Give Thanks for Scrum 2014 presentation on Focus and Engagement in the workforce

1. Give Thanks for Scrum
Deb Pontes
11/25/14

2. My Background
• My Career in Software delivery
Development
Project Management
Development Management
Quality Assurance
automation, performance, regression
Release Management
Agile transformation

3. Focus

4. Focus
• Focus in our crazy busy ADD world.
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• How do we get organizations to focus on the next most
important thing, if its such a struggle for us all individually.
• Software developers are complex thinking creative
individuals.
• Scrum is an answer to our Pseudo- ADD Culture.

5. Engagement

7. Engagement

8. • Generation Y rates the importance of
having an "engaging workplace" highest

9. Gen Y
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• The question to ask is not “How do we attract
and retain Millennials?” but rather “How can
we change organizations to make Millennials
more effective?”

11. Why do I give thanks?
• Scrum provides the guardrails to help
organizations navigate successfully into the
coming decades with increased focus and
engagement.
• My passion is finding the optimal environment
to illicit and flourish the creativity and gifts of
individuals and team.