Agile Network India is hosting its event in Sapient on “Challenges faced while adopting Agile Mindset”.

The event is scheduled to happen on 30th November 2019 in Bengaluru.

Session 1: “Results, not Mindset: the Key to Achieving Enterprise Agility” By Avinash Rao (Entrepreneur and Consulting Leader, DevOn)

Session Abstract:

Agile Meetups and conferences are often full of discussions around the challenges of creating an Agile Mindset, how people are sticking on to the traditional way of work, and how business (in particular) just doesn’t get or support Agile the way they should. This session uses a transformation journey at a large enterprise as an example of how Mindset change really happens in an enterprise, and how it can’t either be prescribed or ordered, but must be earned via outcomes.

Key Takeaways:

1. What do we mean by an Agile Mindset?
2. How we can (or can’t) influence the Mindset
3. Understand the journey other companies are on
4. Lessons learnt and pitfalls in Agile transformations
5. Achieving wins and communicating Agile to business.

Session 2: “Organisational Challenges with Adoption of Agile Mindset” By Prateek Verma (Agile Coach, Cisco)

Session Abstract:

Organisations often focus only on the mechanics of agile and ignore the mindset shift. They need to fix the structural issues to get the true benefit of agility. They need to complement agile concepts with Lean Thinking. I will cover anti-patterns/challenges as part of the transformation journey.

Key Takeaways:

1. Identify Anti Patterns in Agile Transformation
2. Agile Mindset needs to be complemented with Lean MIndset
3. The Delegation and Outsourcing conundrum that Leaders face
4. Leaders need to be relentlessly active in the transformation
5. Understand how Half-Hearted Agility Is a dangerous proposition.

Session 3: “What is Agile Mindset?” By Soruja Yasmin Mazumdar (Director, Publicis Sapient)

Session Abstract:

In this session, she will cover why we need an Agile mindset in today’s software development, what is Agile mindset all about, some challenges in adopting the mindset and what can be done about it.

Key Takeaways:

1. People will get a fair idea of what is an agile mindset, why it’s important today and how we can overcome the challenges around getting to this mindset.

Program Schedule

10:00 to 10:05 AM: “Welcome Note” By Gopikrishna Kannan (Senior Director, Publicis Sapient)

10:05 to 10:15 AM: “ANI Introduction” By Jenia Bhasin (Community Leader and Organizer, Agile Network India)

10:15 to 11:00 AM: Session 1: “Results, not Mindset: the Key to Achieving Enterprise Agility” By Avinash Rao (Entrepreneur and Consulting Leader, DevOn)

11:00 to 11:15 AM: Tea/Coffee Break

11:15 to 11:45 AM: Session 2: “Organisational Challenges with Adoption of Agile Mindset” By Prateek Verma (Agile Coach, Cisco)

11:45 to 12:15 PM: Session 3: “What is Agile Mindset?” By Soruja Yasmin Mazumdar (Director, Publicis Sapient)

12:15 to 01:15 PM: Lunch Break

01:15 to 02:15 PM: Panel Discussion: “Factoring ROI of Agile transformation” By Priyank Pathak (Curator, Innovation Roots), Gopikrishana Kannan (Senior Director, Publicis Sapient), Prem Gangadhar (Practice Manager, TCS) and Gopal N (Former General Manager – Quality, Nokia)

Facilitated By Priyal Karekar (SAFe Program Consultant and ART Product Owner, HPE)

02:15 to 02:25 PM: Retro/Feedback, Facilitated By Noopur Pathak (Consultant and Chief Media Editor, Innovation Roots) and Manjunath Ingale (Community Organizer, Agile Network India)

02:25 to 02:30 PM: “Thankyou Note” By Gopikrishna Kannan (Senior Director, Publicis Sapient)

02:30 to 03:00 PM: Networking Space