taking agile mainstream - agile on the beach 2013 belinda waldock

Taking agile mainstream..

Belinda WaldockSimon Gill

Business Coaching Grow Cornwall Programme

Taking agile mainstream

@belindawaldock @drsgill b.waldock@oxin.co.uk s.gill@oxin.co.uk

#agileOTB

Enable Cornish Software businesses to adopt agile to enable business growth and job creation (+ demand side)

Enable the methods of agile and lean start up to be used within start up businesses

Enable the philosophy of agile and lean to be used within all businesses as good practice

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Agile has brought down project costs

Agile practice has helped to improve cashflow

Agile has improved new business/tender success rates

You now work more effectively in collaboration or through distributed teams from…

Agile has enabled your business to grow

Agile has reduced time to market

Agile practice has contributed towards improved customer relations

Agile has contributed to change management

Agile has helped to improve our business focus

Agile has improved project management, such as prioritising

Quality of product/service has improved by adopting Agile practice

Agile has helped to develop skills within your business

Agile has made you more efficient

Agile has helped to improve workflow

Agile has helped to improve communications

Agile practice has helped you to be more flexible and responsive to customer needs

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Innovative Idea into Proposition

Repeatable & Scalable

Business Model

Quickly and Effectively

Proof of Concept &

Market

Enable the methods of agile and lean start up to be used within start up businesses

Introduce Lean Start up to existing agile tech businesses with new services/product ideas

Introduce Lean Start up to a non tech business

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REVIEWLEARN

we had learnt that the planning element was a high value element of the process that could be adapted into a coaching tool for start ups..

Start up Planner MVP : Explored varieties with existing start up businesses Tested on coaching team, partner event

“it’s the first tool of the many I have been introduced to that I’ve actually used and found useful!” Sophie

Ignite Cornwall experience workshops

Introduced Do-Review-Learn Identify assumptionsTest & measure

Coaching Role-play using plannerIndividual Exercise using plannerTips

What is your vision?

What are you doing already?

What else do you need to do?

What assumptionsdo you need to test?

What’s the value of these activities?What are you going to learn?How are you going to measure them?

Challenge!!How could you test your proposition in the next

2 weeks with £200?

68 people trained in Planner Use

Mix of product/service ideas Average 9/10

(27@10/10, 18@9/10, 13@8/10, 7@7/10 and 3@6/10)

Ignite Experience Start Up Planner Workshops

I know I'll use the Planner, so I felt "connected" to itVery helpful indeed and we will implement this and review during our board meeting weekly

The chart makes one think & start "doing" more

I will definitely use this tool!Role Play make it simple to follow and convertible for my business idea

..can see that it would be a really useful method to continue

I will use that planner! Excellent way for planning and realising tasks and a great way to prioritise.

Very very useful..excellent for focusing and moving forward

A brilliant practical session - a simple, bite sized way to manage progressing the idea

Love the planner concept

Taking agile mainstream..What do you think?

@belindawaldock @drsgill b.waldock@oxin.co.uk s.gill@oxin.co.uk

www.growcornwall.co.uk