Software Executives and Managers Learn to Break Through Performance Barriers at New Seminar
Alan Willett and Neil Potter Will Conduct an Intense Exploration of Key Issues Affecting Productivity
PHOENIX, Feb. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives can improve their software development efforts when they attend a new seminar that shows how to remove barriers that inhibit creativity and productivity.
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"Breaking Through the Performance Barrier for Your Software Organization: An Executive Workshop to Improve Your Results" will be held in Phoenix from April 7-9, 2015 (2.5 days).
The seminar is designed for the executive management level (i.e., director, executive vice-president, senior vice president at large companies or presidents of smaller companies). The information is geared specifically to all companies that produce software, whether application, IT or embedded.
Executive managers have typically tried many different methodologies over the years, for example, Agile, Waterfall, CMMI and ISO, but most fell short of the results they were looking for. This session will help them pinpoint the causes of many of the challenges they face, such as:
- The lack of speed in the organization
- Technical debt within project teams
- Surprises late in the schedule
- Spending 50 percent or more of project effort on testing, and still numerous defects being found by customers
The 2.5-day seminar will be highly customized to meet the needs of individual participants, who will be interviewed before the conference.
The conference is presented by international experts Alan Willett (Oxseeker, Inc.) and Neil Potter (The Process Group). They have been working independently over the last 25 years powering up organizations.
"Many development organizations hit a barrier of performance in quality, speed and delivery even when using the best methodologies. We will give participants an executive-level understanding of underlying laws of system and software development. We will provide pragmatic examples and working sessions focused on their specific needs so they can break through the performance barrier," Alan said.
"It is never about just the methodology. It is always about results and achieving higher levels of performance," Neil observed.
To maximize results and enhance the experience:
- This workshop is limited to 20 people to enable in-depth discussions and learning with peer-level executives.
- Alan and Neil will collect detailed goals and challenges before the session and then adjust the agenda every half-day to maximize time.
- Participants will develop new relationships that last well beyond their immediate positions.
- The workshop is designed for busy executives. There will be ample breaks to handle phone calls and emails that cannot wait.
- Executives will enjoy a location where they can relax, enjoy, and recharge. The hotel is near hiking trails and golf courses.
The seminar will cover:
- Four hidden barriers to productivity
- Technical debt – making the invisible visible
- Cost of quality – making invisible waste visible
- Barriers to high-fidelity information flow
- Skill debt – get your organization to know the domain better than your customers and competitors
- Setting expectations for teams
- Accelerating quality
- Communication and teamwork
- Coordination nightmares
- Moving from "methodology" to "result," and from "practice" to "principle/intent"
- Changing the culture without fear of scaring senior engineers away
- Leadership mindset and style
Early bird discounts are in effect through Feb. 27, 2015. For information, click here.
Group discounts also are available.
This session provides 20 hours of education for professional development. Certificates that can be used with PMI will be provided upon completion of the seminar.
About the Experts
Alan is the paradigm shifter. His work with individuals and organizations leads to new ways of thinking and a magnitude shift in performance. For information, go to http://oxseeker.net/about-alan-willett
Neil Potter provides organizations with insights about why they get the results they do, what is working well, what is not and what to do about it. He then provides immediate actions to get better results. For information, go to http://processgroup.com/principals
Contact
Alan Willett
607-592-7279
Email
Neil Potter
972-418-9541
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