The Art of Changing | Confessions of a Pragmatic Intellectual's Mind on The Constant in Life, Change!
I took a three-day course on transformation, agility, and leadership. It was called Agile Transformational Leader. There were lots that I learned throughout whole three days. It was a great stop on my professional journey, to step back, and be more mindful of where the journey is taking me. I was in the course with…
I took part in a three-day course, Agile Transformational Leader with Michael K Spayd and Michele Madore in April 2018. As a result of that, I have acquired “ICAgile Certified Professional – Agility in the Enterprise (ICP-ENT)” certificate from IC-Agile. This indicates the level of knowledge I acquired and presented about Agility at the Enterprise…
If you are not in the Agile world, It might sound like a gaming conference and a very fast one! It might be! Depending on what session you attend and your perspective. Agile Games is an annual Agile conference in Boston, Massachusetts; held by Agile New England. I was invited to the conference as a speaker…
I presented “User Stories by Collaboration” at the Agile Games 2018, a very interactive session. It was delivered the first session after the Keynote; I am truly humbled by the audience and their level of energy and enthusiasm that they brought. What’s most important about a user story? Collaboration! How many times have you heard…
Carlos and I presented “Modern XP Game” at the Agile Games 2018. As we mentioned in one of the opening slides, we took the original XP Game and added more concepts to it. In this specific instance, we added experimentation and modern collaborations to the original gameplay. The following from Alistair Cockburn resonated with us and…
I attended “KMP II: Kanban Management Professional” course in November 2018. I received “KMP” designation from LeanKanban University as a result of attending and successfully finishing the training. LeanKanban is introducing their approach as the alternative path to agility. If you are interested, this is how LeanKanban defines Kanban Kanban is a method of organizing…
I talked on one of my favorite topics, Coaching for the Torontonians in an event organized by Envision Agile. The audience was a group of Agile enthusiasts. The organizers were present at one of my prior coaching talks, reached out and asked me to give a talk at their event, and I gladly accepted it. This time, I…
Everyone has an idea of what Agile is and what it will look like. It depends on their journey, what they knew before introduction to Agile, where they want to go with it, what they like about it, how they are using it and so many more factors. Some people might not even use it…
I received my PSPO I certificate from Scrum.org in September 2017. I took the PSPO I exam and passed it in the first pass with more than 90% mark in total, 100% mark on Scrum Framework, and 95% on Scrum Theory & Principles. I observed PSPO I training instructed by Dave Dame in September 2017. I took the PSPO I exam and…
I have participated in a two-day course on Product Owner. These are my notes on the course. Day #1 Prioritize v.s. Order There could be many priority ones, there could be only one at the top when ordering Task management, I have not heard that in Scrum. Change is not free, there is a cost…