AWS: Reinventing Without a Roadmap
Hush Mayfair, 8 Lancashire Ct, London W1S 1EY
London
Summary
How to transform without a clear route in mind
We feel it too - the pace of change is faster. Does that mean the roadmap is concatenated? Or is it time to think again and plan in shorter cycles with maximum outputs - only looking so far ahead until the path starts to make itself clear? We executed a "gloves off" chat about the need for a roadmap and its place in the transformation process - our Chatham House environment for execs of all disciplines promised inspiration, insightful discussion and support from peers.
This event was complimentary and was in a Covid safe setting: It was a small intimate hybrid event for industry leaders. All government and safety regulations were in place. Those who were unable to travel to London, joined us virtually from the comfort of their own home!
In our ‘hybrid dinner’ – we invited industry peers to participate in a facilitated discussion regarding:
- What drives the roadmap today? If not business strategy then what?
- How will you bring fiduciary accountability to a more fluid plan?
- How often do you review / learn & amend your new roadmap currently?
- Who is involved here? Is this just for Finance & IT?
Gerry Ward
Platform and Operations Manager
Waitrose & PartnersRead Full Bio →
Starting out in telecommunications 20 years ago, she got here via roles in engineering, test management, project management and delivery lead, at companies including Ericsson, Vodafone, O2 and a 10 year career in Waitrose. Gerry is passionate about how they work as well as the technologies they work with and ensuring that they always remember the Customer in everything they do.
Andy Carroll
Digital Delivery & Operations Manager
Waitrose & PartnersRead Full Bio →
He is an experienced leader and coach in successful programme, project and product delivery with a focus on creating and leading effective agile teams to deliver value-add change to organisations, through a combination of in-house delivery teams, near-shore, and off-shore partnerships.
Over the last 5 years Andy has led the transformation of the Waitrose digital delivery teams from a project orientated delivery model to a Product focussed agile execution framework, scaling the team from inception to a team of over 200 experts across all capabilities. This enabled the re-platforming of waitrose.com from a legacy packaged solution to a self-built cloud and microservice platform utilising the latest thinking and technologies.
AGENDA
18:30
Arrival & Welcome Drink
18:55
Welcome
Opening comments from AWS Leadership Team
19:05
Opening Comments from Waitrose & Partners
19:30
Starters (Topic one - Discussion at individual tables)
20:00
Topic one discussed as a collective
20:20
Mains (Topic two - Discussion at individual tables)
20:50
Topic two discussed as a collective
21:10
Desserts (Topic three - Discussion at individual tables)
21:40
Topic three discussed as a collective
22:00
Final remarks / Networking
Gerry Ward
Platform and Operations Manager
Waitrose & PartnersRead Full Bio →
Starting out in telecommunications 20 years ago, she got here via roles in engineering, test management, project management and delivery lead, at companies including Ericsson, Vodafone, O2 and a 10 year career in Waitrose. Gerry is passionate about how they work as well as the technologies they work with and ensuring that they always remember the Customer in everything they do.
Andy Carroll
Digital Delivery & Operations Manager
Waitrose & PartnersRead Full Bio →
He is an experienced leader and coach in successful programme, project and product delivery with a focus on creating and leading effective agile teams to deliver value-add change to organisations, through a combination of in-house delivery teams, near-shore, and off-shore partnerships.
Over the last 5 years Andy has led the transformation of the Waitrose digital delivery teams from a project orientated delivery model to a Product focussed agile execution framework, scaling the team from inception to a team of over 200 experts across all capabilities. This enabled the re-platforming of waitrose.com from a legacy packaged solution to a self-built cloud and microservice platform utilising the latest thinking and technologies.
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