Program Number: C020-20170919
Organizational Change Management with Agile
Category: A
Activity Sponsor: PMINJ Chapter (C020)
PDUs: - 1.5
Leadership - 0.0
Strategic - 0.0
Technical - 1.5
How is it that some agile adoptions and
transformations are successful and some fail? Is it hype or
something that really works? Is your Organization struggling
or thriving with agility?
In this engaging presentation, two enthusiasts will share
their journey and expertise on Agile practices, adoptions
and transformations. While some welcome change, others
resist it. We will touch upon the Scrum framework very
lightly.
At the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to:
Bob Phillips and Nitin Khanna
Bio:
Nitin Khanna (ACP, ICP-ACC/ATF, ORSC) and Bob Phillips
(MBA, PMP, ACP, CSP, ICP-ACC) bring years of experience in a
variety of industries. Their combined background is in
Project and Program Management, being a Scrum Master,
Product Owner and Professional Coaching.
Bob is currently with a bank in NYC and Nitin is with a
management consulting firm in NJ. Both represent the
PMINJ Agile LCI and have been instrumental in helping it
grow, organically, with other Core Committee Members. Bob is
an agile practitioner who has served as Scrum Master and
Agile Coach across many areas. Bob finds ways to help teams
'Be Agile' while helping organizations remove impediments
and align their processes and procedures to enable agile
teams. He’s currently the lead Scrum Master and Coach at BNY
Mellon leading a strategic agile program to modernize the
Trade Capture process across the entire Bank. As the
Salesforce Program Manager at Teach For America he was
selected to present Scrum innovations he brought to his
teams at Dreamforce. At IBM, he led efforts to obtain
organizational buy-in for teams to have the option to
leverage agile methods within the Global Technology Services
Division. Bob received his MBA where he is a member of the
Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society from the New Jersey
Institute of Technology as well as an MS in Management and
BS in Mechanical Engineering.
Nitin Khanna is a Scrum enthusiast and Agile practitioner.
He comes with practical experience and the alphabet soup in
certifications such as a Product Owner (PSPO II, CSPO),
Scrum Master (PSM III, CSM, CSP) and Agile Coach with
various Teams and Organizations. He is also a member of the
International Coach Federation (ICF). He is currently
assisting a global pharmaceutical Client with agile strategy
using a "top-down" approach. Prior to this, Nitin wrapped up
an Agile adoption at a data center and at a wealth
management Company in NJ. Both Organizations continue to
leverage agility and carry the momentum forward. Nitin has
also worked extensively in the Life Sciences domain. As a
former Product Owner (PSPO II & CSPO), he has helped
launch various internal products (100+) for Scientists and
Researchers. Some of the initiatives have received corporate
recognition, the most prominent of which received a
Chairman’s award for bringing about lab safety.
Topic: The Next Generation of BA in Agile and Lean Projects
Topic: The Art of Preparation -– Interview with Confidence!
