Hands-On Focus Day - Wednesday May 15, 2019
Start of Hands-On Focus Day
9:00 am - 10:00 am Registration, Morning Networking, & Breakfast
Grab a bite and a coffee, and build a deeper relationship with your network
10:00 am - 12:00 pm WORKSHOP A: Developing Practical Strategies to Integrate Agile Methodology into Automotive Software Development
Scott Davis - Project Manager Electrical Engineering & Vehicle Connectivity, Volvo GroupAgile Integration – have you struggled with how to integrate Agile Methods onto your team? Do you wonder how other OEMs have been integrating this process? In this workshop you will learn ideas to identify ideal teams to start the integration process, how to educate them on Agile steps, and potential software tools that can help with implementation.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
Hungry? So are we! Sit down to a tasty meal while discussing the topics so far and what’s to come in the day.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm WORKSHOP B: Getting Agile off the Ground: Practical Steps to Launching Agile with your Automotive Team
Matt Blackburn - Certified Scrum Master, Agile Architect, Ford Motor CompanyYou’ve chosen the team, got everyone prepped and now it’s time to start your first Agile project off the ground. Can you adapt Agile to a current process? What steps will help you create a new culture? This is the workshop that will help you think about integrating Agile to current processes, identify the uniqueness in the nature and sequencing of deliverables, and determine when to use “soft stories” in place of “hard stories”.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break - Coffee & Networking
Wow, that was some great information - grab a snack and review the sessions with your fellow attendees
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm WORKSHOP C: Laying the Foundation for Scrum: Developing Case Studies from Pilot Programs
David Rush - Chief Methodologist and Principal Director Industry X.0 Consulting, Connected Products & Lifecycle Services, AccentureDave West - CEO and Product Owner, Scrum.org
What is Scrum? How do Scrum and Agile Processes differ in the automotive space? When do you use Scrum in place of traditional processes? To close the day we are going to focus on a popular Agile Process: Scrum. In this forum, you will learn to determine when you need Scrum. Then you will learn how to identify the appropriate team, start and of course document the process from the story to testing.
David Rush
Chief Methodologist and Principal Director Industry X.0 Consulting, Connected Products & Lifecycle ServicesAccenture
