Systems Engineering Speaker: Gregory Parnell Using Simulation to Manage Software Delivery Risk Speaker: Troy Magennis Decentralizing Control: How Aligned Initiative Conquers Uncertainty Speaker: Donald Reinertsen Lean Systems Society president’s address Speaker: James Sutton Emergent Patterns for Kanban Systems in IT Operations Speaker: Dominica DeGrandis The Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban Speaker: David J. Anderson High Performance Operations: Using Lean and Kanban to Achieve High Maturity Speaker: Hillel Glazer Achieving the High Velocity Edge in System Design, Deployment, and Operations Speaker: Steven Spear Continuous Feedback: Process Control for Developing Software-Intensive Systems Speaker: Mary Poppendieck Who Moved My Risk? Speaker: Mike Burrows Understanding the Actual Customer Need Through ConOps Speaker: Mack McKinney The Penguin and the Leviathan: Cooperative Human Systems Design Speaker: Yochai Benkler The Dark Side: How Cognitive Bias, Behavioral Economics, and Tribal Forces Help and Hinder Lean Initiatives Speaker: Jim Benson Radar For Your Business (While Others Are Stuck With Binoculars): Using the General Theory of Innovation Speaker: Greg Yezersky Fast Climbing the Risk Escalator Speaker: Robert Charette IGNITE TALKS Ignite Talks Ignite Session Tuesday Wednesday Closing Ignite