It's still about the People, even with AI (Utrecht)

AI speeds delivery by x100, but what happens to the team? Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, Improve - it's still about the people. 

• Don't think about the ceremonies: stand up or don't stand up, sprints or don't sprint. All these things you can take on and off like trying on clothes. They don't contain the magic. 
• Focus on the quality of collaboration. AI changes the conversations, but how? And how do you improve the collaboration?
• Deliver. Okay, super fast, but how are you getting your feedback?
• Pause. Reflect: Where do you want to go? How do you improve and course correct?

AI changes things, but it's still about the people, their level of trust and amicability, their willingness to collaborate, their ability to reflect and improve. These are core.

Join as prolific author, technical expert, and insightful teacher Dr. Alistair Cockburn leads this unique masterclass in team effectiveness. Spend two days with one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto and get your hardest questions answered. Learn 18 ways to improve collaboration; learn three steps that lead micro-improvements to become macro-improvements; have fun along the way.

Here is what people said after attending Alistair's masterclasses:

• "Alistair re-ignited my passion for agile."
• "People walk away with more insight with which to advance their own agility and those of the people around them."
• “By lunchtime you knew there is no going back.”

This event is a conversation, a workshop, an experience. The key is the power of the concepts introduced. Each concept is introduced with activities to help anchor them.

Who Should Attend:
People looking to modernize their team’s way of working. The workshop is industry-neutral, the ideas apply to all industries and initiatives. No prior knowledge of any field, industry or practice is needed, only curiosity and a desire to improve.

Level: The concepts and exercises are kept simple, to meet practitioners in any industry or role, but even experts say they gain insights from Alistair's presentation of known topics.

Location: Lab Digital
Reykjavikstraat 1
3543 KH Utrecht

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday & Tuesday, October 6 & 7

Cost: EUR 995

Workshop contents:

• Do some work in teams using AI/LLM tools. Vibe or careful coding, using any LLM you like;
• Discuss how conversations change in the context of LLM-driven development.
• Learn how the 4 words: "Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, Improve" live in the new development cycle.
• Learn ways to improve collaboration in the new team conversations.
• Learn to micro-improve to every aspect.
• Learn how to slice projects and initiatives into thin slices;
  
• How to hold a “reflective improvement” workshop to improve the team’s actions.

This workshop gives those attendees new to agile an appreciation for the power of human collaboration when done effectively. Using the core elements, Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, Improve, the workshop gives those attendees already familiar with agile a chance to investigate how LLM-driven development will change their conversations, and how to deal with the new problems using collaboration and reflection tools.

Author Bio:

Dr. Alistair Cockburn (pronounced CO-BURN) was named as one of the “42 Greatest Software Professionals of All Times" in 2020, as a world expert on methodologies, project management, software architecture, use cases and agile development. He co-authored both the Agile Manifesto and the Project Management Declaration of Inter-dependence. Since 2015 he has been working on expanding agile to cover every kind of initiative, including social impact project, governments, and families. For his latest work, see https://alistaircockburn.com/.