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Robbie Mac IverPrincipal Consultant
Agility - What’s It All About?
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking
we used when we created them. -- Albert Einstein
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What Do You Think of When You Hear “Agile”?
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Process Versus Culture
Agility Changes the BalanceAgility Changes the Balance
Process
Left BrainLeft Brain
Process
Left Brain
Culture
Right BrainRight Brain
Culture
Right Brain
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Agile Manifesto
While there is value in the things on the right,
we value the things on the left more
While there is value in the things on the right,
we value the things on the left more
Source: AgileAlliance.org
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Culture & Mindset Linked with Practices
Agility Is All ThreeAgility Is All Three
Culture Mindset
Practices
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Agility Is A Way of “Being”Agility Is A Way of “Being”
The Agile Cloud
Agility
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Why Change?
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Change our way
of being? That
sounds hard….
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Reasons for Adopting Agile Techniques
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Source: 2011 State of Agile Survey
39%
46%
42%
39%
51%
46%
38%
11%
16%
18%
26%
29%
37%
39%
Improve Team Morale
Reduce Risk
Improve Project Visibility
Align IT/Business Objectives
Increase Productivity
Manage Changing Priorities
Accelerate Time To Market
Not Important Somewhat Important Very Important Highest Importance
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Business is Changing…
When economic recovery
takes hold CFOs expect to
CFO Magazine study of 400 senior executives
Of International CIOs
Recent study of 1000 CIOs
2/3Of CEOs are Implementing EXTENSIVE Change in their
Business Model…
KPMG study of international CEOs
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Agility Defined
Agility is the ability to both
create and respond to change
in order to profit in a
turbulent business environment. - Jim Highsmith, Executive Consultant at ThoughtWorks
Agility is the ability to both
create and respond to change
in order to profit in a
turbulent business environment. - Jim Highsmith, Executive Consultant at ThoughtWorks
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Source: Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products – Jim Highsmith
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Closing Stock Prices – Last 10 Years
What’s the Difference?What’s the Difference?
Source: Radical Management – Stephen Denning
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Global Competition and Continuous Change
“In today’s world of global competition
and continuous change, a firm that isn’t
delighting its clients and turning them
into active promoters of its goods and
services is unlikely to endure.”Stephen Denning – Radical Management
“In today’s world of global competition
and continuous change, a firm that isn’t
delighting its clients and turning them
into active promoters of its goods and
services is unlikely to endure.”Stephen Denning – Radical Management
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Continuous Innovation
Requires
Source: Radical Management – Stephen Denning
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Agile Principles
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Agile Principle
♦ Engage the Business Directly
Better Understand Business Objectives & PrioritiesBetter Understand Business Objectives & Priorities
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Agile Principle
♦ Embrace Changing Priorities
They Benefit the BusinessThey Benefit the Business
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Agile Principle
♦ Create Self-Organizing Teams
Jointly Accountable for Solving Business ProblemsJointly Accountable for Solving Business Problems
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Agile Principle
♦ Deliver Incrementally
Validate Achievement Toward Business GoalsValidate Achievement Toward Business Goals
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Agile Principle
♦ Shorten the Feedback Loop
Incorporate Learning As Soon As It Is LearnedIncorporate Learning As Soon As It Is Learned
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Teams
Nature arms each person with some faculty which enables them to do
easily some feat impossible to any other. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Team One – The Beasts
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Team Two – The Players
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Team Three – The Rowers
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Self-Organizing Team Member Behaviors
♦ Make Accountability Clear and Public
♦ Trust in Each Others’ Competency
♦ Work Toward Shared Outcomes
♦ Make Decisions as a Team
♦ Give and Take – Help Each Other
♦ Are Open and Transparent
♦ Learn from Failures – Open to Failure
♦ Share Glory
♦ Believe They Can Accomplish Anything
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What Leadership is Needed?
Group Facilitator
“You’re empowered!”
Bureaucratic Manager
“Follow the rules!”
Task Manager
“Here is what to do and how to
do it”
Builder of Learning
Organizations
“Here is our purpose and
direction – I will guide & coach”
In-depth understanding of the
work
Top D
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Up
General Management
Expertise
Managem
ent
Sty
le
KnowledgeCourtesy of Mike Cohn – Succeeding with Agile
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Agile Practices
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We Cannot Direct the Wind… But We Can Adjust the Sails
-- Anonymous
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Scrum in a Nutshell
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People
Time
Work Product
Optimizing Business Value
Optimizing Processes
Small group spending small time building a small thing
… but integrating regularly to see the whole
Large group spending large time building a huge thing
Courtesy of Henrik Kniberg
Large group spending large time building a huge thing
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Scrum Lifecycle
Potentially
Shippable
Product
Increment
Daily
Scrum
Product
Backlog
Project
Charter
2-4
Weeks
Sprint
Sprint Review
& Retrospective
Sprint
Backlog
Sprint
Planning
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 2
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 3
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 4
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 5
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 6
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 7
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 8
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Scrum Board – Sprint 2 - Day 9
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Where Are Agile Techniques Being Used?
♦ Software and Technology
♦ Business Processes
• Marketing
• Supply chain – adding new vendors
♦ Research
♦ Non-profits
♦ Construction
• Washington Nationals Stadium
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Companies In Houston Using Agile
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Source: Agile Leadership Network Houston Surveys
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Agile Principles
Agility is More About Behavior Than PracticesAgility is More About Behavior Than Practices
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Create a Learning Organization
Experiment
Reflect
Adapt
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www.ALNHouston.org
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Robbie Mac Iver, Principal Consultant
▪ President National Board of Directors
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▪ Agile Adoption Stage Producer – Agile2010▪ Business & Project Management Stage Producer – Agile2011▪ Stage Producer – Agile Executive Forum 2011
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