Agile After Dark- Presented by Agile Ashburn

TOPIC OVERVIEW _WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT TO BUILD BRIDGES WITH BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS, MATURE AGILE TEAMS MUST LEVERAGE AUTOMATION TO BEST SUCCEED. _ OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, FANNIE MAE HAS WORKED AGGRESSIVELY TO TRANSFORM ITSELF FROM A SILOED COMMAND AND CONTROL CULTURE TO AN AGILE ORGANIZATION. TODAY, FANNIE MAE IS A MORE DYNAMIC VALUE-ORIENTED ORGANIZATION THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO STAKEHOLDERS AND FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING GREATER EFFICIENCY, BY ENABLING FAST-FEEDBACK LOOPS AND BY USING EMPIRICAL DATA TO OPTIMIZE MATURE AND PERSISTENT AGILE VALUES AND PRACTICES. WITHIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE TRANSFORMATION TO ENTERPRISE AGILITY, THIS PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THE CASE FOR CHANGE, FANNIE MAE’S JOURNEY, CORRESPONDING CHALLENGES, AND KEY LEARNINGS REALIZED.   LEARNING OUTCOMES * How an Agile transformation at the team level optimizes locally  * How an Agile transformation at the program level optimizes locally  * Ways to properly accelerate an Agile transformation * How leadership is pivotal to guiding a successful transformation * Importance of leveraging automation * Ways in which transformations help engage stakeholders  AGENDA 6:00 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. - Registration, Networking, Hors D'oeuvres 6:30 P.M. - 7:15 P.M. - Keynote Presentation _Building Strong Foundations - Underwriting Fannie Mae's Agile Transformation _ 7:30 P.M. - 7:45 P.M. - Audience Questions 7:45 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. - Closing Remarks and Networking  -------------------------   ABOUT THE PRESENTERS DAVID MCMUNN _Director at Fannie Mae_ Executive experienced in leading large scale business transformation programs in both external and internal consultant roles. Effective change agent experienced in leading business strategy initiatives, then designing and implementing the resulting strategies to achieve measurable business benefits. PHILLIP MANKETO _Agile Delivery Lead and Senior Agile Consultant at Eliassen Group_ Phillip is a multi-faceted Agile practitioner with a proven track record leveraging agile practices to consistently deliver exceptional results on behalf of Fortune 500 clients, start-ups and many Federal and Government entities.