Agile Yorkshire Meetup 04 June 2025
Agile Yorkshire is a monthly gathering of IT professionals from in and around Yorkshire.
Date and time
Location
Platform
New Station Street Leeds LS1 4JB United KingdomAgenda
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Arrival and Networking
6:30 PM - 6:35 PM
Welcome address
6:35 PM - 7:05 PM
First Speaker
7:05 PM - 7:15 PM
Break Time
7:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Second Speaker
8:15 PM - 8:25 PM
Feedback Session
8:25 PM - 8:30 PM
Closing Remarks
About this event
- Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes
Lots more details can be found on the Agile Yorkshire website
Agile Yorkshire is a monthly gathering of IT professionals from in and around Yorkshire.
Agile Yorkshire exists to make our region a fantastic place to build software. The agile movement is changing the way businesses think and our community is a participant in that process. We are champions of no nonsense software delivery.
Our line-up:
🎤 Seun Alabi
Technical Product Owner: To Be or Not To Be!
It is often debated whether a PO should have deep technical expertise, or just have a strong business focus? The Product Owner role was designed to bridge the gap between stakeholders and development teams, ensuring alignment and delivering value. Yet, the question remains: does technical knowledge enhance or hinder that mission? It is critical to explore both approaches, using real scenarios, and examine how to strike the right balance. We won’t settle for simplistic answers but challenge assumptions and explore what truly makes a Product Owner effective. Because in the end, it’s not just about being technical or not it’s about delivering the right product in the most effective way.
🎤 Sorrel Harriet
Thinking Slow, Fast: Critical Thinking in the Age of Agility
For the agile technologist and continuous learner, constant and rapid consumption of knowledge can be something of an occupational hazard! We’re frequently being sold new tools, methodologies and frameworks on the basis of science, yet we often lack the time, skills or resources to interrogate them. This effectively forces us to default to the same shaky modes of thinking we’re seeking to avoid, where poor judgement can have poor consequences for us, our teams, and the products we create.
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Please ensure you’ve registered before attending, as space is limited. If tickets are fully booked, join the waitlist—cancellations may occur, and we’d love to have you join if a spot opens.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Warm regards,
The Agile Yorkshire Team