spreading agile samurai mindset to fast growing organization
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Spreading Agile Samurai Mindset to Fast Growing
Organization
Takumi Tsunokake May 29, 2015
Regional Scrum Gathering Vietnam 2015 Day 1
Self Introduction
Takumi Tsunokake
Japanese
@bekkou68
iOS/Web programmer,agile practitioner
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Spreading Agile Samurai Mindset to Fast Growing
Organization
Takumi Tsunokake May 29, 2015
Regional Scrum Gathering Vietnam 2015 Day 1
Sharing my experience of spreading agile samurai mindset to a fast growing company.
CAUTION: I’ll not talk about a detail of each agile method too much.
Purpose
Our organization is growing fast. It causes many problems.To tackle them, we created a team. One of effective team activities is forming a reading group of Agile Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Our organization is growing fast.It causes many problems.To tackle them, we created a team. One of effective team activities is forming a reading group of Agile Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
IGNIS LTD.
Started in Japan in May 2010
Develops smartphone apps
100% self-produced
Members’ age avg.: 29
http://1923.co.jp/en/
Products
Products
80 Million Downloads ;)
Increasing #members
2012/4/1 10 [I joined]
2013/4/1 30
2014/4/1 60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Increasing #members
2012/4/1 10 [I joined]
2013/4/1 30
2014/4/1 60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Increasing #members
2012/4/1 10 [I joined]
2013/4/1 30
2014/4/1 60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Increasing #members
2012/4/1 10 [I joined]
2013/4/1 30
2014/4/1 60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Structure in 2012
Structure in 2015
Structure in 2015
Our organization is growing fast.It causes many problems.To tackle them, we created a team. One of effective team activities is forming a reading group of Agile Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Many Problems 1
Who is good at what?
Some product owner doesn’t reviewa team result regularly
Many Problems 2
Programmers feel hard totell their estimation
Sudden & no notified project members change
etc, etc…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joshsommers/347409757
How to tackle…
Conscious for problems
Discussions occurred locally
We have to stock discussions and knowhow
Our organization is growing fast.It causes many problems.To tackle them, we created a team. One of effective team activities is forming a reading group of Agile Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22931955@N02/2282838147
3 leaders
“Agile Guild”
“Agile” is beyond development
Member: Any interested
Do action for processes and communications
We told our concept to officers
Focus to What
Problem Domains
Organization
Departments
Projects
Focus to What
Problem Domains
Organization
Departments
Projects
Project Process
1. Finding Idea
2. Service Design
3. Prototyping
4. Development
5. Growth Hack
Project Process
1. Finding Idea
2. Service Design
3. Prototyping
4. Development # Tackle here first
5. Growth Hack
One of Causes
Not enough knowledge and mindset of long-term projects
Many previous projects were short-term so we has been done them without the knowledge and mindset
Our organization is growing fast.It causes many problems.To tackle them, we created a team. One of effective team activities is forming a reading group of Agile Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Wrote agile mindset widely with easy expression including Scrum
I’m a one of translators
How to do
Member: 6 programmers
Set each member aiming:
To review agile mindset
To get a skill to lead project
Choosing Where to Read
1. Introducing Agile
2. Agile Project Inception
3. Agile Project Planning
4. Agile Project Execution
5. Creating Agile Software
Choosing Where to Read
1. Introducing Agile
2. Agile Project Inception
3. Agile Project Planning
4. Agile Project Execution
5. Creating Agile Software
Process of Each Time
1. Read one section (ex: 1.1)
2. Discussion & write a log
3. Go back to 1 in a time-box
4. Upload the log to our organization SNS
How Many Times
Do the previous processin 1 hour for 14 times
Do per week, took 3 months
#15 Final retrospective
Final Retrospective
Do KPT
How was process of reading group
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sifu_renka/153391600
Our organization is growing fast.It causes many problems.To tackle them, we created a team. One of effective team activities is forming a reading group of Agile Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Result 1
One of members achieved“To get a skill to lead project” Improving communication of estimation with producer
Result 2
Involved non-programmers
Final #members: 8
6 programmers
1 designer
1 producer
Result 3
Result 3
Result 3
Result 4
Non-reading group members became to read Agile Samurai
Our organization is growing fast.It causes many problems.To tackle them, we created a team. One of effective team activities is forming a reading group of Agile Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Appendix: Recent Activities
beyond Development
Project Process
1. Finding Idea
2. Service Design
3. Prototyping
4. Development # Agile Samurai
5. Growth Hack
Project Process
1. Finding Idea # Lean, Design Sprint
2. Service Design # Lean, Design Sprint
3. Prototyping # Lean, Design Sprint
4. Development # Agile Samurai
5. Growth Hack # Lean, Design Sprint
Recommended by designers and producers
Many members read it
Workshop ofLean UX & Design Sprint
Still has many problems but…
Knowing inter-role mindset
Customize & adopt mindset to each project process
Future
For continuing to create
great products