Marta Orbitowska

Marta Orbitowska is a coach, mentor, and change facilitator who supports business and education in cultivating a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

With over 20 years of professional experience – from quality engineering and process management to roles as Scrum Master, Agile Coach (scrum.org, KanbanUniversity) — she brings a systems-thinking perspective to organizational growth. Marta is an EMCC-accredited Coach and Mentor, a certified MindSonar® expert, and a pioneer of eduScrum® in Poland.

She holistically supports organizations through change, helping them align processes, structures, and culture to create environments that foster learning, experimentation, and sustainable value delivery. She helps IT teams and business leaders implement Scrum, Kanban, LeSS, and Agile principles in a way that makes a difference.

Her mission extends beyond organizations — she is actively engaged in transforming education through Agile practices. Marta believes Agile is not just a toolkit, but a mindset that empowers people to better respond to a rapidly changing world.

From Chaos to Flow: How TOC and CCPM Shifted Our Agile Mindset

Overloaded teams, too many parallel initiatives, and unclear priorities—this was our starting point. To regain clarity, focus, and truly start commanding the ship, we applied the Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Management across all levels of our portfolio. What followed was a shift from pushing work to managing flow based on data driven decisions, revealing systemic bottlenecks and triggering deeper conversations about value, time, and collaboration. It wasn’t just a process change—it reshaped our organizational mindset and aligned us more closely with Agile principles. This talk shares our lessons, struggles, and the surprising ways CCPM made us more Agile.

Key Takeaways:
- How TOC and CCPM helped us uncover and manage systemic bottlenecks across initiatives.
- Why limiting WIP and aligning around constraints on portfolio level beats micro-planning and reactive prioritization.
- How this experience built shared ownership and prepared the ground for a truly Agile portfolio.

Marta will speak together with Kerstin Zulechner.