Mikhail Sorokin and Alexander Lemiasheuski

Mikhail Sorokin is an experienced Agile practitioner with over 15 years of experience in software development management. He co-founded Agilism and is a coach, trainer, and consultant. Mikhail is passionate about delivering training and helping to understand and implement an Agile mindset.

Alexander Lemiasheuski is an accomplished leader with a lengthy track record of working with high-growth software companies, having served in multiple roles and teams. Starting as a software developer in 2004, he quickly advanced to leadership positions and now serves as a Director of Delivery Management and Head of Agile Practice. Alexander is a big fan of Agile approaches. He holds various certificates from scrum.org, SAFe, LeSS, and others. Alexander is an Agile trainer and consultant, and co-founder of Agilism.

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Title of presentation:
Agile for the Sake of Agile. How Do I Know I Need Agile?

The participants of the "Agile for the sake of Agile" workshop will finally answer the question of when Agile is an effective approach, and when it's simply inefficient and damaging to the success of projects.  We will explore how to navigate through complexity and uncertainty, and model cases where Agile is just counterproductive and otherwise.  The participants will analyze their projects/products and will leave the workshop with a heap of thoughts on how to improve their delivery approaches.

10:10 - 11:45

Workshop 1

Agile for the Sake of Agile. How Do I Know I Need Agile?

The participants of the "Agile for the sake of Agile" workshop will finally answer the question of when Agile is an effective approach, and when it's simply inefficient and damaging to the success of projects.  We will explore how to navigate through complexity and uncertainty, and model cases where Agile is just counterproductive and otherwise.  The participants will analyze their projects/products and will leave the workshop with a heap of thoughts on how to improve their delivery approaches.