This document summarizes an Agile conference session titled "Agile Success with Scrum: It’s All about the People" presented by Bob Hartman and Michael Vizdos. The session discussed why Scrum projects often fail according to surveys, with the top reason being issues related to people and culture. The presenters explored how teams often forget the human element of Agile frameworks. They also reviewed the Scrum values and emphasized the most important unspoken value is creating happiness among team members. Finally, the session proposed an approach for project success focusing on appreciating, protecting, and applauding team members to build respect, optimism, and pride.

1. AW5
Concurrent Session
11/13/2013 2:15 PM
"Agile Success with Scrum:
It’s All about the People"
Presented by:
Bob Hartman, Agile For All
Michael Vizdos, Vizdos Enterprises, LLC
Brought to you by:
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2. Bob Hartman
Agile For All
Bob Hartman’s logic-based approach to development and quality was
honed early in his now more than thirty-year software development career.
Bob has acquired wide-ranging industry knowledge by working as a
software developer, tester, product manager, project manager,
development manager, and executive. During the past ten years, he has
grown from being an early adopter of agile to his current status as a
Certified Scrum Trainer and Coach. Bob remembers the pain of long
waterfall development cycles, and understands the human and business
interactions necessary to achieve success regardless of development
methodology. Bob’s holistic view of development can help any team
achieve success.
Michael Vizdos
Vizdos Enterprises, LLC
The author of implementingscrum.com, Michael Vizdos travels
internationally working with clients to improve delivery of products to their
customers using Scrum and other agile techniques. He is a Certified Scrum
Trainer with more than twenty years of experience in all facets of software
development and product delivery. Michael is active in the lean startup
community, coauthored (with Scott Ambler) The Enterprise Unified
Process, and speaks at user groups and conferences about these topics—
and more! One of his current projects can be found at 3guysinashop.com.
Read more about Michael at michaelvizdos.com, contact him
at mvizdos@gmail.com, or follow his daily exploits on Twitter @mvizdos.

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