COVITS 2024: Embracing Agility In The Public Sector (co-presenting)

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Embracing Agility in the Public Sector

Agile methods face strong headwinds in state government – and that’s not surprising in organizations that are conservative by nature, wary of wasting precious taxpayer resources, pressed for time, short of staff, and comforted by policies that are enforced by exhaustive step-by-step procedures.

In such an environment, how do you even start the conversation about Agile development?

And how do you get from early conversations and wishful thinking to a true, lasting, healthy Agile culture?

In this session, we’ll talk about what we’ve done over the past few years at Virginia State Police to grow an Agile culture, and how we’re working to sustain it.

Our panel has decades of experience in Agile methods, mentoring, and transformation – we’re looking forward to you joining the conversation!

Stephen Manley, Manager, Application Services, Information Technology Division, Virginia State Police

Timothy Roesch, Project Manager, Virginia Department of Education

Mohan Krishna Seemakurthi, Business Intelligence Senior Developer, Information Technology Division, Virginia State Police

Gurinderpreet Mann, Scrum Master, Information Technology Division, Virginia State Police

Barbara Phillips, Scrum Master, Information Technology Division, Virginia State Police

Michael Vizdos, Managing Director, Vizdos Enterprises, LLC

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Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium

FREE Bonus Information:

• Listen to the 2020 Scrum Guide Audio Book (<30 minutes) [scrumguide.mvizdos.com]

• View the 2020 Interactive Scrum Guide by Michael Vizdos [interactivescrumguide.com]

• Watch the 2020 YouTube Scrum Guide Playlist
  [sg20_playlist.mvizdos.com]

• Review the changes between the 2017 Scrum Guide and the 2020 Scrum Guide [scrumguide_revisions.mvizdos.com]

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