A couple of years ago Christiaan Verwijs and Johannes Schartau coined the term ‘Zombie-Scrum’. What's it all about?

Well, at first sight Zombie Scrum seems to be normal Scrum. But it lacks a beating heart. The Scrum teams do all the Scrum events but a potential releasable increment is rarely the result of a Sprint. Zombie Scrum teams have a very unambitious definition of what ‘done’ means, and no drive to extend it. They see themselves as a cog in the wheel, unable and unwilling to change anything and have a real impact: I’m only here to code! Zombie Scrum teams show no response to a failed or successful Sprint and also don’t have any intention to improve their situation. Actually nobody cares about this team. The stakeholders have forgotten the existence of this team long time ago.

Zombie Scrum is Scrum, but without the beating heart of working software and its on the rise. This workshop will help you understand how to recognise the symptoms and cuases of Zombie Scrum and what you can do to get started to combat and treat Zombie-Scrum. Knowing what causes Zombie Scrum might help prevent a further outbreak and prevent the apocalypse

Is Winter coming for PMOs? Like Game of Thrones the PMO has long been a subject for debate and controversy.

Game of Thrones was originally based on George R Martin’s books and the scripts, but then the TV series bypassed the timeline of the books and developed a life of its own, some think in a bad way!

PMOs have followed a script. We are so used to having them that we haven’t questioned why they were established or challenged why mechanisms may have been put in place. In introducing Agile or agility we haven’t rethought what is the PMO there for or what are the new areas of focus for a PMO.

How do we change the PMO script, how do we influence and change its destiny and rewrite the next chapter?

If the PMO can’t learn to adapt it will die as agility takes over.

If agility can’t learn how to embrace governance it will always be second class in the eyes of larger organisations (eg financial considerations).

How do we use Agile and agility to start to transform the PMOs in our organisation?

Come and learn about how you can disrupt your PMOs.

Value is often used when designing and deciding on what work to do next. It’s central to both Agile and Lean principles. Together we will explore the question of value and challenge each other on what it is and how we use it?

After defining some language around value and looking at some possible models on how it can be used, we will jump into a group exercise to dig deeper to uncover gaps in our mental models and gain new insights into what this value thing is and how we can use it more effectively.

Prepare for a contentious and deeply personal story.

I was an Enterprise Agile Coach. I am now a Consultant. But can I be both?

Discover why I made the leap to "the other side", what I have learnt in the process and why, if we don't do something soon, Agile in Australia risks imploding.

Product Road Mapping can be a challenge for those that are new to this and also for those that are experienced. Conventional product road mapping models have several limitations. We will explore how various Agile Product Road Mapping approaches and models can provide relevant information and direction to different stakeholder groups that are responsible for product development.