Little a agile in the big E Enterprise
For most developers, agile isn't a new idea - but to many Enterprises, it's still considered experimental; waterfall was good enough for the CIO and, well, change hurts. While many of us in the trenches yearn for more nimble pastures, we have to grapple with organizational inertia and the question remains: how do you introduce (or help spread) agile in a large company? This talk will provide you with the tools to be a more effective change agent. We'll talk about “the dip”, the importance of value over dogma and how to approach various stakeholders.
For most developers, agile isn't a new idea - but to many Enterprises, it's still considered experimental; waterfall was good enough for the CIO and, well, change hurts. While many of us in the trenches yearn for more nimble pastures, we have to grapple with organizational inertia and the question remains: how do you introduce (or help spread) agile in a large company? This talk will provide you with the tools to be a more effective change agent. We'll talk about “the dip”, the importance of value over dogma and how to approach various stakeholders.
About Nathaniel Schutta
Nathaniel T. Schutta is a software architect and Java Champion focused on cloud computing, developer happiness and building usable applications. A proponent of polyglot programming, Nate has written multiple books, appeared in countless videos and many podcasts. He’s also a seasoned speaker who regularly presents at worldwide conferences, No Fluff Just Stuff symposia, meetups, universities, and user groups. In addition to his day job, Nate is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches students to embrace (and evaluate) technical change. Driven to rid the world of bad presentations, he coauthored the book Presentation Patterns with Neal Ford and Matthew McCullough, and he also published Thinking Architecturally and Responsible Microservices available from O’Reilly. His latest book, Fundamentals of Software Engineering, is currently available in early release.
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