Manuel Pais
This masterclass for managers conveys practical principles on how we can create and maintain an agile yet human organization - with a focus on the rapid and sustainable provision of digital services.
At the heart of Team Topologies is the principle of FastFlow: multiple parallel and continuous changes to software-supported services are implemented securely and efficiently without overloading the system.
Team Topologies shows how companies can minimize blocking dependencies and create clear responsibilities. Key success factors are:
Decoupling & service-centricity - avoidance of unnecessary coordination loops
Reducing cognitive overload - empowering teams to act independently
Fast market launch & higher efficiency - high savings potential
Clear responsibilities - Enables specific customer needs to be identified and met
Increased employee satisfaction & ability to innovate - Increased employee well-being and commitment (autonomy, competence, goal setting)
The goal is to achieve true business agility (aka the business shapes the organizational structures).
In this immersive workshop, participants discover together actionable (and sometimes counter-intuitive) principles and patterns for FastFlow. They will learn how organizations can adapt flexibly to constant change - without massive restructuring or rigid standardization. Using practical examples, such as JP Morgan, Docker and Telenet, we show how dependencies can be reduced, time-to-market shortened and sustainable growth enabled.
Learning objectives:
At the end of the workshop, participants will recognize obstacles to FastFlow and specific business goals in their company. The masterclass focuses on case studies, exercises and group discussions.
Target group:
This masterclass is designed for C-level leadership teams, including CEOs, CTOs, COOs and other executives, as well as vice presidents, department heads and all senior managers and executives within the organization who are directly involved in team management and organizational strategy.
About Manuel Pais
Co-author of the industry changing book “Team Topologies”, Manuel is on a mission to both make work more humane and businesses more valuable to customers. Manuel delivers motivational keynotes and thought leadership on the principles and patterns for #fastflow that resonate across the organization, from C-level executives to the teams on the ground. Manuel has trained thousands of industry leaders through his courses and workshops, and helped multiple organizations pave the path for fast flow via no-BS strategic & organizational assessments. Manuel is based in Madrid but but calls Lisbon home.
Manuel has been in the industry since 2000, having worked as a developer, tester, release manager and team lead before he started consulting on DevOps and Continuous Delivery in 2015. Since the book's publication in 2019, Manuel has helped small and large organizations across multiple industries improve their software delivery but especially align organization’s technical and social systems through an understanding of constraints to flow like Conway’s Law, Team Cognitive Load, or Trust Boundaries.
Manuel holds a BSc in Computer Science from the Instituto Superior Técnico and an MSc in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.