
Alhad Akole
Sr. Agile Coach
Leading South African Bank
location_on South Africa
Member since 7 years
Alhad Akole
Specialises In
Experimenting with Cooking, baking Cakes and love to spend time with Family!
And Firm Believer of "Agile As a Culture" Agile Coach with 21+ years of experience working for different clients and geographies.
Currently Leading Agile Transformation at one the BIG-5 African banks in South Africa region.
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Explore, before you start measuring an Agile Transformation!
Alhad AkoleSr. Agile CoachLeading South African BankRahul SharmaAgile CoachThink Agileschedule 1 year ago
Sold Out!20 Mins
Demonstration
Intermediate
An agile transformation is not a destination, it is a journey. We often hear that an organisation has started its agile transformation journey. Have you ever heard anyone saying - We are done with the Agile transformation at my company? Does this journey ever get to see the finishing line?
During an agile transformation journey, often we rush to measure the tools and frameworks that we are using along the journey. Rarely as an organisation, we get aligned to identify the need. We also forget to align our values, principles, and practices that are crucial on this journey.
In this workshop, we would facilitate a scenario where people will be able to explore the "need" to be agile. People will also explore why the values and the principles of the whole organisation are game-changers on this journey. -
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Measuring Success of Agile Transformation
Alhad AkoleSr. Agile CoachLeading South African BankRahul SharmaAgile CoachThink Agileschedule 3 years ago
Sold Out!45 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
For Measuring Business Agile Transformation, we need to look at different aspects of the organization to keep agility.
In this talk we will cover 6 facets of measurements - Why, what and how these have helped us to create good measurement system and how those were evolved in Agile manner to release more features to it.
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Can Leadership transformation be experiment based?
45 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
Do you want leaders who are 100% good at their leadership during Agile Transformation?
Or Like squads/ agile teams, can leaders also experiment to improve their Lean Agile Leadership style during Agile Transformation?
In my experience-based story telling session, would like to look at the Leadership style required for Agile Transformation and how old-style leadership can be transformed to required skills, mindset.
And how Agile Coaching plays important role in this transformation.
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Executives Do it Better
45 Mins
Presentation
Intermediate
My session explores different aspects which today's Executives needs to embrace in order to survive Digital Transformations.
Lean and Agile Principles helps them to look at their Blind Spots!
Learn Fast: Stop Starting, Start Finishing, Slow down to go faster
Pivot Early- Accept Hard Truths, Fail Early Fail Often
Embrace Lean- Do Less, Less Waste, Simple Design, Agile Architecture, Set Based Designs, MBSE etc.
System Thinking- Think Big start small
Lead the Change- Lead by Example, Shift from managing for results to designing environments that create results
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Avoiding Agile Betrayals: Lets Use Wisdom of People
Rahul SharmaAgile CoachThink AgileAlhad AkoleSr. Agile CoachLeading South African Bankschedule 4 years ago
Sold Out!45 Mins
Talk
Beginner
We all have seen failures of agility at various places as well as successes. What fails it or makes it a success? Well, its no one other than us, the people. How about learning on these dysfunctions from the wisdom of the attendees of this session? How about solving these problems together using the wisdom of the people attending this session? How about, rather than us driving the session, you drive the session and we facilitate and participate at the same time, on few of the the real time problems. Lets craft a session, where we all will learn how most of the agile failures occurs due to betrayal from values and principles. Lets experiment and learn together
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Executives Do it Better
45 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
My session explores different aspects which today's Executives needs to embrace in order to survive Digital Transformations.
Lean and Agile Principles helps them to look at their Blind Spots!
Learn Fast: Stop Starting, Start Finishing, Slow down to go faster
Pivot Early- Accept Hard Truths, Fail Early Fail Often
Embrace Lean- Do Less, Less Waste, Simple Design, Agile Architecture, Set Based Designs, MBSE etc.
System Thinking- Think Big start small
Lead the Change- Lead by Example, Shift from managing for results to designing environments that create results
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Measuring Success of Agile Transformation
Alhad AkoleSr. Agile CoachLeading South African BankRahul SharmaAgile CoachThink Agileschedule 4 years ago
Sold Out!45 Mins
Case Study
Intermediate
For Measuring Business Agile Transformation, we need to look at different aspects of the organization to keep agility.
In this talk we will cover 6 facets of measurements - Why, what and how these have helped us to create good measurement system and how those were evolved in Agile manner to release more features to it.
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How Not To Do Agile Transformation at Enterprise Level?
Alhad AkoleSr. Agile CoachLeading South African BankRahul SharmaAgile CoachThink Agileschedule 4 years ago
Sold Out!45 Mins
Case Study
Beginner
My session will share experience helping implement Agile for one of the client in South Africa.
Few of the aspects I will touch base will be
sudden rise of "Coaches"!!
Contractors/ permanent employees
Heavy reliance on Google- half knowledge, jargons
Low experienced persons
Reliance on too many frameworks
No space for Values
Execs still following waterfall and expecting reporting in waterfall way
----etc.and how we handled such areas to implement it better.
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Eleven Dysfunctions: Good Enough To Kill Soul of an Organisation
Rahul SharmaAgile CoachThink AgileAlhad AkoleSr. Agile CoachLeading South African Bankschedule 4 years ago
Sold Out!90 Mins
Workshop
Beginner
From our experience, we have picked 11 dysfunctions and behaviours that are enough to kill soul of any organisation, slowly but surely. We will be using few games and polls to make people learn these dysfunctions. During this, we will also speak about Agile Spine Model (Danie Roux, Kevin Trethewey, Joanne Perold) and Personal Behavioural Model, which can help people in making constructive decisions in various situations.
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Executives Do it Better
45 Mins
Talk
Advanced
My session explores different aspects which today's Executives needs to embrace in order to survive Digital Transformations.
Lean and Agile Principles helps them to look at their Blind Spots!
Learn Fast: Stop Starting, Start Finishing, Slow down to go faster
Pivot Early- Accept Hard Truths, Fail Early Fail Often
Embrace Lean- Do Less, Less Waste, Simple Design, Agile Architecture, Set Based Designs, MBSE etc.
System Thinking- Think Big start small
Lead the Change- Lead by Example, Shift from managing for results to designing environments that create results
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Trust the Stranger!
20 Mins
Experience Report
Advanced
In Distributed Agile many times, people don't trust members on other shore. My topic will cover few of the aspects which has helped our teams to gain that trust of customer and give co-located results.
In Session I will speak about case study covering below points which helped our customer who is a “first time offshore” to “Trust the Stranger”!
1) Building the Trust
2) Creating Continuous Visibility
3)Rotation of resources between shores
4)XP practices
1)Code Ownership
2)Use of technology to share code/ builds
5) CI CD – tools enhance visibility
6) Test Automation to look at Tested Running Features
7) Speak about my code! - Technical presentations within teams
8) Explore Business Flows!- Business Understanding among Business Owners, Product Owners, Proxy PO, team.
9) Innovations in business areas
10) Distributed Agile – tools techniques
11) Measuring the business Value (using custom Framework)
12) Saying No!
13) Re-Enforcing agile Practices!
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Executives Do it Better
45 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
My session explores different aspects which today's Executives needs to embrace in order to survive Digital Transformations.
Lean and Agile Principles helps them to look at their Blind Spots!
Learn Fast: Stop Starting, Start Finishing, Slow down to go faster
Pivot Early- Accept Hard Truths, Fail Early Fail Often
Embrace Lean- Do Less, Less Waste, Simple Design, Agile Architecture, Set Based Designs, MBSE etc.
System Thinking- Think Big start small
Lead the Change- Lead by Example, Shift from managing for results to designing environments that create results
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Rubber Meets the Road!
45 Mins
Talk
Advanced
Session is for Lean Agile Leaders which will help them manage portfolio Agile way.
Lean Agile principles when applied to portfolio management, will help you keep pace with fast changing business by giving you a disciplined approach to implementing you strategic vision as realistic work plan.
Keeping up with the new pace of change requires light weight processes and an adaptive mindset.
It will cover the following main pillars of Agile Portfolio Management
- Work Management
- Capacity Management
- Financial Management
- Value Management
- Continuous planning
- Continuous Visibility
APM session will help you look at the portfolio in different way; and help you outpace changing business.
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Rubber Meets the Road! 2017 and now 2020
60 Mins
Talk
Beginner
Session is for Lean Agile Leaders which will help them manage portfolio Agile way.
Lean Agile principles when applied to portfolio management, will help you keep pace with fast changing business by giving you a disciplined approach to implementing you strategic vision as realistic work plan.
Keeping up with the new pace of change requires light weight processes and an adaptive mindset.
It will cover the following main pillars of Agile Portfolio Management
- Work Management
- Capacity Management
- Financial Management
- Value Management
- Continuous planning
- Continuous Visibility
APM session will help you look at the portfolio in different way; and help you outpace changing business.
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Trust the Stranger!
60 Mins
Workshop
Beginner
In Distributed Agile many times, people don't trust members on other shore. My topic will cover few of the aspects which has helped our teams to gain that trust of customer and give co-located results.
In Session I will speak about case study covering below points which helped our customer who is a “first time offshore” to “Trust the Stranger”!
1) Building the Trust
2) Creating Continuous Visibility
3)Rotation of resources between shores
4)XP practices
1)Code Ownership
2)Use of technology to share code/ builds
5) CI CD – tools enhance visibility
6) Test Automation to look at Tested Running Features
7) Speak about my code! - Technical presentations within teams
8) Explore Business Flows!- Business Understanding among Business Owners, Product Owners, Proxy PO, team.
9) Innovations in business areas
10) Distributed Agile – tools techniques
11) Measuring the business Value (using custom Framework)
12) Saying No!
13) Re-Enforcing agile Practices!
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Trust the Stranger!
60 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
In Distributed Agile many times, people don't trust members on other shore. My topic will cover few of the aspects which has helped our teams to gain that trust of customer and give co-located results.
In Session I will speak about case study covering below points which helped our customer who is a “first time offshore” to “Trust the Stranger”!
1) Building the Trust
2) Creating Continuous Visibility
3)Rotation of resources between shores
4)XP practices
1)Code Ownership
2)Use of technology to share code/ builds
5) CI CD – tools enhance visibility
6) Test Automation to look at Tested Running Features
7) Speak about my code! - Technical presentations within teams
8) Explore Business Flows!- Business Understanding among Business Owners, Product Owners, Proxy PO, team.
9) Innovations in business areas
10) Distributed Agile – tools techniques
11) Measuring the business Value (using custom Framework)
12) Saying No!
13) Re-Enforcing agile Practices!
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Trust the Stranger!
30 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
In Distributed Agile many times, people don't trust members on other shore. My topic will cover few of the aspects which has helped our teams to gain that trust of customer and give co-located results.
In Session I will speak about case study covering below points which helped our customer who is a “first time offshore” to “Trust the Stranger”!
1) Building the Trust
2) Creating Continuous Visibility
3)Rotation of resources between shores
4)XP practices
1)Code Ownership
2)Use of technology to share code/ builds
5) CI CD – tools enhance visibility
6) Test Automation to look at Tested Running Features
7) Speak about my code! - Technical presentations within teams
8) Explore Business Flows!- Business Understanding among Business Owners, Product Owners, Proxy PO, team.
9) Innovations in business areas
10) Distributed Agile – tools techniques
11) Measuring the business Value (using custom Framework)
12) Saying No!
13) Re-Enforcing agile Practices!
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Rubber Meets the Road!
45 Mins
Talk
Advanced
Session is for Lean Agile Leaders which will help them manage portfolio Agile way.
Lean Agile principles when applied to portfolio management, will help you keep pace with fast changing business by giving you a disciplined approach to implementing you strategic vision as realistic work plan.
Keeping up with the new pace of change requires light weight processes and an adaptive mindset.
It will cover the following main pillars of Agile Portfolio Management
- Work Management
- Capacity Management
- Financial Management
- Value Management
- Continuous planning
- Continuous Visibility
APM session will help you look at the portfolio in different way; and help you outpace changing business.
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Trust the Stranger!
45 Mins
Experience Report
Advanced
In Distributed Agile many times, people don't trust members on other shore. My topic will cover few of the aspects which has helped our teams to gain that trust of customer and give co-located results.
In Session I will speak about case study covering below points which helped our customer who is a “first time offshore” to “Trust the Stranger”!
1) Building the Trust
2) Creating Continuous Visibility
3)Rotation of resources between shores
4)XP practices
1)Code Ownership
2)Use of technology to share code/ builds
5) CI CD – tools enhance visibility
6) Test Automation to look at Tested Running Features
7) Speak about my code! - Technical presentations within teams
8) Explore Business Flows!- Business Understanding among Business Owners, Product Owners, Proxy PO, team.
9) Innovations in business areas
10) Distributed Agile – tools techniques
11) Measuring the business Value (using custom Framework)
12) Saying No!
13) Re-Enforcing agile Practices!
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keyboard_arrow_down
Rubber Meets the Road!
45 Mins
Talk
Advanced
Session is for Lean Agile Leaders which will help them manage portfolio Agile way.
Lean Agile principles when applied to portfolio management, will help you keep pace with fast changing business by giving you a disciplined approach to implementing you strategic vision as realistic work plan.
Keeping up with the new pace of change requires light weight processes and an adaptive mindset.
It will cover the following main pillars of Agile Portfolio Management
- Work Management
- Capacity Management
- Financial Management
- Value Management
- Continuous planning
- Continuous Visibility
APM session will help you look at the portfolio in different way; and help you outpace changing business.
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