PMI Kerala Chapter organized the second edition of its Disciplined Agile^TM (DA) conference, titled ‘CanDALa2021’ on 28 November 2021. The theme of the conference was ‘Organizational Transformation and Agility.’

Chapter President Jayakishore S. R. kicked off the conference with a welcome note, followed by an address by Dr. Srini Srinivasan, regional managing director, PMI South Asia.

The conference saw insightful presentations delivered by keynote speakers, including Tony Appleby, chair – Board of Directors, PMI; Mark Lines, Vice President & co-creator, Disciplined Agile; Krishna Ramachandran, managing director at Accenture; Prasad Kodukula, Eric Jennet Award winner; and Behnam Tabrizi, worldrenowned transformation strategist.

An interactive session titled ‘Close Encounter with DA’ with Scott Ambler, founder and chief scientist at Disciplined Agile, brought out insights on the applications of DA across industries. The session was anchored by Dr. Krishna Kumar, the former president of PMI Kerala Chapter.

At a pre-conference networking event held on 21 November, chapter volunteers unveiled a white paper on ‘Agile Practices in Core Industries.’ It was followed by a motivational session by Lee Lambert, the founder of PMP, and round table discussions on multiple topics. PMI Kerala Chapter volunteer and music composer Ramanujam presented a session titled ‘Mugulity: Agile Practices in the Music Industry.’