MID-STATE SATELLITE CHAPTER MEETING - SEPTEMBER
6:00 - 6:30 - Meet and Greet with Light Dinner
All are welcome!
6:30 - 6:45 - Review Results of the Mid-State Survey
6:45-8:00 - Main Chapter Presentation Streamed
First Presentation: State of the Chapter 
Come join us for a celebration of PMI’s 50th anniversary, and presentation on the state of the Pittsburgh Chapter. Kim Reed will review the chapter’s accomplishments from this past year and discuss what is in store for the upcoming year. You will have an opportunity to provide your feedback and suggestions for the chapter. 0.5 Strategic: PMI Talent Triangle®
Second Presentation: My Lean Agile DevOps journey - The Good the Bad and the Ugly
It has taken Michael Nir over a decade to make the transition from improving manufacturing environments with Lean to conceptualizing agility within software and hardware organizations. Asking the hard questions required to quickly create software often rubs people the wrong way…. but without those questions you’ll keep hiring ScrumMasters who end up being JIRA admins, and will go through Agile motions without winning the true benefits of Lean, Agile, and DevOps.
In an age of disruption - the right mix of Agile, Lean, design thinking, Lean start-up, and DevOps injected to high performing teams is crucial in getting your digital transformation right. I will share my journey of 20 years – crystallizing hard gained lessons learned from numerous engagements and global clients.
- Digital transformation - Team agility without technical practices and continuous integration is wasted effort;
- Scaling agility is counterproductive when culture of team empowerment is not retained and focus on fast iterative feedback is missing;
- Value stream mapping of your deployment pipeline without a plan for Toyota Kata of continuous improvement is just another one-off workshop;
- DevOps might be the new Agile, and maybe just once, we’re getting it right – focusing on results rather than creating Scrum certification programs – or maybe not…
Allow me to share my tips, anti-patterns, and lessons learned about Lean, Agile, and DevOps from a 17 year journey across continents, numerous clients, and many industries.
Presentors:
Kim Reed, President PMI Pittsburgh Chapter
Michael Nir, President Sapir Consulting US, is an enterprise Lean Agile DevOps expert; known for his passion, creativity and innovation; his Masters in Engineering and, training in Gestalt balance his technical know-how with emotional intelligence. Michael inspires people and teams to change, experientially and emotionally, while climbing the hill AND reaching the summit. The author of ten books on influence, consumer experience, and Agile management, Michael delivers practical skills gained from eighteen years of experience leading change at global organizations in diverse industries. Michael is enthusiastic about Lean Startup which inspired a Graphic Novel Chickens Learn Lean – https://amzn.to/2uBDOCe His all times best seller is The Agile PMO: https://amzn.to/2WyCPyi Check out Michael’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelnir/
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