Communication and Public Speaking CoP: Clutter is Postponed Decision Making

Virtual Meeting

Abstract:

As Project Managers, we know the benefits of being organized… but reaching that state (let alone maintaining it) – that can feel elusive… maybe even impossible. The papers and stuff pile up and you can never get to it.  I’ve learned that when you finally clear the physical clutter, it helps you clear mental clutter, too. 

In this presentation, I will discuss the impact that clutter has on us mentally and physically.  Then I will outline a 5-step process for dealing with your physical clutter and a SYSTEM for creating a Productive Office Environment that will help you save time, energy, and money.

Learning Objective

1. How clutter affects your life and how you can create a personalized project to address it
2. The six components of a productive office
3. The three decisions to make about any piece of information/paper that comes into your office or home

Agile CoP: Maximizing Agility in Release Planning

Virtual Meeting

Most hardware, be it medical devices or robots, cannot be redesigned in a few sprints. Software-only companies are moving toward automated testing and continuous delivery that eliminates the need for release planning, but many are not there yet. And agile organizations in non-agile companies are often required to make longer-term predictions anyway. Fortunately for each case, agile approaches to product design and manufacturing have been practiced more than 30 years, and agility is easily scaled to the cross-team level.