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Understanding AgileDr. Timothy CockleBusiness Manager – Digital Services, Eduserv
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Welcome…
A little about me &A little about you!
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About you…• Your current knowledge of Agile• Do you currently have live Agile projects• Interested in Agile for development• Interested in IT operations• Current knowledge of DevOps
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Topics covered todayWhat is “Agile”?Why is it important now (more than ever)?What are the principles of AgileWhat is the impact on “your” dev teamWhat is the impact of work with an external dev teamGoing beyond development with DevOps
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Any questions…
Ask at anytime!
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Many terms & a lot of noise
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What do we mean by quality?To spec or the right product
What do we mean by discipline?Compliance to process or self-control
When are terms just being abused?Agile doesn’t mean no documentation
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How to start making sense of it all…
Understand it has a long history
Consider the values & principles
Understand your context
Make a start!
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But before that…
Why?
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Digital Transformation… a paradoxFrequent Change
The way people work – BYOD, socialExpectation for great services
Greater engagement - personalisationGreater integration
Threats and external pressuresIncreased competition
Dependable ServiceExpectations set by the big brands
Key services are digitalImpact of outage greater
Easy to go elsewherePeaks and bursts
Complexity increased
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Values & Principles
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Agile manifesto
… We have come to value
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Individuals and interactions over process and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
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…while there is value in the items on the right
we value the items on the left more
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…some useful principles
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Shared ResponsibilitySingle team mentality – with freedom to work togetherVisibility is required – to see where you can help
Focus on deliveryFocus on the customer - shared responsibility to deliverDone means live…
High degree of visibility and transparencyShared tools and shared languageFrequent interactions
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Short iterationsA better means of knowledge discoveryFast feedback - reduce risk
Welcome changeDesign & build to support changeEnsure this is understood by all (i.e. DevOps)
Keep it simpleThe art of maximising what is not done
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Continual inspectionHigh visibility of processes and peopleMonitoring & metrics not just for management
AdaptionMaking sure how you work fits the need
ProfessionalismBroadening of perspectiveCommitted to self improvement
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… adopting Agile is about culture
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Understand your context
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For internal teams…
Continuous ImprovementAt the heart of adopting Agile
Gaining commitmentCore to Scrum & an important mind set
Learning & LeadershipTaking a broader perspective
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MotivationAutonomy
MasteryPurpose
TED TalksDan Pink: The puzzle of motivation
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Working with others
Understanding level of involvementWho is the product owner & how much effort is involved
Documentation & Acceptance CriteriaWhat format, versioning and collaboration
Planning & sign-offRoadmaps, releases and iterations (Sprints)
Budgets and paymentMany options but what will work internally
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What is DevOps?
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Change is good
Different mind-setDifferent toolsDifferent objectives
Stability is goodvs
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DevOps isA professional movementNot a new team or positionBut is removing silos
NB: Proceed with respect
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Getting started!
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Change Management: Kotter’s 8 Steps
1. Create a sense of urgency2. Form a guiding coalition3. Create a vision4. Communicate the vision5. Empower others to act on the vision6. Create quick wins7. Build on the change8. Institutionalise change
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not
an act but a habit.”Aristotle