My Journey to Passion

Hala Salehwww.27sprints.com | @HalaSaleh1

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Who Is Hala Saleh

HISTORY:

IT SHAPES BUT DOES NOT DEFINE US

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PLANNING:

SIMULTANEOUSLY CRITICAL AND OVERRATED

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ON MENTORSHIP:

(HINT: YOU NEED IT)

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CHOICES, MISTAKES, CHALLENGES:

EVERYTHING IS A CHOICE, & EVERY DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE

DIFFERENTLY

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EXPERIMENTS, ITERATIONS, & FEEDBACK LOOPS

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SUCCESS:

EMULATE, BUT DON’T COPY. BE YOU.

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My Journey With Agile/ Lean/ Startups

Jan  ‘00     Jan  ‘04   Jan  ‘08  

So  Many  Qs!  

Startup/  Corporate  Consul=ng/  Training/  Coaching:  Product  Management  &  Dev,  Lean,  

Agility  

Jan  ‘12  Jan  2015  

Introduced Dev team to XP

Jan  2014  Jan  2013  

Frustrated w/ broken projects

(QA -> PM)

Almost killed by Comprehensive

Documentation (PM)

Jan  ‘06   Oct  ‘08  

1st CSM & evidence of life

beyond command & control 2nd CSM &

Renewed Passion

Apr  ‘12  

Nov ‘12: Agile Consulting

(Coaching v1)

Startup Prod Mgmt+ Agile

Lab

Aug  ‘13  

27Sprints

Q&A

Hala Saleh | @HalaSaleh1