But what if we need AI or drones? Dealing with the unknown and the 5-year Australian National Census program
The Australian National Census is the biggest public event for the Australian Federal Government. Run every 5-years, there is now the realisation that technology moves so quickly that drones and even AI might be needed.
How do you plan for and execute an event of this magnitude in the face of rapid social, economic and technological change?
Usually, this mammoth program of coordinating people and software starts with upfront research and lasted several years. Previously, the program tried to research everything to make the unknown known. Decisions made early on technology became outdated. Processes defined early were unable to adapt to the pace of change and new learning. Fortunately, this time around, value over the need to know everything drives the whole program. This time around, the whole effort will be run with Nexus: a scaled agile framework.
Outline/Structure of the Keynote
- Leadership: Getting Managers to go first
- The culture: Changing the mindsets of conservative researchers and statisticians
- Continuous learning: Small experiments often with a user-centred design approach for value-driven decisions
- The operating model: Using Nexus with vendor and Waterfall methods and traditional business governance
Learning Outcome
- What an agile, value-driven, user-centred, large scale business program looks like
- How to understand the ecosystem of culture of human programs at scale
- Application of Nexus to a largely human rather than technology-driven program
Target Audience
program managers, product managers, agile coaches,
Prerequisites for Attendees
- Experience with program management or being involved in large programs
- Some experience with agile frameworks like Scrum or Lean/Kanban
Links
Matthew has presented at over 23 venues across 4 continents in the past five years. His recent presentations include:
- Patterns from psychological safety: the Circle of Security framework. Agile 2017, Florida.
- Psychological safety: Patterns from child psychology to build and strengthen safety in teams
- Scaling agile in Government: Lean Agile Systems Thinking Conference (LAST), Canberra Australia. 2017.
- Scrum: Declutter. Optimise. Deliver. 1ST Conference Melbourne 2017
- Dealing with Dysfunction . Agile 2016, Atlanta
- Beyond Lean UX. Agile 2016, Atlanta
- Agile adoption and helping to change organisational culture. Agile 2014, Orlando
- Lean, Agile PMO. Australian Computer Society Canberra 2013
