Leadership Lessons from the Agile Manifesto – Anjuan Simmons | The Lead Developer UK 2017

Whether you’re a Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or Project Manager for an engineering team, you probably weren’t handed a leadership instruction manual when you were given your first team to lead. Even experienced technical leaders usually operate from a set of instincts and the hard lessons learned from painful mistakes. However, leadership is a skill that you can learn and maintain if you know where to look. You don't have to be born a leader, but you do need a set of principles to guide the leader within you. This session will teach you how to apply the principles in the Manifesto for Agile Software Development to becoming a better technical leader.

Outline

• Remembering the Revolution
• Individuals and Interactions: Beyond Gantt Charts, Org Charts, and Toys
• Working Software: Achieving Outcomes
• Customer Collaboration: Kill the Lawyers
• Responding to Change: Leading through Chaos

About Anjuan Simmons

Anjuan Simmons is a technologist with a successful track record of delivering technology solutions from the user interface to the database. He is an energetic and informative speaker who presents at conferences, seminars, schools, and community centers around the world on topics including Agile software development, diversity, and leadership. Anjuan has an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Texas A&M University.

I really enjoyed this talk& I gained valuable insights about this widely used software development manifesto. Thanks!

[pfeilspitze]

If your dignity is affected by someone enjoying their own food, you need to change your definition of dignity. If we can only eat things that everyone can eat, nobody can eat anything.