Agile Peer Learning Group

Agile Peer Learning Group

Agility isn’t just a methodology—it’s a mindset for adapting to change and delivering value faster. Join this group to connect with peers who are applying (or interested in applying) Agile principles across teams and projects. If you work with or are exposed to Agile practices, we welcome to you join the Agile Peer Learning Group to share perspectives and experiences on the good, bad, and ugly on how Agile practices have impacted you in the workplace. This is a great opportunity to learn and connect with others who are passionate and enthusiastic about Agile practices in the Central Pennsylvania community. Share your experiences, successes, and challenges in real-world Agile implementation. This is a peer connection forum—facilitators guide discussion but do not lecture. Bring your ideas, questions, challenges, successes and examples to share, and come ready to actively participate.

Purpose: To provide a collaborative space for learning, sharing, and improving Agile practices in diverse organizational contexts.

Audience: Suggested but not limited to Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Product Owners, team leads as well as project and program managers seeking Agile insights and networking

Focus Areas & Sample Topics:

Agile Methodologies – Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe, hybrid approaches
Team Collaboration & Facilitation – Daily stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint planning, cross-functional collaboration
Metrics & Continuous Improvement – Velocity tracking, burn-down charts, Agile health checks, feedback loops
Scaling Agile – Organizational adoption, portfolio management, Agile at enterprise level
Challenges & Success Stories – Overcoming resistance, real-world case studies, lessons learned

Special thank you to our volunteer co-facilitators Matt Christen and Jeff Bitner with Members 1st Federal Credit Union.

About Jeff Bitner: Scrum Master, Members 1^st Federal Credit Union. Jeff holds a Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1) and Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO 1) as well as a SAFE Agilist Certification. He has been active and involved in coaching organizations to adopt and improve their Agile Practices for over 15 years. Before embarking on Agile Coaching, Jeff was an Object-Oriented Developer, System Architect, and Business Analyst.

About Matt Christen: Principal Project Manager, Members 1^st Federal Credit Union. Matt has been involved in Agile practices since 2015 getting started under the mentorship / coaching of Todd Miller (Agile For Humans). Matt initially received Scrum training and his CSM, and after having his brain “scrambled” was able to reconcile the differences between Project Management practices and Agile practices. Since then, Matt has been fortunate enough to work in both planes of existence. Matt is an agile advocate and has served as a Scrum Master and Product owner for multiple organizations. Matt holds several certifications in Agile and Project Management Practices (PSM I/II, PSPO I, CSM, PMI-ACP, PMI PMP, SAFE Scrum Master). In addition, Matt is currently a part-time faculty member at Harrisburg University in the Project Management program teaching Agile/Scrum and Lean Thinking.