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:20150308T020000 RDATE:20150308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150206T150703Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150318T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150318T183000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20150206T150703Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20160705T224553Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250467799 DESCRIPTION:Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches know the critical importance of fostering a continuous improvement ethos within our teams and we have a number of practices that we implement to that end. But often times w e find that this only allows our teams to grow to a local optimum\, as t hey are quickly impeded by the organization they work within\, and it's lack of mature inspect and adapt mechanisms. How do we as front line co aches or managers effectively influence the organization around us to th rash this impediment for our teams? \;\n \;\nThis interactive tal k will explore the peaks and pitfalls of coaching an organization toward s continuous improvement\, sharing real world examples of goal setting\, alignment\, and accountability mechanisms. We will also discuss effecti ve and ineffective ways to measure an organization\, and finally we will identify where are we likely to run into resistance and how it can be o vercome. \;\n \;\nBio: \;\nFor the past two years Andy Whaples and his merry band of acronyms (CSP\, CSM\, PMI-ACP\, SPC\, PMP\, MBA) h ave been helping Tripwire adopt and master Agile Practices within it's s oftware development organization. Before Tripwire\, Andy experienced the many challenges of large scale software development at AT&\;T and as a consultant for Accenture. These challenges led him to embrace Agile and Lean's focus on delivering incremental customer value through highly motivated\, supported and performing teams of crafts-men and women. Hi s focus of late has been on extending his experience in building continu ously improving teams to influencing the overall organization in which t hey work. \n\nTags: agile\, agilepdx\n\nImported from: http://calagat or.org/events/1250467799 URL:http://www.agilepdx.org SUMMARY:AgilePDX: Coaching Towards a Continuous Improvement Organization LOCATION:Puppet: 308 SW 2nd Ave Fifth Floor\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR