This is the current program for LESS2010. For more details, see the page for each track:
In addition there will be space for unscheduled “Just In Time” sessions.
Note that the program is subject to change.
Sunday October 17th
PhD Symposium – TBC
Monday October 18th
| Time | Scaling Agile to Lean | Lean Product Development and Innovation | Beyond Budgeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Welcome and Keynote: Deborah Nightingale | ||
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Coffee | ||
| 10.30 - 12.15 | When Agile is Not Enough - Kati Vilkki (slides) | Case Nextdoor: Product Development Predictability and Adaptability Achieved - Marko Taipale (slides) | Beyond Budgeting in Statoil - Bjarte Bogsnes |
| Refactoring the Organization - Ken Power (slides) | Designing Process Visualisation - Alisson Vale (slides) | ||
| 12.15 - 13.15 | Lunch | ||
| 13.15 - 15.00 | Journey Through Systemic Improvement - David Joyce (slides) | Product Creation Through Lean Approaches - Henning Rudolf, Frances Paulisch (slides) | The SpareBank 1 Gruppen's Road to a New Corporate Governance Based On the Principles of Beyond Budgeting - Sigurd Aune (slides) |
| A Framework for Lean Software Enterprise Research - Petri Kettunen (slides) | |||
| Lean and Agile Project Management: For Large Programs and Projects - David F. Rico (slides) | What is Flowing in Lean Software Development - Vladimir Mandic, Markku Oivo, Pilar Rodriguez, Pasi Kuvaja, Harri Kaikkonen, Burak Turhan (slides) | Continue your Beyond Budgeting Journey with help from Agile, Lean and Scrum - Helge Eikeland (slides) | |
| Leadership in Kanban Software Development Projects: A Quasi-controlled Experiment - Marko Ikonen | |||
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee | ||
| 15.30 - 16.45 | Panel: Why Agile? Why Lean? - David J. Anderson (host) Kati Vilkki, Alan Shalloway, David Joyce, David F. Rico, Ken Power (panelists) | Concept 2 Cash - Simon Baker, Gus Power (slides) | Beyond Budgeting: A Performance Management Model for Agile Software Development Teams - Garry Lohan, Kieran Conboy & Michael Lang |
| Beyond Budgeting Q&A | |||
| 16.45 - 17.00 | Short Break | ||
| 17.00 - 18.00 | Networking Posters & Cocktails Event | ||
| 19.00 - onwards | Social Programme and Dinner Helsinki City Reception in Helsinki City Hall - Bus departs at 18.30 |
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Tuesday October 19th
| Time | Scaling Agile to Lean | Lean Product Development and Innovation | Beyond Budgeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.30 - 09.30 | Keynote: Professor Duc Truong Pham (slides) | ||
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Coffee | ||
| 10.00 - 11.45 | Complexity vs Lean, the Big Showdown - Jurgen Appelo (slides) | Leadership & Effective Coaching for Managers - Arto Eskelinen and Sami Honkonen | How the Beyond Budgeting Management Model Enables Lean Thinking - Peter Bunce (slides) |
| 11.45 - 12.45 | Lunch | ||
| 12.45 - 13.45 | Keynote: Juhani Risku (slides) | ||
| 13.45 - 15.30 | Agile Transformation Study: One Year After - Maarit Laanti | Kanban and Technical Excellence - Markus Andrezak, Bernd Schiffer | Handelsbanken: Our Way - Pekka Vasankari (slides) |
| The Role of the User Story Agile Practice in Innovation - Colm O'hEocha, Kieran Conboy | |||
| Lean/Agile Software Development Methodologies in a Regulated Environment: A Systematic Literature Review - Oisín Cawley, Xiaofeng Wang, Ita Richardson | Collaborative Lean Delivery - Christian Blunden | Dynamic Management in a Global Telecomms Business - Kenneth Hauge | |
| Distributing a Lean Organization: Maintaining Communication While Staying Agile - Sebastian Meyer, Eric Knauss, Kurt Schneider (slides) | |||
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee | ||
| 16.00 - 17.15 | Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering - David Lempia | Single Piece Flow in Kanban: the Software Work Cell - Arlo Belshee | Collision with Lean Management and Agile Development - Juka Rikkila (slides) Panel Discussion |
| Grand Dual - Pekka Abrahamsson and Nilay Oza (hosts) | |||
| 17.15 - 18.15 | Lightning Talks | ||
| 19.00 - onwards | Social Programme and Dinner | ||
There will also be an Executives Day on Tuesday
Wednesday October 20th
| Time | Scaling Agile to Lean | Lean Product Development and Innovation | Beyond Budgeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Conference Closing & Outlook for LESS2011: Pekka Abrahamsson, Nilay Oza and Jayakanth “JK” Srinivasan | ||
| 09.00 - 12.30 | Tutorial: Scaling Agile With the Lessons of Lean Product Development Flow - Alan Shalloway (slides) | Tutorial: Practical Kanban - Karl Scotland (slides) Tutorial: Leadership in developing high-performing teams - Ari Tikka | Tutorial: Removing the Barriers to Successful “Lean” and “Agile” Implementations - Peter Bunce (slides) |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch | ||
| 13.30 - onwards | Close | ||