Speaker

Neal Rowland

Neal Rowland

Lead Crowd Surfer

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Neal Rowland, PMI-ACP, PMP, ITIL Expert is the Lead Crowd Surfer at The Crowd Training. Based in the Detroit, MI area, Neal leads the development of interactive and engaging online and in person content. Advising teams on the agile and project management best practices using visuals, interactivity, and humor. He has been involved with Agile methods since his time at Microsoft and pushes to broaden the reach of agile beyond the core software circles.

What to Expect When Expecting Agile

Your friends may be doing it. You may be doing it. You may have heard of others doing it. As you begin your first agile experience or experimenting with expanding your agile experience, it is critical to know what to expect when expecting agile.
Agile can change your life. Agile can change your work. It can change the way you approach the world. There is a lot to this life changing endeavor. It is important to know what you are getting yourself and others into.
In this session, Neal will share the successes, failures, challenges, and life lessons in the various stages of agile. From the excitement of the arrival of the first delivery to the angst ridden growing pains of the middle years to the ways only gained from years of maturity, he will share personal experiences and research. And since no agile transformation is the same, this interactive, engaging session will encourage sharing and advice from our community of professionals.

You Did What In My Shoes?

Do you really understand your users? No, really truly know your users? Put yourself in their shoes. Neal will show you how leveraging the power of personas and immersive empathy builds better and more comprehensive user stories. A better appreciation of their needs and expectations develops better products and success.
Every person and every user has a story.

Neal Rowland

Lead Crowd Surfer

Detroit, Michigan, United States