BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20140309T020000 RDATE:20140309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140811T040159Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140917T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140917T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140811T040159Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140811T040159Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250466809 DESCRIPTION:In the face of unpredictable business conditions\, ever chang ing customer needs\, and rapidly evolving technologies\, the only sustai nable advantage comes from your organization's ability to adapt and cont inuously improve. \;\n \;\nIn response to this modern reality\, Ag ile methods have changed technology management by shifting the focus of production away from the individual contributor and toward the self-orga nizing team. But supervisors and managers have sometimes struggled to ex ert their influence without sacrificing the benefits of self-organizatio n even as teams have struggled to fully situate themselves in the contex t of business value. \;\n \;\nWhen they reflect at regular interva ls by conducting retrospectives\, Agile teams embody the most basic elem ent of continuous improvement. But\, lacking a defined mechanism for und erstanding the organizational system outside their own boundary\, teams are frequently unable to sustain the pace of improvement over time. \ ;\n \;\nThe Improvement Kata is a basic pattern of practice for conti nuous improvement that aligns tightly focused improvement experiments ac ross the breadth and depth of the organization using teachable coaching protocols. Profound in its simplicity\, the Improvement Kata embodies tr uly scientific management! \;\n \;\nAttend this talk to learn more about what the Improvement Kata is\, to understand where it came from a nd how it operates\, and to appreciate what can be gained by combining t he Improvement Kata with selected Lean and Agile ideas and practices. &# 13\;\n \;\n* * * \;\n \;\nAdam Light is Management Consultant a nd Principal at SoTech Advisors where he helps technology leaders apply Lean and Agile methods to deliver increased customer value\, enhance org anizational capability\, and improve the lives of their employees. \ ;\n \;\nAdam has more than 20 years of technology experience. He bega n his career as an application developer before becoming a manager of pr ojects and people. Adam first experienced the power of Lean and Agile me thods when he adopted them as Director of Planning and Program Managemen t at TransUnion. That initial knowledge led him to found SoTech Advisors and he has built his consulting practice steadily by seeking knowledge of new and better management methods at every opportunity. \;\nWorkin g with enterprise clients to adopt\, integrate\, and adapt Lean and Agil e practices\, Adam helps people learn to think and act differently by de epening their understanding. He focuses on pragmatic techniques that inc rease organizational capacity by improving leadership capability.\n\nTag s: agile\, agilepdx\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/125046 6809 URL:http://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:The Improvement Kata: Reconnecting Managers with Self-organizing Teams and Supercharging Agile Retrospectives for Continuous Improvement LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR