Planning Agile – 11:30-12:15
Session Title: Using Lean Startup Principles to Guide All Agile Adoptions
Speaker: Alan Shalloway

Over the last few years we’ve seen many Kanban and Lean principles/practices be incorporated into Agile’s foremost method – Scrum. This is not surprising given that Scrum can be considered a partial implementation of Lean principles – so adding more would make it more effective. In much the same way, the Lean-Startup movement takes Lean principles to an extreme in a particular application of Lean. By observing how the Lean-Startup exemplifies the lean principles of “deliver fast”, “continuously learn”, “optimize the whole” and “defer commitment”, one can learn more about the true essence of Lean itself. This talk shows how the attitude of the Lean-Startup can assist agile teams and organizations in discovering and delivering value to their customers, regardless of the method(s) they are using.