Time for a pets cat-egory here in the coalition?
Welcome to the Coalition! Introduce yourself :-)
ManuelGomes
#290
Iām somewhere between Anne the Architect, and Gerald the Generalist. A David of a couple of decadesā experience, Ivanning out on occasion, now mostly sitting among Ivans and working on their interactions with Elliots. But I still love hanging out with Daves - theyāre my homies.
Frequently, some Elliot will ask me to āgo make X happenā - when X is something the org doesnāt really know how to do, and needs to learn about PDQ. Other times, itās āGo fix Yā. Y is usually hairy, misbehaved, and has horrid table manners. Other times still, I just find my own trouble. Iām good at that. Iām a knowledge door-kicker, a silo saboteur, an agent of change and mischief.
After dealing with quite a few agile dysfunctions, and benefiting from a few winning agile plays (mostly of the very unorthodox - nay, iconoclastic - variety), I figured that most of what I do is promote business agility up and down the organisation.
I hope to get a few of my āam I crazy, orā¦ā answers here, to avail myself to the wheels people have come up with before me, so as to not have to reinvent them, and to provide comedic relief, iconoclasm on demand, and whatever experience I can contribute to my fellow insurgents.
agileGeorge
#293
Hi! Iām Georgina Hughes. Iām a ScrumMaster in London, UK. Iām a contractor, currently working with two teams in an exhibitions marketing company. Iāve been doing scrum mastery for about five years now. I spend a lot of time with the real world agile community here in London through such things as attending meetups and volunteering in Tobias Mayerās ScrumMaster Clinics.
Iām more of Charlotte the Coach than any of the other personas. Iām usually the person who gets asked the hard answers about agile, and Iām getting more comfortable with not always having the answers to them. Last year I went on Lyssa Adkinās Agile Facilitator and Agile Coach courses, and I found them to be life changing both professionally and personally.
Iāve found myself in a lot of early transitions into agile, and Iāve learned a lot from that. Iād like to go somewhere a little less dysfunctional in the future, but then I wonder what I would be needed forā¦?
kschlabach
#294
HAHAHAHA! Good luck with that!
Jokes aside, you could transition from āadoptionā into āscalingāā¦ not sure it will be any less dysfunctional though.
Bnorm
#295
Hail! I was so happy to find this great community online while trying to write a paper for school on discourse communities. During the day I am somewhere between Barry the Beginner and Peter the Product Manager. I have been a software developer on an agile team about five years ago, however now I am on the business side and function as a product line manager for an area of technology called āthe internet of thingsā. Iām here because my developer counterparts at my organization are agile, and I want to learn everything I can to become a good product owner, and be able to relate to my developers so I can best serve them. At night I am still picking away at a degree online in information technology with a focus on information assurance and cyber security.
bradstokes
#296
Nice! Welcome to the coalition. Interesting subjects to be studying. How have you found the use of discourse in the creation of Communities of Practice in the technical world? Iām definitely curious.
Karina_Gerdes
#297
Hi, I am currently a Business Change Agent for the Retailer IT division of an Automobile Manufacturer that is trying to move from Waterfall to Agile. Ironically, my previous job was within the realms of Continuous Improvement for an Aerospace OEM supplier trying to become more āagileā (and failing) through introducing lean principles (such as Kanban) from the automotive sector within the manufacturing environment (without working to adjust c-level/management expectations in any shape or form) by coaching through an external consultancy.
My journey with agile is just starting but I am excited to be here and look forward to the ride. I view the opportunity of personal and professional growth within the project management space, and itsā various methodologies, a great personal challenge and welcome the ālearning opportunitiesā that I will inevitably encounter.
bradstokes
#298
Wow,
That sounds super interesting and challenging at the same time. Iām not sure we ever get there, but it is a fun journey. How well do the principles of agile hold up in the automotive space, if not the practices?
I know the theory of constraints and Lean are things in the industry, but what of other practices and frameworks?
Welcome to the coalition. Hopefully, you get to share some of the learning opportunities here.
adeilsonrbrito
#299
hello everyone. Iām glad for be here. Iām a Chief Information Officer with 23+ years of experience in the technology area, focused in promoting and driving the digital transformation in my Organization: āTake digital to the core businessā. Professionally Iām passionate about digital business, innovation, artificial intelligence, startups culture and agile mindset. I hope share ideas, exchange experiences and learn strong insights with the Coalition.
cusack
#300
It will be great to get some perspective through the Executive lens! Thanks for joining, and looking forward to hearing more about your experiences with startups culture and agile mindsetā¦
bradstokes
#301
Iād second that. Welcome, Adeilson,
You will have faced some unique pressures few of us stare down. Balancing the will of the CEO with using technology to see the vision of the company come to life is never easy. I look forward to chatting with you.
You said the magic words of AI. So how do you think AI can assist developers and teams in finding better solutions? Iām not thinking the magical neural networks, I was actually thinking more the rules-based side of the coin. Iād think that finding a sufficiently large corpus of data to provide meaningful insights on team performance would be difficult in the extreme.
Welcome again.
Shaun_Mitchell
#302
Hello Everyone,
Iām so glad I stumbled across Agile Uprising. Iāve been listening to the podcast as much as I can to catch up. I feel Iām in a bit of a unique situation (perhaps you can tell me that Iām really not 
). Iāve been apart of Scrum development teams in the past and loved the practices. I now work in an HR department trying to setup Agile HR, I still have oversight over the technology road map aligned with the our IT department.
We are in the process of creating value streams for HR with an agile discipline to scale agile outside the software development practice. It will be a really interesting / exciting adventure and I look forward to engaging the community in some thoughtful discussions.
cusack
#303
welcome @Shaun_Mitchell! Agile outside of IT has been a topic thatās been beat on a ton the last few years. The engagement I just left had Agile Finance and a few other business units looking to move in that direction. With that said, you are probably still a pioneer of sorts. Iāve seen the case studies, and the conference talks, but think there is still a lot we can all collectively learn and experiment with. Looking forward to that lens being applied as you scour postings!
Glad you joined; as a community we benefit greatly from diverse views and experiencesā¦
JayH
#305
Welcome @Shaun_Mitchell! We are putting together a podcast in the near future around Agile HR with Arlen Bankston who is writing a book on the topic. Want to join?
andycleff
#306
See the thread here: HR and Agility
Iāve added links to Arlenās work. @Paul_Elia spoke with him last year on our podcast.
trudelle
#307
Hi, and thank you! Iām a grizzled veteran of the software industry in the Silly Valley, recognizing a bit of myself in Susan, Fred, David, Terry and Charlotte. After 20 years of managing software development, I had an epiphany- authority is an impediment for me, I can be more effective, and we can all be much happier, without it. Ever since then, I have strived to follow the servant leader path. How can I help here?
bradstokes
#308
Hi @trudelle,
The best thing you can do is get involved in the conversation. We have all sorts of people here from people just beginning their journey to veterans like yourself. Iād love to hear about some of both the wins and losses youāve seen over the years.
Cheers Brad