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SIGiST Double Bill – 22nd May 2019
May 22, 2019 @ 17:30 - 19:30
Part 1 – Stormrunner Functional Demo
Stephen Smith will give us an update and demo on one of Microfocus’s recent offerings, Stormrunner Functional.
Part 2 – Gamification and Agile Transformation
Agenda:
- Presentation on the Psychology of playing games (10 mins + – )
- Brief intro to the Agile Game (10 mins + – )
- Active Demo of the game: We will need volunteers (30 to 40 mins)
About Game2Change:
Game2Change is the creative catalyst in unlearning, learning and reinforcing behaviours and skills with a measurable positive impact. We are a multi-disciplined team who have the energy and creativity to bring your project to life and the business sense to deliver an effective programme for your organisation.
We help organisations to ignite change in the way they do things. Our initiatives contribute to better business by walking a path with you to deliver value back to the business, improving engagement, learning and adaptability.
Through our initiatives we show you how to:
. Break down barriers and silos
. Take employees beyond the spoken word
. Create awareness and appetite for change
. Get unstuck and become inspired
About Thriive Agile Transformation:
Thriive Agile Transformation specialise in transformation, change and quality improvement. We can help you by walking with you on your Agile Transformation Journeys. We do this by helping you assess your teams and individuals’ Maturity (Agile, Engineering, and DevOps), an then coaching your teams every step of the way. We can also assist you with Blended Learning plans and help you create your learning strategy. Through our partners we can recommend and provide training (Classroom, asynchronous online, or game-based learning). We take the fragile out of Agile.
Presenters
Daniela Sounes:
Product Manager at Game2Change, holds a BA(Hons) in Psychology, and has been in the L&D industry for just over 2 years. Daniela has an eye for detail and an understanding of what motivates people to creatively engage and learn. She has applied her passion for people and makes Game2Change games and tools come alive.
Daniela ensures that the client collaboration journey is valuable, fun, and effective at delivering a high impact game-based product and learning experience. She takes a big picture view while still executing on the detail. Daniela uses her insight into the psychology of games and play to design and develop game-based tools (business games, experiential learning, and engagement levels). Daniela spends some of her free time in her art studio, with a good book, or of course playing games.
Martin Byker:
Managing Director, CEO, CTO, CIO, CFO, COO, and Chief Cook & Dishwasher of Thriive Agile Transformation. Holds a BA(Religious Studies) and an Diploma in Advanced Management. Certified in Scrum (Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner) Kaizen, Lean Management, SAFe, Software Testing, and IT Project Management. Experienced in formulating and developing strategy. Experienced in developing and continuously improving project management and software development and test life cycles. Passionate about Lean, Agile, People, and telling stories. In his free time he brews his own terrible beer and plays Tuba. He is also a painter and has 1 thing in common with Vincent van Gogh: He has also never sold a painting.
Venue
Microfocus
Morningside Wedge Office Park, 255 Rivonia Rd, Morningside, Johannesburg, 2146
When
May 22nd 2019 at 5:30pm
Cost
IITPSA, ISACA, Women in IT and ISC² members: Free
Non-members: R100:00
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