agile for girls' - rachel picken, mpad

Agile for GirlsRachel Picken, MPAD

www.mpad.co.uk @RachelPicken

How did this happen?

Why do I find this Agile

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Is there a more

sensible way to plan?


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Excellence theory

Best laid plans…



stuff interesting?


Is there a more

sensible way to plan?


CIPR research project

PR planning for a digital age



Everyone wants to use Agile nowadays(Reaction via tutor)


Conclusion:

Some people plan, some don’t.

How I now use AgileUse the manifesto as a guiding principle


1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

2. Working software over comprehensive documentation

3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

4. Responding to change over following a plan


Individuals and interactions over

processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation


Customer collaboration over contract negotiation


Responding to change over following a plan



Be prepared for your plan to go out of the window.Higher Newham Farm & Village

Adventures with Value Stream Mapping.

–Why did we do this?


What did we do?


What did we discover?


• Overproduction

• Waiting & Delays

• Inventory

• Movement of people

• Transport of Materials

• Defects & Rework

• Inappropriate processing


Overproduction

Just good enough is sometimes OK to get a feel for written or design work.


Waiting and delays

How can you work with your clients to

minimize waiting for sign off? Build it into

your ts and cs


Inventory

Staff not being used to capacity


Movement of people

Your office/work base compared to your

client base


Transport of materialsDeliver to us or direct


Defects and rework

The briefing and presentation process


Inappropriate processing

Overdoing the paperwork

What have we learnt?


There’s nowhere to

hide!



Customers still want

some sort of plan.

Clients need to be nurtured and managed


Half of the job of effective consultancy is not

necessarily the quality of the work, but how it’s

delivered.


Focus on clear objectives -

What are the measures of

success? Rather than the details of how you are going

to get there. www.mpad.co.uk @RachelPicken


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Easy ways to introduce Agile to your creative consultancy business

today


1. How can you work more collaboratively with your

customers?


2. How can you cut down on waiting time?


3. How can you streamline paperwork?


4. How can you make workstreams more visible?


Thank you.Your questions are welcome


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