DeliverCon 2022 — London / Virutal
DeliverCon 2022 took place on the 11th May 2022 in London and online.
Venue
Following the Covid-10 outbreak, we hosted a hybrid event in MadeTech's London offices.
Attendance
We had over 300 people attending in-person and virtual
Sessions
We tried a more strutured agenda approach:
| Day | Time | Session | Speaker | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 (Wed 11 May 2022) | 10:00–10:15 | Welcome + intro to the day | — | — |
| Day 1 | 10:15–11:00 | Scotch Pies of Dundee: How Your Family Arguments Explain Agile in 2022 | Steven Feeney | The real-world debates currently gripping the Agile ecosystem, told through metaphor — mince, shortcrust pastry, family feuds, and Scottish migration |
| Day 1 | 11:15–12:00 | #FailCamp | James Cattell | A session celebrating failures, held under Chatham House Rule |
| Day 1 | 12:35–13:25 | Lightning Talk: The New New Product Development Game | Steven Sampson-Jones | The six shared characteristics found across Japanese companies (Fuji-Xerox, Canon, Honda, NEC) in the mid-1970s to early 1980s that primarily inspired Scrum |
| Day 1 | 14:15–15:00 | Agile Coaching | Emma Collingridge | What agile coaching is, with real-world stories and time for discussion |
| Day 1 | 15:15–16:00 | Team Topologies in the Ministry of Justice | Daniel Susser | Experiences experimenting with Team Topologies archetypes in the Justice Digital team, and how the approach can help teams |
| Day 1 | 16:15–17:00 | No session | — | — |
| Day 2 (Thu 12 May 2022) | 10:15–11:00 | You Became a Scrum Master Because of 1 Eugenicist and 8 Engineers: The Etymology of Agile | Steven Feeney | A talk on the nature of Agile's origins, where it might go, and what the DM skill set should be |
| Day 2 | 11:15–12:00 | How we created a Delivery Capability Framework to develop our team | Jo Garwood | How the framework was created (with support from Emily Webber), how it's used now, and future plans |
| Day 2 | 12:35–13:25 | Lightning Talks | Steven Sampson-Jones; Michael Ambrose | "The Agile Story of the Chinese Bamboo Tree" (patience, growth, human potential) and "'Get it out and iterate' vs 'Measure twice, cut once'" (resolving a team split over delivery philosophy) |
| Day 2 | 14:15–15:00 | Feedback loops for iterating and continually improving as a delivery manager | Louis Allgood | Tools and techniques for DMs to gather feedback and iterate in complex environments |
| Day 2 | 15:15–16:00 | Discussion Con | Sam Hoskin | Pairing off in duos/trios to talk and build connections across the x-gov delivery community |
| Day 2 | 16:15–17:00 | What is a DM career pathway anyway | Liz Catherall | Exploring DM pathways and user journeys, and how to improve experiences for DMs across government |