Agile Tour London Conference 2018. Keynote ‘DevOps and people: where automation begins’, held by Almudena Rodriguez Pardo.

Automate everything! is the message continuous delivery drivers broadcast… and this is great! Introducing test automation enormously steps up the quality of any product, and continuous integration is playing an essential and decisive role in the world of software development. What we should not overlook is, the key role people play as automation enablers. When it comes to complex DevOps scenarios, as it is the case in the telecommunication world, the recipe for success is the intensive collaboration of all parties involved. In this talk I take a closer look at some scenarios where developers and operators go for broke in order to achieve an outstanding DevOps success story.

Hungarian Testing Conference 2018. Keynote ‘Breaking silos within cross-functional teams, held by Almudena Rodriguez Pardo.

When agile methods were introduced , we faced a new challenge: how to be cross functional? How to be a tester with developer background? Introducing Agile methodologies and setting up Scrum/Kanban teams in organizations brings a tremendous change in the way traditional software development was produced. Cross-functionality, self-organization, high-performance, T-Shape skills… Agile team members face challenging situations! Furthermore, for all they talk of the advantages of agile methods, is there really a buy-in from the business when it comes to knowledge sharing among employees?  This talk is about her hands-on experience, how spreading skills among Scrum team members, supported by a T-Shape Community of Practice as company strategy, nurtured a learning culture within the Agile organization, broke the traditional silos of expertise, and increased the efficiency of the teams and the people who worked in them.

Agile Austria Conference 2018. Presentation ‘Communities of Practice – The not-so-hidden force behind your company’s Agility’, held by Almudena Rodriguez Pardo together with Norma Acevedo Lopez.

If your company is heading for Agile at Scale, it definitely requires Self Organization at Scale! Organizations seeking to grow their Agile network are in dire need of empowering their workforce, and there is where Communities of Practice (CoP) take over.

During the past few years we have seen at Ericsson ICT Development Center Aachen Eurolab (Germany) several CoPs emerge and take over the responsibility for the evolution of Kaizen, T-Shape, DevOps, employees’ motivation… even operational aspects such as 5G research or security are moving forward with the support of CoPs.

During this talk we presented our hands-on experiences, we provided practical tips how to nurture CoPs in your organisation, we showed how they managed to revolutionize the way a multinational giant of the telecommunications world growths within the new Ways of Working!

Nokia DevOps Community Webminar: DevOps and people, where automation begins!

Almudena Rodriguez Pardo presents March 2018 to the Nokia DevOps community the experiences of DevOps complex scenarios in the telecommunication industry and the role collaboration plays.

Agile and Digital Transformation: Hype or Reality?

Keynote at VodafoneZiggo (Maastricht) by Almudena Rodriguez Pardo, presenting the fundamentals of Lean and Agile as well as the conexion to the digital transformation.

The core of Agile – Keynote at Unit4, Granada (Spain), January 2018

Within this Keynote Angel Medinilla describes the four core principles of Agile development and how to use them to improve your organization.

Hacking Culture for Change Management – Agile Europe 2016

Talk at Agile Europe 2016 on how to make change happen and some tips on Agile transformations (englisch).

Lean Startup for Agile Product Management –  Agile Prague Conference 2015

At the conference Agile Prague 2015, our facilitator Angel Medinilla presented the advantages of using the Lean Startup principles when developing products in an Agile enterprise.

Self-organizing teams –  Team maturity – STX Next Tech Summit Poland 2015

Talk during the I STX Next Tech Summit 21st of March, 2015, Poznan, Poland

Developing Scrum Masters – A Body of Knowledge – Agile Prague Conference 2013

Keynote from Angel Medinilla at the Agile Prague Conference 2013.

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