One of the 12 principles of the Agile manifesto states that “The best architecture, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” What does this mean? And how do we get there?

Self-organizing teams do not form overnight. Simply coming in after training and telling the team that we are now Agile so self-organize results in chaos. Come to this session to learn how to overcome the challenges of building a self-organizing team. Learn the ingredients of a self-organizing team and how to gradually evolve a team into a self-organizing team. Leave with a 5 step guide to fostering self-organization.

One of the values of the Agile manifesto is working software over comprehensive documentation. However many agile teams think that now we are Agile we don’t need to document. Come to this session to learn about lightweight documentation and how to strike a sensible balance between working software and documentation. Learn which documents are necessary and which documents you can do without as well. Learn about JIT lightweight alternatives to our tradition documentation set. Leave with specific techniques to evaluate the value of each document along with recommended alternatives.