Danielle Paula
Principal Agilist
Isos Technologies
location_on United States
Member since 1 year
Danielle Paula
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Danielle began her career in Lean Agile over 10 years ago as she looked for better ways to manage projects. Her experience is in helping the Gov't sector improve their business processes and better respond to change. She has supported and led transformation efforts at Dept of State, Dept of Defense, Fiscal Service, Health and Human Services, and DoJ. Danielle lives in the picturesque mountains of West Virginia about 2 hours from D.C. with her husband, 2 kids, and dog.
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Unlocking Efficiency: 3 Flow Metrics You Need to Know
45 Mins
Talk
Intermediate
In a world where agility and efficiency reign supreme, Flow Metrics have emerged as the compass guiding businesses to excellence. Come together on a transformative journey as we unlock the power of Flow Metrics, essential instruments for measuring value creation and delivery. We'll dive into three pivotal flow metrics:
- Cycle Time
- Distribution
- Velocity
From theory to practice, we'll explore how to apply Flow Metrics in your organization, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decisions.
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Sprinting vs. Strolling: The Surprising Power of Slowing Down
45 Mins
Talk
Beginner
In our fast-paced world, it's easy to get caught in the race for speed. Join me to explore the benefits of "working slow" – a concept that's not about laziness but about finding a balance between speed and quality. Discover how working slowly can improve your work's quality, boost creativity, reduce stress, and enhance focus. We'll learn through real-world examples and engaging activities leaving you with the tools to harness the power of "working slow".
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How to Win Agile Friends and Influence People
45 Mins
Tutorial
Intermediate
Being an Agile Champion is hard work. Whether you are just uncovering the value of agility or you are a seasoned transformation agent, you will inevitably find yourself hitting your head against the wall at some point and wondering why an agile transformation is progressing slowly, why people don't seem to get it, or why it's stalled all together. The answers to these questions will vary, but will most likely boil down to one or more people not understanding how transformation aligns with their priorities.
So how can you convince them that it’s worth their attention, time, and energy? It all starts with changing your approach. In this workshop, we'll uncover key questions to ask yourself when it comes to influencing others to get your transformation moving. We’ll complete an exercise to get you thinking like the person you’re trying to influence, in order to prepare you for conversations at any level within your organization. You'll walk away with actionable steps you can take to immediately be more influential, more effective, and more confident as an agile champion.
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Just Because You Use Jira Doesn’t Mean Your Teams Are Agile
45 Mins
Talk
Beginner
With today’s teams spread across time zones and locations, tools are a necessity to support collaboration and productivity. But a common misconception is that tools come with an implicit process off the shelf that will magically make your business agile. What happens more often than not is that teams and organizations implement tools as a reflection of their people and practices. So while tools are meant to be flexible to support organizational needs, it can be difficult to understand how to implement them to get the best return on investment without looking at the bigger picture.
In this talk, I'll discuss the common pitfalls of implementing a tool without a clear understanding of your people and practices. We'll work on shifting the mindset from implementing a tool to drive processes, to implementing a tool to support business needs and goals. I'll also introduce real success stories where organizations found harmony between people, practices, and technology, using the Atlassian tools to unlock agility in product and marketing teams, clinical drug trials, and advertising.
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Are We Agile Yet?
Maribeth KibbeyEnterprise Agile CoachEdward JonesDanielle PaulaPrincipal AgilistIsos Technologiesschedule 1 year ago
Sold Out!45 Mins
Workshop/Game
Intermediate
Many of us are part of an agile transformation in some capacity. You may have experienced frustration around the time it takes to reach the end goal of "being Agile;" maybe you’ve never reached it and you want to know what it feels like to be done. In this session workshop, we’ll explore what an Agile Transformation is and isn’t and what it feels like to be done.
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Addressing Ceremony Anti-Patterns
Maribeth KibbeyEnterprise Agile CoachEdward JonesDanielle PaulaPrincipal AgilistIsos Technologiesschedule 1 year ago
Sold Out!45 Mins
Workshop/Game
Beginner
Fledging and mature Agile teams go through periods where their ceremonies lack the desired level of engagement. In this session, we'll work together to identify common behaviors and anti-patterns of one of the iconic Agile ceremonies and discuss ways to get your teams to re-engage in ways that support self-organization, agility, and adaptability.
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A Framework for Expanding from Agility to Self Reliant and Resilient Organizations
45 Mins
Workshop/Game
Intermediate
In broad terms, there are three primary mechanisms that organizations should lean into to deliver customer value, drive growth, and respond to disruptive events:people, practices, and technology which we have developed into a proprietary framework - the Isosceles Triangle.
Every organization has a go-to, a mechanism or set of mechanisms that they most frequently rely on when problems present themselves. Equally common, in a single company, each department, division, and work group will have their own set of go-tos. These are typically default mechanisms—strengths or skill sets where there is a level of expertise and/or comfort. While leaning into a go-to mechanism to overcome a challenge can lead to incremental improvement, it is rarely a formula for long-term success. An organization’s mechanism of choice may not always support true business agility and may not be the best option for driving customer value.
Companies are better served by looking at and addressing technology, practices, and people holistically, as an integrated systemto drive focused change. In the right combination, these approaches can increase business efficiency, accelerate product and service evolution, and even power innovation. It is important to note, though, that there is no universal solution. The answer—what to lean into and when—is going to be different for every company and in every situation, and because of this, it is necessary to have proficiency in all three.
In this session we will introduce the Isosceles Triangle Framework and how it can help your organization become more resilient and reach self-reliance.
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