Nat Girish
Agile Product Line Leader @ Ford, lifelong learner
Dearborn, Michigan, United States
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Nat Girish has been an Agile Practitioner since 2010, and has worked with some of the best Agile Coaches, to transform teams that build Products and Services for Ford's Order Fulfilment domain. He is an avid adopter of an Experimentation Mindset to deliver business value.
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Learn how to recognize Agile In Name Only behaviors & address Key Agile Anti-Patterns on your team
Experience Sharing Session: Key Takeaways:
1. Learn how to recognize Agile Anti-Patterns that might exist in your team.
- Anti Patterns include:
a) Focus on ceremonies instead of intent of agile ceremonies.
b) Project versus product mindset (Proliferation of milestone charts)
c) User story content (Testing as separate user story)
d) Bloated WIP and complaining too much going on
e) Blocked work because team is waiting on dependent teams
f) Acceptance criteria that does not include deployment to production (toggled off)
g) Lack of regular retros
h) Absence of value statement in features
i) Absence of tie to Product Roadmap
and many more.
2. Learn how to shift the mindset of your Product Owners and your team.
3. Learn how multiple teams transformed their way of working, improved relationships with the business and product owners, and team performance.
4. Learn how to begin the journey of transformation
He(art) of Storytelling - learn how to win the hearts and minds of your stakeholders
Storytelling is a key skill for leaders @ all levels.
Session Outcomes:
- Understand different frameworks for Storytelling
- How to construct your narrative for your story
- Practice with an accountability partner during the session
- Walk away with some ideas on how to tell a better story, that you can apply at work
Note: This session will not cover User Story authoring.
Experience Sharing: Eliminating or reducing dependencies to improve business value delivery
In this session, learn from 5 use-cases to either encapsulate or orchestrate dependencies, to drive end-end value for your customers and stakeholders, using a proven playbook.
Session Outcomes:
- Recognize how dependencies reduce agility
- Learn techniques to encapsulate dependencies
- Learn techniques to orchestrate dependencies
- How to win the naysayers that would block your proposals to address dependencies
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