Master of Ceremonies Brad Meehan From his off-beat delivery to tall tales of his quirky family members, two-time Emmy-nominated comedian Brad Meehan always delivers a highly energetic, hilarious performance. His talents have recently earned him recognition as the All Comedy Radio "Funniest Person in Kansas City" and was featured on the Today Show in their "Quest for the Best Comedian in America.”

Keynote: Lessons in Leadership Carey Lohrenz Presentation Summary As the first female F-14 Fighter Pilot in the U.S.Navy, Carey Lohrenz knows what it takes to win in one of the highest pressure, extreme environments imaginable. In 1994, when Carey “Vixen” Lohrenz was deployed to the USS Abraham Lincoln, there were fewer than 5 female aviators on a ship of 5000 male crew members. Facing uncharted waters in an intensely male-dominated environment, Lohrenz learned vital lessons in leadership that followed her into the corporate world. The most successful leaders share a common foundation of principles used from the flight deck to the front office. The greatest leaders from all corners of the world know how to inspire, use good judgment, take initiative and make powerful decisions – with integrity. In this inspirational keynote address, Carey will share the fundamentals that helped her win in the cockpit at Mach 2, and can help your team win in business: • Be a Catalyst Make change happen by focusing on what matters most • Be Tenacious Overcome your fear of failure • Be Committed to Excellence Prepare, Execute, and Debrief to accomplish

seemingly impossible missions every day • Be Resilient Turn adversity into success Speaker Biography Carey graduated from the University of Wisconsin where she was a varsity rower, also training at the pre-Olympic level. After graduation, she attended the Navy’s Aviation Officer Candidate School before starting flight training and her naval career. She is currently working on her Masters in Business Administration in Strategic Leadership. An industry pioneer and team performance accelerant, Carey is uniquely qualified in the fundamentals of Leadership, Teamwork, Winning Under Pressure, Reducing Errors and Overcoming Obstacles. Carey’s leadership keynote will challenge, inform, and inspire your team to move to higher levels of performance in these difficult economic times. Lohrenz offers bottom-line expertise with clear, realistic takeaway items for audiences that can produce both short-term and life changing results.

Accountability: How to Hold People Accountable Whether They Report to You or Not! Julie Kolwalski Presentation Summary In a world where you get results through teams and teamwork, holding people accountable is a key to real success. Come hear speaker extraordinaire, Julie Kowalski of Spizzerinctum Group LLC share; why people need to be held accountable, the main reasons why people fail to deliver, why we don’t hold people accountable even when we know we should AND proven tips, tools and techniques for holding people accountable (including yourself and those who do and do not report to you) in a positive and very effective manner! Take-a-ways: • A strong understanding of exactly what accountability is and what it is not • A strong understanding of why people fail to do what they said they would do • Why people don’t hold others accountable • The 6 simple steps to effectively holding people accountable • How to have an accountability conversation Speaker Biography Besides being named one of the “World’s Most Creative Thinkers” by best-selling author Seth Godin (Purple Cow), Julie posses 24 years of first hand business experience. Her accomplishments include personally starting and successfully managing multi-million dollar companies. Julie has been facilitating the learning of best practices in $ales, Customer Service, Marketing, Business operations, Leadership, Management, Coaching and Mentoring Programs for the past 11+ years. Let Julie help you and your team achieve your business objectives! Julie’s energy and enthusiasm are contagious! She doesn’t just talk about things she gives solutions!

A Project Manager’s Transition to Agile Matt Anderson Presentation Summary It is no secret that Agile and Lean are permeating the project management community. The challenge for project managers is how do they personally make the change in their management styles from Command and Control to Servant Leader. Join Matt Anderson, Cerner’s Agile Transformation Champion, as he describes his personal metamorphosis from a Traditional project management “caterpillar” to becoming an Agile project management “butterfly” and offers tips on how you can make a similar transformation. Speaker Biography Matt Anderson is the Director of Program Management at Cerner Corporation. Matt has been a leader in establishing Cerner’s PMO and defining and rolling out project management best practices. Matt led the initial Agile development pilots at Cerner and is primarily responsible for Cerner’s Enterprise implementation of Agile/Lean development and project management. With more than 4,000 associates trained in Agile and Lean principles, Cerner has embraced an Agile culture. In the local community, Matt has worked with other area businesses to create KC Agilehood, a group focused on promotion and coaching of Agile best practices at the enterprise level across the KC Metro. Prior to joining Cerner 11 years ago, Matt managed the Computer and Results Systems for the Ice Hockey, Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics which is where he was first exposed to professional project management. Matt has been a PMP since 2004 and was part of the PMI-ACP certification pilot. He also recently served on a PMI Committee as the Integration Chapter Lead for the most recent update to the PMBOK (version 5). He also serves KC PMI as a member of the Executive Roundtable.

What’s New in Microsoft Project 2013 and Project Server 2013 Jeff Almloff Presentation Summary Jeff will be presenting the new features in Microsoft Project 2013 and Project server 2013. Speaker Biography Jeff is a Vice President with the consulting group of UMT Consulting. He is also the past President of the Kansas City chapter of the Microsoft Project Association. He holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Information Systems and Masters degree in Project Management. In addition to his PMP certification, he also is certified in ITIL and RUP. Through his knowledge of the tools and processes related to Project and Portfolio Management he helps companies improve their overall effectiveness in project management through PM Transformation, PM training and mentoring, methodology development, organizational project management process improvement, and Project Management tool selection and implementation. Jeff has helped companies implement and/or improve their use of Microsoft Project Server for companies including Sprint Nextel, Garmin, Perrigo, Pfizer, American Century, the Iowa Department of Transportation, and Kenneth Copeland Ministries.

Project Governance Model Namita Gogumalla Presentation Summary Ms. Gogumalla will discuss the purpose for the new governance model. The discussion will include the reason for the shift from an Advisory to a Functioning/Operational PMO is necessary. Purpose for the New Governance Model includes: • The huge roadmap ahead for KCP&L • Coordination of the execution and delivery of business critical projects • Use of a consistent Project Management Methodology that supports the

implementation of the strategic roadmap and ties directly with IT vision and values • Direct influence on the objectives in the ScoreCard • Single go-to project person for knowledge and status of projects for both IT and the

business Speaker Biography Ms. Gogumalla is an influential leader with over 14 years of experience in the design and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions. She has recognized ability to partner with business unit executives and work across multiple IT teams to develop innovative solutions to complex business problems, coordinating the competing needs of multiple business unit clients, and building commitment to a common plan. She has proven ability to build and lead high performing teams, maximizing productivity and reducing costs, while cultivating a cohesive, highly energized team. Expertise in leading organization-wide requirements, business analyst and program/project teams. Ms. Gogumalla is an IT executive currently leading a multi-million dollar business transformation effort spanning multiple years, concurrent projects across multiple business units, using commercial off the shelf software products, software vendors, system integrators, and software development teams. She is defining and successfully executing a program structure including governance, cadence, operating model, staffing, deliverables, status reporting structure, and all traditional program management deliverables. She is responsible for ensuring the business transformation ultimately delivers large scale process simplification and extensive and effective change management.

Keynote: Persuading with Power - How to influence when you don’t have authority Nancy Whatley Blaine Presentation Summary As a Project Manager, you will continually face the challenge of getting those around you to do what you need when they have other priorities. What to do when you have accountability, but little authority? Persuading powerfully is the key. Each of us has “influence currencies” that tap into our motivations and increase buy-in. Now imagine being able to identify and apply these internal motivations to others. This presentation is designed to build skills that enable you to influence others in ways that develop relationships based on mutual agreement and trust. It will help you better recognize and manage the influence attempts of others within the workplace, and develop the skills to adapt a communication style and message without resorting to “manipulation” or “power play” tactics that often backfire and cause severe breakdown in productivity. Attendees will be introduced to each of the six influence currencies and learn how to apply them effectively. Come learn practical and immediately applicable tips on how to significantly increase your persuasion quotient – with anyone. Nancy’s keynote presentation will demonstrate how to: • Increase your persuasion skills • Influence effectively in situations where you have no authority but require results • Improve your interpersonal effectiveness Speaker Biography Nancy Whatley-Blaine is the foremost expert in restoring productivity and balance by discerning and defusing workplace conflict and barriers. Using her expertise in “Dismantling the Elephant in the Room,” you will be armed with not only the exact tools you need, but also how to differentiate for yourself what tools are best for the situation. With 18 years’ experience as a consultant, manager and facilitator, Nancy has led award-winning teams and helped organizations – in both the government and private sectors – achieve high-performance results.

The Ship Has Docked; What Did We Learn? Lessons Learned Workshop Nancy J. Petersen, MBA, PMP, PMI-RMP Presentation Summary In this hands-on workshop, you will learn about the value for the Project Manager, the Project team, and the company to collect positive and negative observations about a project as part of Project Closure. The attendee can expect to leave this session with a template, an easy process, and practice performing Lessons Learned that can be used in their projects today. This session will: • Examine what the PMBOK®, Fifth Edition, has to say about the Lessons Learned

process, as well as its origins with the US military • Discuss the benefits of collecting and documenting Lessons Learned through

interactive discussion • Provide a simple template and process for collecting Lessons Learned for any

project • Gain experience through a hands-on activity as to how to collect and how to use the

information gathered during the Lessons Learned session • Provide the tools and processes to take back to the workplace and apply

immediately Speaker Biography Nancy J. Petersen is an educator, project manager practitioner, and volunteer for the PMI KC Mid-America Chapter. She earned her MBA in Management Information Systems from Avila University in Kansas City, MO. She has earned two PMI credentials; Project Management Professional (PMP®) and PMI-Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®). Ms. Petersen is “happily” retired; however, she continues to teach project management and MBA courses for local universities at the graduate and undergraduate level. She is a past speaker for the KC PMI Professional Development Days and has conducted a workshop on Risk Management. She is the 2013 President of the KC PMI chapter with 1,360 members. In her “spare” time she travels, works in mosaics, reads mystery novels, and participate in local events. Ms. Petersen’s goal is to “grow leaders” through teaching and volunteering.

Panel Discussion – Experiences on the Journey to Agile

Presentation Team • Bret Gibson, Moderator • John Flagler, PMP, PMI_ACP, MBA, IT Director - Project Delivery for Hallmark

Cards, Inc. • Ron Montgomery, PMP, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, Scrum Alliance Certified

ScrumMaster, Scales Agile Academy Certified Scaled Agile Program Consultant, Owner of OnPoint, LLC

• Jenny Tarwater, Sprint Product Development Organization • Randy Bentele, VP of Enterprise Solutions Delivery for Waddell & Reed • Kay Harper, Experienced Agile Professional Presentation Summary Over the past ten years, increased global interconnectivity among societies, economies, businesses and individuals has resulted in increasing complexity in each of these areas. The next decade will belong to those who learn to adapt and thrive in an environment of large-scale structural change and the resulting turbulence. Continuous delivery can help large enterprises to become lean, Agile and innovative as a perpetual startup. It will require a culture of closer collaboration, continual learning and discovery across most if not all organizations. Leaders will need to re-think their management styles. Business people will need to learn a lot more about software, and software people will need to learn more about business. Individuals will need to re-invent themselves at every level in the organization. Are you preparing for this momentous change? If you have not begun preparing, we suggest that you start now. In this panel discussion, we will look at the leadership practices, mindsets and behaviors that you will need to make it happen from the perspective of several different business organizations. How have these different business organizations begun implementing Agile Methodologies and how are these business organizations managing the changes that have occurred. There will be time for questions from the audience as a part of this discussion. Please join us to begin your professional journey into the future.

Panel Member Biographies

John Flagler, PMP, PMI_ACP, MBA, IT Director - Project Delivery for Hallmark Cards, Inc. Over 27 years at Hallmark Cards, Inc., managing and delivering technology solutions for Retail, Mass Channel, eCommerce, SAP implementation, distribution center, enterprise systems as well as establishment and application of enterprise architecture strategies. In his current role, he is responsible for delivering technology and business systems for North America corporate priorities managing and directing both Project Managers and Agile Coaches. He is the Agile champion leading the Agile enterprise transformation ensuring an integrated approach with business process, LEAN and SDLC practices. This role Includes resource management of 70 analysts with divisional new program development, budget and administrative budget responsibilities. Ron Montgomery, PMP, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster, Scales Agile Academy Certified Scaled Agile Program Consultant, Owner of OnPoint, LLC Ron Montgomery is a management consultant and owner of OnPoint, LLC, a firm that partners with clients to drive business value from I.T. projects. Ron has 35 years of hands-on experience with projects that encompass business planning, software development, process improvement, and deployment of software solutions. Ron launched his independent consulting career in 1994, and his clients include major insurance carriers, banks, technical solution firms, and non-profit organizations. He has assisted these clients with business planning, IT strategy, project and program management, vendor selection and team training / mentoring. Over the past six years, Ron has led multiple initiatives that employ the Agile framework. Ron has achieved the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification sponsored by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and has held the office of president on the local PMI board. Ron holds the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification and the Certified ScrumMaster designation from the Scrum Alliance. Ron is also certified as Scaled Agile Program Consultant by the Scaled Agile Academy. He holds a B.A. degree in Industrial Relations from Rockhurst College in Kansas City.

Jenny Tarwater, Sprint Product Development Organization Jenny Tarwater is a 20 year veteran of Technical Project and Program Management with a disciplined approach of cultivating success and growth in people, process and products. Jenny’s mission as a kinetic leader, partner and consummate student is to lead others to surpass goals, contribute positive impressions in collaborative environments and explore undiscovered opportunities and solutions through continuous learning. Jenny’s endless motivation drives her involvement in cultivating the “small company start up culture” both within Sprint and out-reaching into the Kansas City community.

Her dedication and diverse talents are evident through a steady stream of successful products, including the sale and launch of Kansas City’s first web page for the Kansas City Board and Trade, www.80s.com -winner of People Magazine’s 1996 award for ‘Best of Bytes’, several iconic Sprint device launches, to the most recent launch of the award winning Chrysler Connected Vehicle platform, UConnect. Her approach to perpetual improvement is illustrated in her leadership of the year-long transformation of Sprint’s Product Development organization into a successful Agile mobile application development division using several Agile methodologies including scrum and Kanban. The transition moved quickly from a two team pilot to the entire organization – sometimes failing fast on the way. Jenny feels the balance is finding the sweet spot between “by-the-book Agile /scrum/Kanban” and being enterprise-aware. There is a need to respect how a proven methodology fits together prior to making modifications, but modify you must to thrive in a larger organizational ecosystem. You must be adept at respecting and supporting the enterprise legacy project management methods – while truly embracing Agile and Lean.

Randy Bentele, Experienced Agile Professional As the VP of Enterprise Solutions Delivery for Waddell & Reed, Randy Bentele, deals daily with development, support and planning issues surrounding the transformation of IT to meet the growing needs of Waddell & Reed. Randy’s organization was responsible for introducing Agile Scrum at Waddell & Reed and his team continually looks for ways to apply agile methods and principles in a very traditional waterfall environment. Today there are 11 Certified Scrum Masters, 25 Certified Product Owners, and 9 Scaled Agile Framework Agilist at Waddell & Reed. Randy, himself, is a PMI certified project manager (PMP) and Scaled Agile Framework Agilist (SA), with over 25 years of experience in infrastructure technology and application software development. He has led large global organizations and used his expertise to successfully deliver projects in a broad range of industries including financial management, telecommunications, human resources, engineering, and distribution. Randy is a recognized expert in process development and improvement having established enterprise program offices for fortune 500 companies and successfully lead an organization through a level 3 CMMi assessment. He is a sought after trainer, speaker and mentor in the Project Management field having taught as an Adjunct Professor at Rockhurst University MBA program, a regular speaker at the KC PMI conference and has developed and delivered PM training to multiple clients. Randy has a BS in Computer Science and Management and an MBA from Rockhurst University. He lives in Overland Park, KS with his wife, Cindy and their 4 children. Randy is active in the community where he has served on several boards of local non-profit organizations.

Find Out the Two Words PMI Has Only Uttered Once Lenet Compton, MSM, PMP, CBAO Presentation Summary What is a Business Analyst? What is their role? How does the Business Analyst fit into your world? Are you doing that job as well as your project work? How do the two international organizations see the fit? Should you care? Unlock the Business Analyst mystery with Lenet Compton, MSM, PMP, CBAP as she explores this friend or foe role dynamic. You may decide that a dual certification is just what you need to create a solid, three-leg stool of PM-BA-Six Sigma. Speaker Biography Lenet spent 23 successful and rewarding years at Honeywell International managing manufacturing transition and IT projects for their Aerospace division. Her strengths are in leading virtual, cross-functional teams from Initiating to Closing; cross-functional team facilitation and training; managing stakeholder expectations; and maintaining project schedule and budget fidelity through scope management. As a member of The Roth Group, Lenet shares her real-world, corporate experience to help her students add more value for their stakeholders. “A project manager is the glue that holds the project together.” Lenet emphasizes how project management teaches us to be transparent in our communications to better manage stakeholder expectations, focus on the future as an influencer and problem solver, and help stakeholders appreciate the power of change control.

From “Garage” Agile to Enterprise Implementation Presentation Team • Joe Angotti, PMP, Six Sigma Black Belt, Vice President, PMO • Scott Bird, PMP, CSM, Lead Agile Coach Presentation Summary In 2011, the Retirement Product Services (RPS) division of JP Morgan Chase received the word that the entire organization was going Agile. Several IT teams took that mandate and ran with it. In 2012, external coaches were brought in and several pilot projects were kicked off with great success. Now in 2013 the consultants are gone, RPS is rolling out Agile across all IT groups and all projects, and it looks and feels a lot different than the Agile you read about on the internet. This presentation will be an oral history of our journey, including lessons learned along the way. The topics covered will include: • Differences between Agile for individual teams and an enterprise implementation • The role of training and coaching (they are VERY different!) • Is Agile just for IT, or for the business too? • The importance of change management and communication • Adoption and performance metrics • The challenges of geographically distributed teams Joe Angotti, PMP, Six Sigma Black Belt, Vice President, PMO Joe Angotti is responsible for management of the project portfolio and execution model within RPS. He has over 25 years of experience in the retirement business and has worked for the past 10 years in some project or portfolio management capacity. He is a PMP trained in Agile and as a Six Sigma Black Belt. Scott Bird, PMP, CSM, Lead Agile Coach Scott Bird is the Lead Agile Coach for RPS, responsible for process definition and support for all teams and projects at RPS. He has over 10 years experience in various roles of the Agile methods. Prior to that he has 20 years of project management experience. He is a PMP, CSM, and is currently working on his PMI-ACP.

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Resource Planning Dennis H. Busch Presentation Summary Without question, all projects should be resource planned. Even individuals should plan themselves as a resource. • So, do you understand the relationship between your workload and availability

during the next three months? • Do you understand the relationship between the time-phased resource requirements

or needs of your project(s) versus the availability of these same resources? If you cannot answer yes to both questions, then do you see this as a major problem? If you don’t plan resources, you are not alone, as this does not seem to a common practice for projects or individuals. This then poses the question – why? One of the reasons is that it can be a complex process and daunting. It’s a big step! So in order to assist people get into resource planning, PMT offers some simpler methods which should help break the ice; get familiar with what is involved in resource planning; and conduct simple analysis that will define the resource-time-availability relationship for you or your project(s). In this presentation, titled “ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) Resource Planning” PMT defines several parameters that you can derive on any and all projects such that resource planning can in fact be conducted – at least to a Rough Order of Magnitude. You’ll see that it doesn’t take extensive training or skill or a sophisticated computer tool, just an understanding of several basic fundamental principles. We will verify these principles and related processes using examples and case studies. Speaker Biography Dennis is a graduate Aeronautical Engineer, has been a project management professional for over 40 years, supporting a variety of high-tech industries. During this time, he has worked in the development and implementation of project management training; project planning and program control system evaluation, design, implementation, and audit; and software tool evaluation, implementation, and training. In 1990, he founded Project Management Technologies (PMT), a company whose charter is the implementation and training of proven model-based planning and program control methodologies. Based on demonstrable practical application, Mr. Busch has developed revolutionary new methodology in project planning and resource management.

User Stories Unchained Presentation Team • Mike Turner • Sean Hurst Presentation Summary User stories are designed to be easily written for project teams utilizing Agile techniques. But what happens to your next sprint when these stories get “unchained”? Is the team ready to commit to the functionality promised in the next release? Estimating the level of work from user stories can be a difficult task. This session will focus on the importance of estimation; as it relates to the user stories and the team velocity. You will learn several different estimating techniques and what to look out for when preparing for your next sprint. Mike Turner A lifelong resident of the Kansas City area, Mike has over 20 years of Project Management experience. He earned his PMP in 2003, Certified Scrum Master in 2009 and is currently an IT Project Manager with AMC. Mike has been a past speaker at the KC-PMI Professional Development Days and in the past year has developed and presented several, day long workshops on Agile-Scrum. Mike is the proud father of 6 children, his most challenging project to date. Sean Hurst Sean Hurst has over 10 years’ experience working in both the Operations Management and IT Software Development fields for companies in the Kansas City metro area, including Citigroup, and most recently Asurion. Holding positions in the Project Management, Business Analyst, Development Lead and Service Quality disciplines, Sean has a well-rounded view of the IT landscape. Sean recently became a Certified Scrum Master and currently leads Agile driven Development Teams through recurring two week Sprints. Sean devotes a majority of his free time to his wife, Inga, and 7 year old daughter, Katelyn.

Agile Metrics: Why They Matter (And When They Don’t) Nathan Lagergren, MBA Presentation Summary Agile as a methodology brings a level of transparency to software development that has been missing from prior development practices. However, with the numerous different ways of dissecting the data now available to managers across the board, we risk falling into the trap of ‘metrics mania’. Alternatively, companies often focus on one metric above all others (i.e. velocity) and wonder why they continue to face challenges. This session will focus on the common metrics that organizations find themselves tracking, some of the metrics they should be tracking (but aren’t) and the challenges that present themselves in trying to paint a meaningful picture in the context of your organization. Speaker Biography With an MBA in Finance and Leadership from the University of Miami, Nathan Lagergren has spent the past 17 years working with some of the world’s largest Fortune 500 companies in driving organizational change through business value alignment. During that time he has seen firsthand the incredible value that meaningful metrics bring to the table in software development and the dark side of neglecting the human element inherent to any behavioral change initiative.

Open Spaces: An interactive Q&A for PDD Participants with Agile Practitioners in an Open Forum Environment Presentation Team • Martin Olson • Troy Tuttle • Josh Roberts Presentation Summary In a nutshell, the Open Space is designed to allow participants to join in \ disengage from discussions depending on the relevancy of the topic to them. Agile Practitioners will be available at the end of Day 2 to facilitate various Open Spaces. The Open Space format is designed to allow for smaller group engagement and discussion with different groups forming around specific topics. This session will provide attendees the ability to discuss questions or thoughts they might have from one or more of the sessions or topics during PDD. Attendees are encouraged to join an open space if they are so inclined or leave the open space group if they don't wish to participate\listen to the discussion. So if you find that you still have some questions at the end of the PDD, why not bring them to the Open Space and see if you can find an answer. Regarding the open space format, here are two sources of good information about the idea behind Open Spaces and how it works: www.agileopen.net/on-open-space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology

Martin Olson Biography Martin Olson grew up in the Kansas City metropolitan area and has an affinity its people and the mid-western culture; honesty, respect, caring, warmth and community. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from UMKC School of Computer Science and Telecommunications, and a Graduate Degree from the University of Kansas, School of Business and has been working in the IT industry for over twenty two years. Martin is currently a principal with Silicon Prairie Solutions, providing Agile and Lean leadership coaching, team mentoring and training to clients throughout the United States. Martin is also a founding member of the Agile KC group and has helped lead the group since 2003. In addition Martin often presents at conferences and other speaking engagements on agile and lean practices in the real world. Martin’s latest endeavors have centered on assisting enterprises understand and successfully transition being Agile at scale. Rather than following a prescriptive format, Martin believes that it is important to understand the strengths and weaknesses inherent within the organization and structure a process that fits the underlying culture and helps drive its evolution. Martin can be reached at molson@siliconprairiesolutions.com. Troy Tuttle Biography Troy Tuttle is a Lean-Agile coach, software developer mentor, and consultant with almost a decade of experience working in Lean-Agile environments. He currently operates KanFlow, a consulting firm dedicated to helping software professionals, teams, and organizations improve by the study and application of Lean and Agile principles and practices. Most of his work is directed by approaches that support better clarity, understanding, and continuous learning about Lean, Agile, and the nature of knowledge work itself. Troy has been heavily involved in the community as a facilitator and speaker. He founded the Limited WIP Society of Kansas City in 2009—a user group for Lean, Kanban, and Agile practitioners to help others in the community with the theory and

practice of Lean software. He also regularly speaks at local, regional, and international events and conferences. Recently his interests have focused on systems thinking and complexity theory as alternative means to achieve a better understanding of Lean and Agile software development. Josh Roberts Biography Josh Roberts is a Solutions Delivery Manager and Team Coach with a focus on agile/lean practices. With over 14 years of experience delivering software solutions, he has managed projects with both traditional and agile methodologies. His background in portfolio, program/project and team management enables him to successfully architect and implement agile/lean delivery frameworks tailored to enterprise objectives. Coupled with his experience in the Finance and Telecommunications industries, Josh also draws from his undergraduate degree in MIS and an MBA in Finance and International Business. He has provided solutions delivery services to both large enterprise IT organizations and product development companies. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the role of lead developer for an iPhone game.