An interactive exchange of ideas, experiences and information among executives, managers, thought leaders and decision-makers to effectively and efficiently increase business value by using Agile development methods in your organization.

• What unique challenges face leaders as developers integrate agile methods into their processes?
• What works and what doesn't?

A comprehensive forum for participants to acquire knowledge and insights enabling informed decisions, and maximum productivity. An exchange of challenges and solutions, communicated through short experience reports, topic-focused group discussions and informal debate.

Learn from other leaders about solutions to the pressing leadership issues in agile implementation.

Network! Establish important alliances and make new contacts with leaders to discuss best practices in agile stewardship.

Join a developing group of corporate and development decision-makers building and leveraging their knowledge, contacts, and resources.

The ADC Executive Summit 2004 focuses on the foremost business issues of agile executives today:

• Meet colleagues, discuss major issues and gain insight into implementing Agile.
• Get information from experts.
• Learn what others been challenged with: their success and resolutions to difficult challenges.
• Hear real life experiences, growth strategies, challenges and solutions.
• Challenge existing thinking, listen to cutting-edge ideas, and acquire useful techniques.
• Find out what works at other companies and what does not.
• Discuss the critical issues your organizations are facing today.

Attendees are invited and encouraged to submit topics for discussion. Suggested topics are:

Why use Agile?

• A bunch of developers want us to do this agile thing--should I let them?
• Our current process is too bogged down--would I be better off if we were more agile?
• Is Agile development right for our business?

How do we use Agile?

• Once there is agreement to go Agile, how to do we implement this?
• How do we measure results? How do I know if we are successful?
• Agile portfolio management? On which projects should we use Agile?
• How do we involving customers and convince them to provide their expert user time?
• How do we get upper middle IT managers to get with the program and not obstruct the move to agile?
• What do we do about outsourcing and distributed teams?

When: 24 and 25 June, two full morning session.
Cost: Included in ADC fees or $700 for summit only.
Chair: Pollyanna Pixton, President, Evolutionary Systems
Facilitator: David Spann

Conference Presentations

 Niel Nickolaisen, COO of Deseret Book (PPT - 235KB)