A tour-@-Agile-Tour-Beirut-2014

AGILE TOURBEIRUT 2014

Key Figures

International Speakers

Local Speakers

Photo gallery

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Summary

International event

Agile Tour is the biggestinternational event aboutAgile project management &Agile management (80 cities,25 countries).

Agile Tour is managed by theNGO Agile World University..

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About Agile Management

It is the dominant projectmanagement approach inNTIC (USA and Europe)

It focuses on teamempowerment, increasing thedelivered value to thecustomers, and the reductionof the time to market in orderto increase the ROI.

Community event

This is a community event atlow fees based on volunteersand self-organization of theparticipant cities.The NGOAgile Lebanon is the organizerof the event in Lebanon. Inorder to achieve a successfulevent any types of support iswelcome (time, funds orservices).

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About Agile Lebanon

Agile Lebanon strives tosupport the agile communityin Lebanon and in the MiddleEast, in its efforts to improvethe efficiency & performanceof the Knowledge industry.

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AGILE TOURBEIRUT 2014KEY FIGURES

135 Attendees+60 companies

14 workshops4 tracks

16 Speakers

Low FeesEvent

<80$

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InternationalSpeakers 2014

USACo-developer of theScrum processFoundeur of Scrum.orgKenSchwaber co-developedthe Scrum process with JeffSutherland in the early1990s to help organizationsstruggling with complexdevelopment projects. Oneof the signatories to theAgile Manifesto in 2001

Scrum.org

Ken Schwaber

Luxemb0urgSenior Agile LeanCoachChange ArchitectPierre has testedunconventional Scrumcoaching approachesoutside IT industryHe has developed severalAgile custom frameworkslike [sKale] (HR) and PLöRK(Leadership through games).

We&Co

Pierre E Neis

TurkeyAgile Enthusiast, Author,EntrepreneurEntrepreneur, featured asone of the successful youngrising stars in business byFortune Turkey’s 40Under 40for 2012 & 2013. Mehmet isthe author of the Best Seller”Scrum Bir DönüşümHikayesi”, a transformationtale of an IT organization.

ACM

Mehmet Yitmen

FranceSoftware FreethinkerComputer addict since 1980,Christophe has done it forliving for 20 years. At firstdeveloper, he also wasconsultant, trainer, projectmanager and now agilecoach.

Zenika

Christophe Addinquy

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InternationalSpeakers 2014

EgyptAgile Trainer & ConsultantOver the last 5 years, Amr’sprimary role was to spreadagile awareness & leanthinking in softwareorganizations in Egypt & theMiddle East.Amr is a Certified ScrumProfessional (CSP), Six Sigmablack belt certified for IT &Software Engineering.

l.AgileAcademy

Amr Norman

FranceCoach Agile & facilitatorSimon likes to describehimself as a convinced &active agilist. He started hisfirst agile experience withScrum 5 years ago.he is a facilitator at a bankingIS company & a coach forteams & projects willing toimplement collaborativepractices

Orange Business Service

Simon Jaillais

EgyptAgile Trainer & ConsultantMohamed is an agile coach,trainer & a consultant who’spassionate about inspiring &enabling individuals &organizations to achievesustainable agility. Hecombines around 10 years ofexperience in softwareengineering, processimprovement & agile

Agile Academy

Mohamed Amr

FranceCoach Agile & facilitatorEnzyme (as catalyst) agile. Iwent through all stages ofagility – Agile developer andscrum master for a fewyears & coach / facilitatortoday.His areas of expertise arefacilitation, humaninteractions, agility & seriousgames.

Orange Business Service

Aurélien Morvant

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Lebanese Speakers2014

Serial entrepreneur

Kimberly is a serialentrepreneur with over 30years of experience in theEnergy sector. She specializedin launching start-ups& integrating them into largemulti-national companiessuch as ABB, Alstom, GE &Areva.

Kimberly Samaha

Agile Lean ManagementCatalystPierre is a consultant with anextensive experience of over25 years in management &IT. In 2009 He started topromote managementapproaches based on AgileLean mindset. He is thefounder of the NGO AgileLebanon

Upward Consulting

Pierre Hervouet

Design ManagementConsultantJoumana Mattar Moukarzel isthe Principal Prototyper atMirada Madrid, where she isengaging SMEs & NGOs inparticipatory processes toempower them to implementdesign-led solutions withintheir companies

Mirada Madrid

Joumana Mattar

head of departmentISSEA-CNAM Liban:Founder & activist of opensource Lebanese movementhe is also the Computerscience head of departmentISSEA-CNAM Liban

ISSEA-CNAM Liban

Pascal Fares

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Lebanese Speakers2014

Agile Project ManagerHe been heavily involved inapplying core agilemethodologies acting asSCRUM master since morethan 3 years now.His last experience was adoor way to the captivatingagile world, zealous hewanted to know more &more,& got agile certifiedpractitioner (PMI-ACP).

Murex

Jad Harb

Agile Scrum ConsultantJoanna’s passion is always tosupport clients therefore sheloves to consult companies &executives going throughcritical situations or lookingfor improvements.She helps companies useScrum successfully toimprove teams’ productivity,increase profit & createvalue.

ScrumArabia

Joanna khoury

Business DesignerBusiness designer focused onusing design as a medium todrive business innovation. Herbackground is in graphicdesign which she practicedover the past years in variousfields especially that of luxuryfashion retail.

Lebanese Arab University

Lilian Abou Zeki

Opera Singer & TeacherBaritone FadyJEANBARTwas born into a family ofmusic lovers. He studied andworked in Paris for over 11years.After returning toLebanon in 2012, he quicklybecame a sought-afterteacher and is currently avoice professor at NDUUniversity and EDAGY

NDU University & EDAGY

Fady Jeanbart

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Opening Session

Pecha Kucha: My Agile House byPierre Hervouet

The opening the attendees were introduced to agile & Scrumthru two short presentations on pecha kucha format (20 slides– 20 seconds by slide) then a vibrate presentation of KimberlySahama about the importance of face to face communication,and based on her research she presents the elements workwell virtually versus what should remain face to face.

Pecha Kucha: Scrum by JoannaKhoury

Lecture: “The best way toconvey information” byKimberly Samaha

Agile Tour Beirut 2014 - ESA

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Ice Breaker Because an Agile conference is about networking and fun, Theconference was launched by a giant ice-breaker where theattendees has to team up based on the coaster (with the SHU– HA – RI symbols) they have received & agreed on a wordthan is representing agile for them, write it on their Stattys(type of Post It) , and finally put it on the door of theamphitheater.


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Buy a game – Let’splay seriously! Come and play as much as possible! Your participation will

impact the choice of the game to be played… you will have to“buy” them with other participants. In this session, everythingwill be organized with innovative and serious games! Gamesare increasingly valuable to help teams, to train them and tothink out of the box.

Benefits for attendees

Learn new games to improvecommunication, team building,and workshop facilitation.Participants will leave thesession with a list of games andassociated rules.

Aurélien Morvant & SimonJaillais – France

30 Max90mn


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Snowflakes LeanStartup simulation This session will introduce you to Lean startup ideas using a

simulation game of making and selling snowflakes.Participants will have to discover how the make a snowflakeand unlock what customers like and dislike.


Introduction of the concept ofLean Startup and innovationaccounting (Source Eric Reisbook lean startup)

Amr Noaman& Mohamed Amr – Egypt

30 Max90mn


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Take the Win WinWave It is a serious game made to discover what needs to be

improved, what needs to be highlighted.


Introduction of the concept ofvalue stream mapping, and onits usage

PierreNeis – Luxembourg

30 Max45mn


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Agility for CustomerDelight Agility or being Agile is not just about being more efficient,

being more productive, being faster, being more qualified andetc. Yes, we may need these cool stuff in order to succeed butanyway, Agility or being Agile should be understood as a toolfor enhancing customer experience. At the end, if you cannotsatisfy your customer needs, it is no matter how efficient youare working in your office. So, the focus must be the customerfirst. Unfortunately, it is easy to forget about your customersand instead, focus on yourself and your processes. That's howsome of the Agile transformations have failed.


Discover how Agile mindsetthat focuses on customersatisfaction contribute to thesuccess in your industry nomatter what it is.

MehmetYitmen– Turkey

60+45mn


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Shu Ha Ri ScrumStarting agility is not « doing agile », it’s being agile, it’sbecoming agile. It’s not a destination, it’s a journey. Scrum isgreat, because it’s able to help you through the three mainsteps of this journey : the Shu, the Ha and the Ri.Shu is apprenticeship level : it’s about following Scrum right !Ha is about improvement : You adapt the practicesRi means being at the master level. This is the place toinnovate and create your own way to be agile, based on agilevalues.

We will start the journey together and rediscover Scrum alongthe way, under a different perspective at each step.


For the beginner:Handle correctly the agilemindsetUnderstand the progression /improvement of the agileprocess with ScrumGet a perspective on the axes ofimprovementsFor the seasoned agilist :Strengthen the fundamentalsGet some elements to evaluatethe maturity levelReflections on the next step.

ChristopheAddinquy – France

30 Max45mn


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OpenAgile: Is Free And OpenSource community Agile?

From Values to principles : Ideas about Agile teams and OpenSource Communities business and management model.After a brief reminder of Agile and open source values. Youwill see a return of experience of managing open sourcecommunities (Aimed to produce) by adapting a scrumbanprocess to the community.The challenge is to find a king of “OpenAgile” business andproduction model that make the “Free” (Freedom forcustomers), Open and agile to make a better added valueprojects.


See the common groundbetween agile & open source,and the challenge of applyingagile in a open sourcecommunities

Pascal Fares – Lebanon

60 Max45mn


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Agile Animal FarmThis original creation for Agile Beirut. This serious games usethe metaphor of animals to explain and light up behavior andorganizational dysfunctions. It will be a lot of fun, all togetherto make Agile Animal Farm into life.


PierreNeis – Luxembourg

30 Max45mn


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Improve your publicSpeaker During this workshop, you will become aware of the impact of

your breath and movement on your public speakingcapabilities, through a set of fun and unexpected exercises.FadyJeanbart – Lebanon

30 Max60mn


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Carpaccio GameDuring this workshop, Attendees train theirselves to splitfeatures to the extreme with a hard constraint on realizationduration. Because, we will not only talk and imagine slicing,we will also argue about it and put it in practice through aprogramming episode led into very small slices.


• How to slice large applicationsinto 1-day to 1-week requests,from the business perspective• How to slice applicationrequests into 15-30 minute workslices, from both the businessand programming perspective• What Carpaccio is (have youalready learned that whilebrowsing this page?)

ChristopheAddinquy – France

30 Max60mn


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The facilitator toolboxPlease come and experience in this session, through variousforms of workshops, practices and tools for use by anyfacilitators. ScrumMasters, facilitators or agile coaches can usesuch tools in many collaborative situations to be developed.


Getting to know new practices andchanging attitudes. Discussing and sharingviews on this valuable position in today’scompanies.

Aurélien Morvant & SimonJaillais – France

30 Max60mn


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Walk the Talk

Want to come up with innovative products? Know who youare developing for? Eager to exceed user expectations?

In this hands-on workshop, participants learn to work withconstraints and different users. The focus of the exercise is toidentify the different needs of the user groups and developproduct solutions that are acceptable to them whilebrainstorming in a new collaborative way.


How to interpret a brief fromdifferent user perspectives, newways to brainstorm and collectinsights.

Joumana Mattar& LilianAbouZeki – Lebanon

30 Max60mn


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I want everything now! Howovercome the prioritizationchallenge. Based on real examples we are going to introduce & play to

the innovation game®And see how they can be used to achieve the prioritizationchallenges that we are facing at different level of the project(portfolio, features, and tasks)


Get tools, and insights aboutway to prioritize by using thecollective intelligence

PierreHervouet – Lebanon

30 Max60mn


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Delegation Poker

Let’s play to with delegation poker cards, you will discoverthat:

Delegation is not a binary thing. There are plenty of “shadesof grey” between being a dictator and being an anarchist.

Delegation is a step-by-step process. You hand overaccountability to other people, in a controlled and gradualway.

Delegation is context-dependent. You want to delegate asmuch as possible; but if you go too far, chaos might unfold.

The seven Levels of Authority

This game has been created by Jürgen Appelo and is part of hisbook Management 3.0

Jad Harb – Lebanon

30 Max60mn


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How to fail with Agile

Are you failing with Agile? What exactly are you doing thatfailed? Was it set up to fail? Did others (who tried what youhave failed to do) also fail? Are there any fundamentalreasons behind such bad experiences while adopting Agile?All these are valid questions that every organization shouldanswer before it funds the next Agileadoption/transformation initiative.

Amr Noaman& Mohamed Amr – Egypt

30 Max60mn


Learn about the mostimportant challenges that theteams and organizations facewhile transforming their wayof work towards Agile.Discover some of the mostfamous reasons behindfailure, and some othercritical success factors.


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Closing Session:Definition Of Done Ken Schwaber co-developed the Scrum made an interactive video

conference about the Definition of Done (DoD).

As Scrum Teams work together using the Scrum framework todevelop a product, it is important for stakeholders and ScrumTeams to understand when a product Increment can be called"Done." This means that before a piece of functionality is in apotentially releasable state, it must adhere to a commonunderstanding of completion by those working on the Increment


Ken Schwaber– USA

30 Max60mn


Importance of Having a clear Definitionof Done that helps Scrum Teams worktogether more collaboratively, increasestransparency, and ultimately results inthe development of consistently higherquality software. critical success factors.

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Breaks Agile conference it is also about networking & and sharingideas and knowledge in informal way, the attendees gotadvantage of sunny weather to have break in the garden, andto share the lunch on the terrace with a nice sea view.


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