I am currently attending the 2017 CA World and plan to the be eyes and ears for many PPM Practitioners who are directly participating or not. If you are here, let's connect - grab tea/coffee:). But even if not, forward any comments or questions which I may relay. Follow me on Twitter, where I will be highlighting hot topics and key content from @PPMWarrior. Note, I could not include video in this post, but many of my Tweets bring the event to life with filmed interviews and observations. It is impossible to feature much of the expansive goings on, so I also encourage you to follow the Top Tweets from other engaged participants. Below are some of my favorites from opening day.
We started out with a bang! See the Mike Gregoire keynote here:
The drumbeat of usability, innovation and pivoting were strong, and resonated with the audience:
Mike spoke about risk in a very impactful and applied way, which was further validated by the guest interview with Jimmy Chin; a Mountaineer, Skier and Filmmaker:
When the keynote was completed, the Expo Center opened. In my experience over the past 6 years, this was the largest, yet most intimate and well designed:
Not only was there space for all the excitement, there was constant content from the intimate "Tech Talk," large group "Theaters" and demo stations; all compelling and complementary:
Much of this information will be shared upon completion of the conference, but, for my last topic, I chose the popular roadmap! Demo's were very popular, along with the official statements from the CA Product team. Below are the infographics of the PPM session:
I have always been a proponent of Product Community groups and Product Owners who share their insights in a healthy ecosystem; which is ever present in the way this vision was presented:
For more, check out the PPM Insights blog series. I encourage you to participate in the best-in-class CA Communities site, where we have access to peers, events and support. You can also reach out to CA Services for individualized business outcome references and analysis. Feel free to post in the comments section of this blog or contact me directly via email and @PPMWarrior.