Planning for the Cutline: When Agile Meets Deadlines
LED BY: Gina Kim, Digital Service Expert, US Department of Veterans Affairs Xena Ni, Designer, Nava PBC DESCRIPTION: Open enrollment for HealthCare.gov. Veteran appeals legislation mandated by Congress to go into effect on February 14, 2019. How do agile teams delivering public services plan for hard deadlines?
In this workshop, facilitators Gina Kim from United States Digital Services and Xena Ni, former Code for America fellow and designer at Nava PBC, will share what they learned planning for a Congressionally mandated deadline. They will show you how to lead interactive planning and prioritization exercises that you can use to reframe and prepare for your own team's deadlines. Bring your real life upcoming deadlines and leave with an action plan.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Open to all but designers and product folks may find the most value.