XP 2025 - Industry and Practice

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Tue 3 Jun
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11:00 - 12:30	Culture ChangeResearch Papers / Industry and Practice at 5.0A52 (Session) Chair(s): Irina Nenakhova DataArt

11:00 30m Talk		Metrics for Experimentation Programs: Categories, Benefits and Challenges Research Papers Nils Stotz Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Paul Drews Leuphana University of Lüneburg File Attached
11:30 60m Talk		Navigating the Multi-Crisis: A Path for Agilists, Scientists and Organizations to become regenerative forces in society Industry and Practice Randolf Speigner cogrow.space

11:00 - 12:30	Development PracticesResearch Papers / Experience Reports at 5.1A17 (Session) Chair(s): Nora Sleumer Vice President Swiss Informatics Society

11:00 30m Talk		Breaking Down the Wall Between Dev and Ops at George Experience Reports Julian Beyer julian.beyer@erstegroup.com, Carmen Gruber Erste Bank Group AG, Balint Puster Erste Bank Group AG, Karolina Sosnowska File Attached
11:30 30m Talk		Core Theories in Agile Software Development Research Papers Nan Yang LUT University, Xiaofeng Wang Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Zheying Zhang Tampere University, Dominik Siemon LUT University, Sami Hyrynsalmi LUT University File Attached
12:00 30m Talk		Architecture Refactoring Towards Service Reusability in the Context of Microservices Research Papers Joao Daniel Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Gabriel Mota University of São Paulo, Xiaofeng Wang Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Large-Scale ChallengesIndustry and Practice at 5.1D11 (Session) Chair(s): Juliano Ribeiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR)

11:00 30m Talk		When Scrum is Not Enough Industry and Practice Dorota Mleczko Paloma's AI Academy File Attached
11:30 60m Talk		Sustainable AI Industry and Practice Gail Ferreira Prima Leader, Inc. File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Inclusive CultureResearch Papers / Industry and Practice at 6.3A08 (Workshop / Session) Chair(s): Graziela Simone Tonin INSPER

11:00 30m Talk		Fostering a Sense of Belonging in Hybrid Work within Agile Software Development Research Papers Sonja Hyrynsalmi LUT University, Fateme Broomandi LUT University, Iflaah Salman Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Maria Paasivaara LUT University, Finland & Aalto University, Finland File Attached
11:30 60m Talk		Are agile organizations really inclusive? Industry and Practice Ashay Saxena IBM File Attached

14:00 - 15:30	Agile MaturityIndustry and Practice at 5.0A52 (Session) Chair(s): Tiago Silva da Silva Federal University of São Paulo

14:00 90m Talk		MaturityCard, a Funny and Actionable Game to Your Organization! Industry and Practice Marcelo Walter Objective, Wilhelm Meier Objective File Attached

14:00 - 15:30	Development PracticesResearch Papers at 5.1A17 (Session) Chair(s): Juan Garbajosa Technical University of Madrid

14:00 30m Talk		Exploring Documentation Strategies for NFR in Agile Software Development Research Papers Igor Moreira Institute of Technological Research (IPT), Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Luciana Zaina Federal University of São Carlos, Jorge Melegati Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Joelma Choma Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Luciane Adolfo Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul File Attached
14:30 30m Talk		Visualization Usage in Technical Debt Management Research Papers Marius Irgens University of Oslo, Antonio Martini DOI File Attached
15:00 30m Talk		Knowledge Sharing and Coordination in Large-Scale Agile Software Development - A Systematic Literature Review and Interview Study Research Papers Franziska Tobisch Technical University of Munich (TUM), Florian Matthes Technical University of Munich Link to publication File Attached

14:00 - 15:30	Building Agile TrainersAgile Training and Education at 5.1D11 (Session) Chair(s): John Buck GovernanceAlive, LLC

14:00 90m Talk		Building Agile Trainers: What Makes an Effective Agile Coach? Agile Training and Education Arpita Mukherjee -- Media Attached File Attached

14:00 - 15:30	Intercultural AgilityIndustry and Practice at 6.3A08 (Workshop / Session) Chair(s): Allen Jellas Strategy And Transformation Coach

14:00 90m Talk		Intercultural agility, and ways of working through an intercultural lens Industry and Practice Silke Noll Agile NZ File Attached

16:00 - 17:30	Agile LeadershipIndustry and Practice at 5.0A52 (Session) Chair(s): Morten Elvang Thinking Twice Works

16:00 90m Talk		From Unconscious Habits to Creative Leadership Industry and Practice Irina Nenakhova DataArt

16:00 - 17:30	Agile CoachingResearch Papers / Industry and Practice at 5.1A17 (Session) Chair(s): Jonathan Frankenberger BettercallPaul GmbH

16:00 60m Talk		Contracts, Coalitions, and Countermeasures: An Agile Coach's Guide to Navigating Power Games Industry and Practice Roman Lobus Singapore Airlines File Attached
17:00 30m Talk		Agile Coaching Research: A Systematic Mapping Study Research Papers Ehikioya Obode University of Glasgow, Peggy Gregory University of Glasgow, UK, Derek Somerville University of Glasgow, Advait Deshpande The Open University File Attached

16:00 - 17:30	Transformation and ChangeExperience Reports / Industry and Practice at 5.1D11 (Session) Chair(s): Jakub Perlak AGH University of Krakow

16:00 30m Talk		IBM Sales Cloud: Transforming the way we sell globally Experience Reports Ashay Saxena IBM File Attached
16:30 60m Talk		Beyond the Buzz: Evolving Spotify to Deliver Valuable Software Products Industry and Practice Marcin Floryan Independent Media Attached

16:00 - 17:30	Transformative LearningAgile Training and Education at 6.3A08 (Workshop / Session) Chair(s): Philipp Diebold

16:00 90m Talk		Transformative Learning for Transformative Retrospectives Agile Training and Education John Buck GovernanceAlive, LLC, Jutta Eckstein Independent

Wed 4 Jun
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11:00 - 12:30	Large-Scale ChallengesIndustry and Practice / Experience Reports at 5.0A52 (Session) Chair(s): Niels Harre

11:00 60m Talk		Breaking the Cycle: Leading Organizations That Thrive Amid Constant Change Industry and Practice Allan Rennebo Jepsen Impactful Organizations Link to publication Media Attached
12:00 30m Talk		Collaboration, Team driven Adaptation and Happiness: Single Team FAST in a Scrum Cadence under SAFe Experience Reports Per Beining XPand ApS File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Culture & MindsetResearch Papers / Industry and Practice at 5.1A17 (Session) Chair(s): Sulabh Tyagi

11:00 60m Talk		Understand Culture first, then bring Agility! Industry and Practice Allen Jellas Strategy And Transformation Coach File Attached
12:00 30m Talk		Exploring the Role of Agile Mindset in Information Systems: A Systematic Literature Review Research Papers Karen Eilers Institute for Transformation, Tabea Augner SRH University, Necmettin Özkan Gebze Technical University, Department of Business; Burgan Bank, Christoph Peters University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Ulrich Bretschneider University of Kassel Link to publication DOI File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Training and EducationAgile Training and Education at 5.1D11 (Session) Chair(s): Mary Giblin Technological University of the Shannon

11:00 60m Talk		Agile learning at an Agora (secondary) school Agile Training and Education Maryse Meinen Independent, Iris Peereboom independent student
12:00 30m Talk		Talking About Code: Towards Practically Relevant Programming Exams Agile Training and Education Michael Faes School of Computer Science FHNW File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Transformation and ChangeIndustry and Practice / Experience Reports at 6.3A08 (Workshop / Session) Chair(s): Peggy Gregory University of Glasgow, UK

11:00 60m Talk		Modern Business Demands Modern Ways of Working Industry and Practice Heidi Musser Independent File Attached
12:00 30m Talk		Evolving Agile from the Inside at Nextdoor Experience Reports Keith Nottonson Nextdoor File Attached

14:00 - 15:30	Interactive Agile and ScrumIndustry and Practice at 5.0A52 (Session) Chair(s): Sibylle Peter University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

14:00 90m Talk		40 seconds of Agile Industry and Practice Maryse Meinen Independent

14:00 - 15:30	TestingResearch Papers at 5.1A17 (Session) Chair(s): Per Beining XPand ApS

14:00 30m Talk		Exploratory Software Testing in Scrum: A Qualitative Study Research Papers Giulia Neri The University of Sheffield, Rob Marchand The University of Sheffield, Neil Walkinshaw The University of Sheffield File Attached
14:30 20m Talk		Fostering New Work Practices Bottom-up Through a Community of Practice - A Case Study in a Large-Scale Agile Software Development Organization Research Papers Franziska Tobisch Technical University of Munich (TUM), Florian Matthes Technical University of Munich Link to publication File Attached
14:50 20m Talk		A Mosaic of Perspectives: Understanding Ownership in Software Engineering Research Papers Tomi Suomi University of Jyväskylä, Petri Ihantola University of Jyväskylä, Tommi Mikkonen University of Helsinki, Niko Mäkitalo University of Jyväskylä Pre-print File Attached
15:10 20m Talk		Mutation Testing in Test Code Refactoring: Leveraging Mutants to Ensure Behavioral Consistency Research Papers Tiago Samuel Rodrigues Teixeira , Fabio Silveira , Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano File Attached

14:00 - 15:30	Design SprintsIndustry and Practice at 6.3A08 (Workshop / Session) Chair(s): Arpita Mukherjee --

14:00 90m Talk		Solving real-world problems with a (mini) Design Sprint Industry and Practice Mohit Chandna Equal Experts, Munish Malik Equal Experts

Thu 5 Jun
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11:00 - 12:30	Agile TestingResearch Papers / Industry and Practice at 5.0A52 (Session) Chair(s): Gail Ferreira Prima Leader, Inc.

11:00 30m Talk		Exploratory Test-Driven Development Study with ChatGPT in different scenarios Research Papers Juliano Cesar Pancher Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo, Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Jorge Melegati Free University of Bozen-Bolzano File Attached
11:30 60m Talk		Continuous Testing: Increase confidence with every step of your delivery pipeline. Industry and Practice Denis Chekhlov Bloomberg LP File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Agile PracticesIndustry and Practice / Research Papers / Experience Reports at 5.1A17 (Session) Chair(s): Tomi Suomi University of Jyväskylä

11:00 30m Talk		Agile Effort Estimation Usage in the Sri Lankan Software Industry Research Papers Sean Jonathon Lee Auckland University of Technology, Mali Senapathi Auckland University of Technology DOI File Attached
11:30 30m Talk		Escaping The Retrospective Theatre – How to Make Real Impact Again Experience Reports Jonathan Frankenberger BettercallPaul GmbH, Debbie Walter Carl Zeiss Microscopy Limited File Attached
12:00 30m Talk		Strategy Unlocked - How can we bring strategy back to agile? Industry and Practice Morten Elvang Thinking Twice Works File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	Training and EducationAgile Training and Education at 5.1D11 (Session) Chair(s): Robert Chatley Imperial College London

11:00 30m Talk		Engaging leaders in an agile transformation – insights from enabling business owners Agile Training and Education Stefan Winter P3 automotive GmbH
11:30 30m Talk		From 50 Slides to 5,000 bricks : Experiencing scaled agile ways of working at Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar with Lego Agile Training and Education Alexander Radzio Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Anika Habrich Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Patrick Niebergall Lufthansa Group Digital Hangar GmbH File Attached
12:00 30m Talk		Empowering Agile Teams: The Scrum Master Journey and InnoHack Experience Agile Training and Education Philipp Kasiotis Zürcher Kantonalbank, Kevin Schmid Zürcher Kantonalbank File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	ProductivityIndustry and Practice at 6.3A08 (Workshop / Session) Chair(s): Graziela Simone Tonin INSPER

11:00 45m Talk		Scaling Agility with Unified Flow Industry and Practice A: Marcelo Walter Objective, Juliano Ribeiro Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) File Attached
11:45 45m Talk		Who still cares about XP? Or, how we can salvage the XP principles in our enterprise DNA. Industry and Practice Peter Beck DasScrumTeam AG, Andreas Schliep DasScrumTeam AG

14:00 - 15:30	Inspect & AdaptIndustry and Practice / Experience Reports / Research Papers at 5.0A52 (Session) Chair(s): Niels Harre

14:00 30m Talk		Adapt & Overcome - How Agile Practitioners Adapt to Issues that Impede the Delivery of Value: An Interview Study Research Papers Jan-Niklas Meckenstock University of Bamberg, Victoria Wallmichrath Babtec Informationssysteme GmbH Link to publication DOI File Attached
14:30 30m Talk		The Fail Forward Conference: Share, Grow, Unite Experience Reports Rucha Ramchandra Kapare Springer Nature, Osman Maqsood Springer Nature File Attached
15:00 30m Talk		Agile Agnostic Value Delivery: Optimising desired outcomes while mitigating Agile scepticism. Industry and Practice Paul Anumudu Roche File Attached

14:00 - 15:30	Focusing on the UserIndustry and Practice / Research Papers at 5.1A17 (Session) Chair(s): Carmen Gruber Erste Bank Group AG

14:00 30m Talk		Investigating User-Side Representatives in Large-Scale Agile Software Development Research Papers Morteza Moalagh Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Computer Sci-ence, Trondheim, Norway, Vegard Svesengen Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Computer Sci-ence, Trondheim, Norway, Babak Farshchian Norwegian University of Science and Technology Link to publication File Attached
14:30 60m Talk		Real Cross-functional teams for Creating real and better Products Industry and Practice Jutta Eckstein Independent, Maryse Meinen Independent

14:00 - 15:30	Continuous LearningIndustry and Practice at 5.1D11 (Session) Chair(s): Diana Larsen Eos House Consulting Inc.

14:00 90m Talk		AI Supercharging Product Management: Go Beyond Yourself! Industry and Practice Munish Malik Equal Experts

14:00 - 15:30	Beyond LeadershipIndustry and Practice at 6.3A08 (Workshop / Session) Chair(s): Heidi Musser Independent

14:00 90m Talk		Beyond Leadership: Steermanship Industry and Practice John Buck GovernanceAlive, LLC File Attached

Unscheduled Events

Not scheduled
Talk

Feature Toggles & Trunk Based Development - How To and More Importantly, How NOT to - A Workshop

Industry and Practice

Daksh Gupta CodeSports Ai

Accepted Papers

	Title
	40 seconds of Agile Industry and Practice Maryse Meinen
	Agile Agnostic Value Delivery: Optimising desired outcomes while mitigating Agile scepticism. Industry and Practice Paul Anumudu File Attached
	AI Supercharging Product Management: Go Beyond Yourself! Industry and Practice Munish Malik
	Are agile organizations really inclusive? Industry and Practice Ashay Saxena File Attached
	Beyond Leadership: Steermanship Industry and Practice John Buck File Attached
	Beyond the Buzz: Evolving Spotify to Deliver Valuable Software Products Industry and Practice Marcin Floryan Media Attached
	Breaking the Cycle: Leading Organizations That Thrive Amid Constant Change Industry and Practice Allan Rennebo Jepsen Link to publication Media Attached
	Continuous Testing: Increase confidence with every step of your delivery pipeline. Industry and Practice Denis Chekhlov File Attached
	Contracts, Coalitions, and Countermeasures: An Agile Coach's Guide to Navigating Power Games Industry and Practice Roman Lobus File Attached
	Feature Toggles & Trunk Based Development - How To and More Importantly, How NOT to - A Workshop Industry and Practice Daksh Gupta
	From Unconscious Habits to Creative Leadership Industry and Practice Irina Nenakhova
	Intercultural agility, and ways of working through an intercultural lens Industry and Practice Silke Noll File Attached
	MaturityCard, a Funny and Actionable Game to Your Organization! Industry and Practice Marcelo Walter, Wilhelm Meier File Attached
	Modern Business Demands Modern Ways of Working Industry and Practice Heidi Musser File Attached
	Navigating the Multi-Crisis: A Path for Agilists, Scientists and Organizations to become regenerative forces in society Industry and Practice Randolf Speigner
	Real Cross-functional teams for Creating real and better Products Industry and Practice Jutta Eckstein, Maryse Meinen
	Scaling Agility with Unified Flow Industry and Practice A: Marcelo Walter, Juliano Ribeiro File Attached
	Solving real-world problems with a (mini) Design Sprint Industry and Practice Mohit Chandna, Munish Malik
	Strategy Unlocked - How can we bring strategy back to agile? Industry and Practice Morten Elvang File Attached
	Sustainable AI Industry and Practice Gail Ferreira File Attached
	Understand Culture first, then bring Agility! Industry and Practice Allen Jellas File Attached
	When Scrum is Not Enough Industry and Practice Dorota Mleczko File Attached
	Who still cares about XP? Or, how we can salvage the XP principles in our enterprise DNA. Industry and Practice Peter Beck, Andreas Schliep

Call for submission

We invite proposals for engaging and novel sessions oriented toward practitioners based on your own experience and practice from working in the industry.

Topics of Interest

Topics can include, but are not limited to:

Collaboration practices
Coaching
Engineering
Leadership
Sustainability
Communication
Learning

Please excite and surprise us!

Submissions

The submission should contain the following information:

Title: Catchy, intriguing, and meaningful
Session length: 30, 60, 90 mins, half-day (3.5h), or full-day (7h)
Session style: Lecture, interactive, demo, workshop
Abstract: Explain the general topic and highlight the session’s concepts
Learning outcomes: 1-3 reasons why a participant should choose this particular session and what would be the lessons learned
Process/Mechanics: Rough agenda for the session, room set-up
Target Audience: E.g., developers, managers, etc.
Prerequisites required of attendees: E.g., basic knowledge in…, familiarity with…, laptop, etc.
Short biography of the speaker(s)
Any additional information that helps decide on your submission

Submission closed

Review Criteria

People submitting a proposal will be expected to review and provide feedback on at least three other proposals, which will be assigned as part of the review process.

Proposals are evaluated on these criteria:

Grounded in the proposers’ experiences
Fit with the conference theme
Innovative value
Clarity and practicality
Engaging and involving
Feasibility of the session’s structure

Based on review comments and with the objective of creating a great conference program, final selections will be made by the program committee.

Compensation

One speaker per presentation will get a discount on the registration fee. Please find here all details about registration fees.

Questions?

Contact our track chairs

Maryse Meinen: marysemeinen@gmail.com
Jutta Eckstein: xp2025 at jeckstein dot com

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12:30 - 14:00	LunchCatering at Campus Restaurant

12:30 90m Lunch		Lunch Catering

15:30 - 16:00	Coffee BreakCatering at Coffee Break / Apero

15:30 30m Coffee break		Coffee Break Catering

17:30 - 19:00	Welcome ReceptionCatering at Coffee Break / Apero

17:30 90m Social Event		Conference Apéro Catering

10:30 - 11:00	Coffee BreakCatering at Coffee Break / Apero

10:30 30m Coffee break		Coffee Break Catering

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Accepted Papers

Call for submission

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Submissions

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Questions?

Jutta EcksteinCo-chair

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Germany

Maryse MeinenCo-chair

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Call for submission

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Submissions

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Questions?

Jutta EcksteinCo-chair

Independent

Germany

Maryse MeinenCo-chair

Independent

Netherlands

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