{"id":5747,"date":"2018-09-05T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/?post_type=project&#038;p=5747"},"modified":"2019-06-12T07:12:23","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T07:12:23","slug":"erica-smith","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/speakers\/erica-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Erica Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;27px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/agileaus-2019-erica-smith-350px.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Jez Humble&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;circleimage&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#e71c28&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#f7955b&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|50%|50%|50%|50%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221;]&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_social_media_follow disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221;][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=&#8221;facebook&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#3b5998&#8243; follow_button=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221;]facebook[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=&#8221;twitter&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#00aced&#8221; follow_button=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221;]twitter[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;50px||10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|50px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/agileaus-speakers\/\">&lt; Back to Speakers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||50px&#8221;]<a href=\"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/topics\/\">&lt; Back to topics<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||50px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agileaustralia.com.au\/2019\/program\/\">&lt; Back to the program<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#22485c&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erica Smith<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CTO, StarRez<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em> Guest speaker <\/em><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#22485c&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.15&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||5px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221;]&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; link_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ul_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; ul_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#e71c28&#8243; header_5_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#e71c28&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px&#8221; custom_margin__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #e71c28;\">Technical work in the product roadmap<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical initiatives can be tricky beasts. Everyone agrees that the tech is important, but trying to compare a major technical initiative to a new user feature in a roadmap discussion can feel like comparing apples and sports cars. Then, even after you&#8217;ve found the time in your plan to start that work, the project is constantly questioned and challenged by stakeholders who are frustrated by its opacity, struggling to see progress towards the company&#8217;s goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This talk will explain why these issues happen so often, and provide several lenses to help identify and name the business value of technical work, using terms and metrics that make it easy to fit into your company&#8217;s road map. It will also include some effective strategies to keep stakeholders engaged in your technical project throughout its entire life cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#22485c&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221;]&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Volte-Bold&#8221;]<span style=\"font-family: Volte-Bold;\">About\u00a0Erica Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Erica Smith is the Chief Technology Officer at StarRez, a Melbourne-based software company that is currently mid-way through its transition from on-premises software company to cloud based SaaS provider. 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