Name: Less is More: Using AI to prove that doing less delivers more
Start: 2026-05-27T09:45:00+0200
End: 2026-05-27T10:15:00+0200

Less is More: Using AI to prove that doing less delivers more

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Wednesday May 27, 2026 09:45 - 10:15 CEST

🧩 PM/UX ARENA

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Four value streams, three and a half developers, all moving simultaneously. There was pressure to start everything — it looked like progress. But at the end of each sprint, delivered value was scarce. The data told a different story.

We ran an AI-assisted analysis of our historical flow metrics: WIP over time, lead time per story point, where epics actually got stuck. The pattern was clear — we had a systemic problem, not a capacity one. Starting earlier was making us finish later.

The fix was counterintuitive. We reduced the number of topics in flight, moved from individual domain ownership to team-based delivery, and realigned our backlog around collective throughput. The analysis showed a potential 2x improvement in lead time by reducing WIP — and early signals are promising.

We'll walk through the data that changed our thinking, the steps we took, what didn't go as planned, and what surprised us. Fair warning: the experiment is still running — no clean happy ending, just honest numbers and the reasoning behind every decision.

What you'll take away: a replicable approach to focused, team-based flow — and how to make "let's finish fewer things faster" a convincing argument.

Speakers

Michal Kowalski

Developer, Leroy Merlin Poland

Andrzej Krawczyk

Scrum master, Leroy Merlin Poland

ANDRZEJ KRAWCZYK
Scrum master at LMPL

Experienced Scrum Master with 15 years in IT. His question has always been the same: how do we know if what we're doing is actually working?
He has a stubborn belief that improvements should be visible in data — not just felt in retrospect... Read More →

Wednesday May 27, 2026 09:45 - 10:15 CEST
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