A couple of weeks ago I had a delight of going back to Washington DC to go to the 2019 Agile Alliance conference. The last time I went to the conference remained in 2015 when there was a high concentrate on scaled methods as the newcomer. This time, I discovered a lot was the exact same however likewise some brand-new principles so let’s have a look at the essential patterns.

1. A really strong shift far from procedure and techniques towards worths, prinicples and frame of mind.
   It appears the day of over-indexing on procedure and tools over people and interactions has actually lastly ended. There were definitely way more talks on the softer side of nimble than there remained in procedure, practices and methods.
2. The intro of a ‘self care’ track.
   Rather lined up with shift towards the softer side of Agile, this brand-new track is lastly identifying the obstacle that lots of Agile Coaches face in maintaining their individual momentum and health when possibly having little assistance systems within an organisation that they are assisting to alter.
3. A strong concentrate on training abilities and abilities
   Not completely unanticipated or brand-new, however it was terrific to see conferences moving far from fundamental or ‘initial’ material to support the ongoing development of those who have actually been doing nimble for a couple of years. This is an indication that Agile is continuing its momentum by not simply concentrating on Scrum Masters and Item Owners.
4. Tidy language and NLP. According to a couple of other coaches this is not brand-new and has actually been around for the last couple of years however I appeared to have actually missed out on the messaging on this. The intent behind this isn’t too different to Non-Violent Interaction, because it is a method of intentionally using/choosing language to restrict analysis or suggestive reframing.

In addition to these brand-new patterns what remained the exact same consisted of:

1. An ongoing concentrate on technical practices, specifically connected with automated screening and DevOps
2. An ongoing development of concentrate on Organization Dexterity, however still not a great deal of stories of individuals doing this and still a fair bit of confusion on how to use Integral in this area.
3. Terrific passage discussions! Stay tuned to a few of these showing up on the Agile Transformation Podcast.