Agile Evolution: An Enterprise transformation that shows that you can too

“That would never work here.” You’ve likely heard this sentiment (or maybe you’ve even said it yourself). Good news: change is possible. Martin Hinshelwood explains how Microsoft's Azure DevOps Services formerly VSTS went from a three-year waterfall delivery cycle to three-week iterations and open sourced the Azure DevOps task library and the Git Virtual File System.

There is a lot we can learn both from Microsoft's success and failures in moving towards Scrum, Agile, & Continuous Delivery.

Focus: DevOps Story / Journey of Microsoft to CD

Agile Evolution: Live Site Culture & Site Reliability at Azure DevOps

With the shift-left movement pushing more responsibility to the engineering teams what practices will help them cope with running a production site. These are the experiance of the Azure DevOps Services team and their journey from on premises to a fully fledged SAAS solution and wjay they need to do to run it and build trust with their customers.

We will cover the importance of transparency, telemitery, on-call, and how to protect your feature teams from disruptions without them loosing touch with production.

Focus: many teams, big public services, build-test-run

Most Scrum Masters Are Incompetent – How Will You Stand Out?

Most Scrum Masters fail to deliver real value. They get stuck in meeting facilitation, soft coaching, and chasing blockers, never developing the technical and business acumen required to drive real agility. The result? Weak teams, failed transformations, and organisations stuck in cargo cult agility.

This session will cut through the nonsense, challenge the status quo, and show you how to rise above the mediocrity. If you’re content with just booking meetings, this isn’t for you. If you want to be an elite Scrum Master who truly impacts teams and organisations, it’s time to step up.

Expect to walk away with:

A clear understanding of why most Scrum Masters fail.
The real skills needed to succeed.
A blueprint for standing out in a crowded field.

This session is for Scrum Masters who refuse to be mediocre, leaders who hire them, and Agile Coaches who want to raise the bar. It’s direct, insightful, and brutally honest—because agility deserves better than another useless Scrum Master.