We are looking forward to heading to Oslo to talk about modernizing products (architecture, delivery, tech, product - all the stuff) - all without bringing down production.

Slides can be found here.

See you at NDC Oslo!

Trying to modernize a legacy product? And, even more so, without impacting current production, not taking years, and still supporting current development?

Welcome to the club.

Join us at MITechCon where we will be talking about how to do this, given real world examples.

Slides for Modernizing Without Bringing Down Prod can be found here.

Slides for Product Thinking and Architecture can be found here.

We will be heading up to the beautiful city of Montreal to jam at confoo

2 sessions - Product Thinking and Architecture and Systems Thinking: Concepts to See the Whole.

• Slides for Product Thinking and Architecture

• Slides for Systems Thinking

See you up North!

We will be heading to CodeMash to deliver our workshop on systems thinking and a presentation on architecture and product.

Tired of change theater? Want to get a better idea of visualizing what is actually happening? Come jam with us! Slides for the workshop can be found here

Blending Product Thinking and Architecture slides can be found here

Bonus points to attendees that ask us about Depeche Mode.

We are happy to be back at AllDayDevOps for another year. This year we will be delivering 2 sessions -

Blending Product Thinking with Architecture

Content Isn’t the Problem, Application Is

There is a ton of great content, a vibrant community - and it is all online and free. Check it out!

We are looking forward to learning from and sharing with the quality community at KWSQA - https://kwsqa.org/

We will be talking about the problems that arise when expecting certainty and ignoring variability. There will be math! Our slides can be found here.

See you there

We are heading north of the border to hang with our friends up in Winnipeg at PrairieDevCon.

There will be a ton of wonderful sessions. We will be presenting on:

Product Thinking and Architecture - slides here

Systems Thinking - slides here

See you in Manitoba!

We are stoked to be heading back to St. Louis to talk about Architecture and Metrics. The architecture talk will be techniques you can use right now to move towards a better architecture and less weeks-long planning that doesn’t solve problems. Our metrics talk won’t be about velocity - we will get deep into much more interesting and relevant metrics for teams and organizations as well as how to understand if changes make a difference.

Our slides on Product Thinking and Architecture can be found here

Our slides on Metrics That Matter can be found here

See you at DevUp!

We are heading back to Nebraska and Nebraska.Code() where we will be doing a workshop and 2 sessions.

Interested in Systems Thinking and want to be able to apply it to your work? Come check out our workshop where you will get to learn how to model systems, learn to look for leverage points for actual change, and understand if your changes have the intent you expect. Along the way - Shewhart charts, U-curves, Demand Analysis, and much more. Slides on the Systems Thinking Workshop are here

We will also have 2 sessions - the first on people and books to know and the second on understanding variability. See you in Nebraska!

Problems that arise when ignoring variability (slides)

Books and People to Know (slides)

Come hang with us in Detroit at Agile and Beyond where we will be presenting on Product Thinking and Architecture. Here is a subtle hint - going to be dropping some new ideas on how your architecture accidentally influences your planning…and what you can do about it.

Slides can be found here

See you there

We are heading back to Michigan for a few talks at MITechCon

We will be talking about Product Thinking and Architecture; Metrics that Matter; and a new talk Content isn’t the Problem, Application Is.

Slides can be found here:

Product Thinking and Architecture

Metrics That Matter

Content Isn’t the Problem, Application Is

Strategic DDD to Organize Teams

Head up to Michigan and see you there!

We are heading back north of the border to Calgary and the wonderful Prairie Dev Con. We have 2 sessions - the first on using Product Thinking and context to help with architecture; the second one on moving towards better metrics.

If you don’t live in Calgary, now is the best time to visit. See you there

Slides from our talk on Moving Towards Impactful Metrics can be found here.

Slides from our talk on Product Thinking and Architecture can be found here.

We are super excited to be back with the wonderful AllDayDevOps talking about our evolving view on metrics.

The virtual session for AllDayDevOps is stacked - check it out!

Slides for our session can be found here.

Value Stream Mapping - what it is, how it can be helpful, and how to start - DevOps Days Des Moines

Join us and the many great speakers at DevOps Days Des Moines. We will be working through creating and learning from a value stream in our session. Leave the session able to apply this in your organization to start your own intentional improvement process.

Slides and word doc for the exercise are here

See you in Des Moines!

We will be delivering a workshop on product discovery - think framing, mapping, and some experience testing - as well as a session on how to blend product perspective with architecture at DevUp Conference in St. Louis

Slides for our workshop can be found here

Slides for our session on architecture can be found here