Agile-Lean Meetup

What Agile-Lean Meetup does

Agile-Lean Ireland (ALI), legally ALI Ltd. (Irish company number 624679), is a volunteer-led community organisation that originated in Dublin's Agile community in the early 2010s and is now Ireland's largest Agile/Lean meetup group, with several thousand members and a stated reach of 6,000+ professionals. Its core product is the annual ALI Conference, first held on 26 May 2017 and recognised by TechBeacon as one of the top 20 Agile conferences globally, supported by a regular programme of free community meetups in Dublin, Carlow, and Galway that have also extended internationally to Frankfurt. Supporting offerings include a Buzzsprout-distributed podcast, a YouTube archive of conference recordings, and ALI Labs, a research-backed workshop series including a 2024 collaboration with Maynooth University on hybrid working. In 2025, ALI introduced "AI Aisling," a conversational agent built on ElevenLabs and trained on speaker Aisling Finn's content, marking its first AI-mediated content product.

ALI's technology stack is conventional and event-community oriented: A2 Hosting, Google Analytics, Google Workspace, and MailChimp power operations, while Meetup.com, YouTube, Buzzsprout, LinkedIn, and Twitter drive distribution. There is no proprietary software product, no patents, and no disclosed data assets beyond the content library.

The business model is hybrid event sponsorship and ticketing. Revenue derives from one-time conference ticket sales and corporate sponsorship packages (with named past sponsors including Businessmap, Red Hat, EY, WorkMatters, MasterCard, Change Angels, WITS, VisAgi, Neuland, and Sense and Respond), supplemented by a low-cadence community newsletter (~four emails per year) and a community patron programme. Meetups are free, and no public pricing exists for tickets or sponsorship tiers — interested sponsors are directed to request the ALI2025 Sponsor Information Pack by email. The customer base spans Agile practitioners (Scrum Masters, coaches, product owners), technology and business leaders, HR professionals, academia, and corporate sponsors. The organisation is governed by a 4-person core team (Anthony Byrne, Hodei Iraola, Joanna Koprowicz, Klaudia Prasek) supported by 30+ volunteers worldwide, with Joanna Koprowicz serving as Director and Data Protection Officer; no institutional investment, private equity, or venture capital funding is disclosed.

Name

Agile-Lean Meetup

Legal name

ALI Ltd.

Website

https://agileleanireland.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agile-Lean Ireland (ALI) is a volunteer-led Irish community organisation operating Ireland's largest Agile/Lean meetup, an annual TechBeacon-recognised conference, free meetups, a podcast, and research-backed workshops, serving Agile practitioners, technology leaders, and corporate sponsors across Ireland and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Community Events & Conferences (Agile/Lean)

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Scaled Agile & Enterprise Product Delivery (SAFe/LeSS/Nexus) (EDABAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Work Management & Collaborative Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAI), Digital Workplace & Collaboration Consulting (BPAHAEAH), Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration) (HDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Agile lean meetups
• Professional community events
• Agile conferences
• Community knowledge sharing
• Volunteer led meetups

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Conference ticket sales: ALI generates revenue through paid conference attendance for its annual ALI conferences. ALI2025 is the upcoming event, with ALI2024 having drawn a global audience.
2. Sponsorship packages: ALI offers sponsorship packages for the annual conference (ALI2025) providing brand exposure to 6,000+ professionals. Sponsorship tiers include sponsor booths, branded experiences, sessions, coffee/tea breaks, and delegate bag inserts. Past sponsors include Businessmap, Red Hat, EY, WorkMatters, MasterCard, Change Angels, WITS, VisAgi, Neuland GmbH & Co. KG, and Sense and Respond.
3. Newsletter / email marketing: Newsletter subscription (approximately four emails per year) managed via MailChimp. The email newsletter drives community engagement and event participation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Agile-Lean Ireland operates Ireland's largest Agile and Lean professional community, delivering recurring free community meetups across Dublin, Carlow and Galway (in-person and via videoconference) and an annual flagship conference (ALI2017 through ALI2025) recognised by TechBeacon as one of the world's top 20 Agile conferences. Supporting offerings include the ALI Labs research-backed session series, a Buzzsprout podcast, a YouTube library of conference recordings, a quarterly MailChimp newsletter, and an AI-powered conversational agent ('AI Aisling') that lets users explore past session content interactively.

Product overview

Agile-Lean Ireland (ALI) is Ireland's largest Agile/Lean community organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs. The core offerings consist of the annual ALI Conference (flagship event established 2017, recognized globally by TechBeacon) and regular Community Meetups held in Dublin, Carlow, and Galway featuring local and international practitioners via in-person and videoconference formats. Supporting products include a Podcast (distributed via Buzzsprout) and Conference Recordings (YouTube channel). ALI Labs delivers research-backed community workshops including hybrid work studies. The AI Aisling feature provides an AI-powered conversational agent enabling interactive exploration of speaker content. ALI also publishes a newsletter (via MailChimp, approximately four times per year) and maintains an events calendar for community activities. The organization is volunteer-led with a core team supported by 30+ global volunteers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ALI Conference: Annual Agile-Lean conference recognized as one of the top 20 Agile conferences in the world by TechBeacon.
• ALI Labs

Products and services

• ALI Conference Annual flagship conference bringing together international and local Agile and Lean practitioners for keynotes, workshops, lightning talks, and networking; recognised by TechBeacon as one of the top 20 Agile conferences globally.
• Community Meetups Recurring free meetup events (Dublin, Carlow, Galway) featuring local practitioners, international experts via videoconference, workshops, lean coffee sessions, and lightning talks.
• Podcast (Buzzsprout) Audio podcast series covering Agile and Lean topics, distributed via Buzzsprout (id 1973085) for ongoing community access.
• Conference Recordings (YouTube) Video recordings of past conference talks, keynotes, and sessions hosted on the AgileLeanInternational YouTube channel for asynchronous access.
• ALI Labs Research-backed community session series delivering practical strategies and insights, including hybrid work research collaborations with academic partners such as Dr. Tatiana Andreeva at Maynooth University.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ireland's largest Agile/Lean meetup with thousands of members
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dr. Tatiana Andreeva / Maynooth University School of BusinesscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ALI announced a research collaboration with Dr. Tatiana Andreeva, Associate Professor and Research Director at the School of Business, Maynooth University. The collaboration aims to study the impact of hybrid working on productivity, employee well-being, and organisational efficiency. Both parties will engage with the community, professionals, organisations, and local authorities throughout the research process to develop actionable recommendations for individuals, businesses, and policymakers. This partnership bridges academia and industry.
• BusinessmapcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBusinessmap (formerly Kanbanize) is a Community Patron of ALI. As a patron, Businessmap supports the ALI community and in return receives brand visibility and alignment with the Agile-Lean Ireland community.
• VisAgi (Francesco Bianchi)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerVisAgi (The Visual Agilists) is a Community Patron of ALI, providing visual facilitation and coaching services to the community. Francesco Bianchi has spoken at ALI conferences and is a past speaker.
• Change AngelscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerChange Angels is a Community Patron of ALI. The organisation supports the Agile community through change management and transformation services.
• Women in Technology & Science Ireland (WITS)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerWITS (Women in Technology & Science Ireland) is a Community Patron of ALI, supporting diversity and inclusion in the Agile and technology community. WITS has been a past sponsor of ALI conferences.
• Red HatminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRed Hat has been a past sponsor of ALI conferences, providing brand visibility and support for the Agile-Lean Ireland community.
• EY (Ernst & Young)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEY has been a past sponsor of ALI conferences and has had speakers present at ALI events (e.g., Aisling Finn as Agile Delivery Pillar Lead at EY).
• WorkMattersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWorkMatters has been a past sponsor of ALI conferences. James Ryan from WorkMatters has spoken at ALI events.
• MasterCardminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMasterCard has been a past sponsor of ALI conferences, supporting the Agile-Lean Ireland community.
• Neuland GmbH & Co. KGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNeuland GmbH & Co. KG has been a past sponsor of ALI conferences.
• Sense and RespondminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSense and Respond has been a past sponsor of ALI conferences, supporting the Agile-Lean Ireland community.
• International Agile and Lean Experts (network)coreOthersALI maintains a network of international Agile and Lean experts who deliver presentations, workshops, and lightning talks at ALI events. Notable speakers include Jeff Gothelf, Henrik Kniberg, Mary Poppendieck, Dan North, and others. ALI was one of the first – possibly the first – to use videoconferencing to bring international experts to its local Irish audience.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Agile Alliance: Industry body that promotes Agile across multiple frameworks with a broad community of practitioners and conferences — a much larger incumbent in the same Agile-knowledge-exchange category ALI serves at a regional level.
• Atlassian: Maker of Jira and a dominant Agile project management platform that runs its own Agile community programmes, conferences (Team '23 etc.) and training — a broad incumbent overlapping with ALI on the Agile community and knowledge-exchange theme.

Others

• Businessmap (formerly Kanbanize): Enterprise Kanban/Agile work management software vendor and existing ALI Community Patron; comparable as a sponsor and ecosystem player in the same Agile tooling market rather than as a direct event competitor.

Direct peers

• Scaled Agile (SAFe): Provider of the SAFe framework and a major global Agile training and conference business; directly comparable as a scaled Agile knowledge and certification community that monetises through training and events.
• Agile Coaching Institute: Provides Agile coaching certification and a practitioner community, with a curriculum and conference footprint that overlaps directly with ALI's enterprise Agile transformation focus.
• Scrum.org: Founded by Ken Schwaber, Scrum.org provides professional Scrum training, assessments and a global practitioner community — a comparable training-and-community model operating in the same Agile vertical.
• Mountain Goat Software: Mike Cohn's Scrum and Agile training firm offering courses, certification and conferences to practitioners — a comparable niche training and event business serving the same Scrum Master / Agile Coach audience.
• ICAgile: International Agile certification body offering learning paths and a practitioner community — comparable to ALI's role as a knowledge exchange hub for Agile professionals in Ireland.
• Agile42: Global Agile consulting and training company offering certifications, workshops and conferences — a comparable practitioner-development and event-driven business model.
• Scrum Alliance: Global nonprofit that promotes Scrum and Agile practices through certification, training and a member community of practitioners — the closest direct analogue to ALI's practitioner-development mission at global scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/AgileLeanInternational/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/home

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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