this is agile? letitia fearon nor(dev):con 2015. a bit about me business analyst / agile trainer...
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THIS
IS A
GILE?
LET I TI A
FEARO
N
NO
R(DEV ) :
CON
2015
A BIT ABOUT ME
Business Analyst / Agile Trainer
Public and Private Sector
uk.linkedin.com/in/letitiafearon
@Letitia_Fearon
• Why Managers want Agile?
• What is Agile?
• Look at the Team
• Align Direction
• Optimise the Team
• Utilise Time
• Why Managers want Agile?• What is Agile?
• Look at the Team
• Align Direction
• Optimise the Team
• Utilise Time
• Why Managers want Agile?
• What is Agile? • Look at the Team
• Align Direction
• Optimise the Team
• Utilise Time
BUT METHODOLOGIES AND FRAMEWORKS DON’T MAKE IT AGILE
• Why Managers want Agile?
• What is Agile?
• Look at the Team• Align Direction
• Optimise the Team
• Utilise Time
FOCUS ON THE TEAM NOT THE INDIVIDUAL
TEAM SIZE
Communication path = n(n-1)/2
PROCESS
VISIBLE
• Why Managers want Agile?
• What is Agile?
• Look at the Team
• Align Direction• Optimise the Team
• Utilise Time
PRODUCT VISION STATEMENTS
For [target customer]Who [statement of the need]The [product name] is a [product category]that [key benefit, compelling reason to buy].Unlike [primary competitive alternative],our product [statement of primary differentiation]
PRODUCT VISION STATEMENTS
For business e-mail users
Who want to better manage the increasing number of messages they receive when out of the
office,
BlackBerry is a mobile e-mail solution
that provides a real-time link to their desktop e-mail for sending, reading and responding to
important messages.
Unlike other mobile e-mail solutions,
BlackBerry is wearable, secure, and always connected.
STORY MAPPING – JEFF PATTON
time
The backbone
The walking skeleton – Release 1
necessity
Release 2
Release 3
SHARED UNDERSTANDING
• Why Managers want Agile?
• What is Agile?
• Look at the Team
• Align Direction
• Optimise the Team• Utilise Time
TRAINING
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
PAIRING?
The Costs and Benefits of Pair Programming Alistair Cockburn & Laurie Williams
INFLUENCE DIRECTION
HAPPINESS
TEAM BUILDING
• Why Managers want Agile?
• What is Agile?
• Look at the Team
• Align Direction
• Optimise the Team
• Utilise Time
• Why Managers want Agile?
• What is Agile?
• Look at the Team
• Align Direction
• Optimise the Team
• Utilise Time
IN SUMMARY
Management want success (some may even want happy teams!)
HELP TEAMS BE GREAT• Identify those 2mm
• Create Identity and purpose
• Influence Direction
• Make communication easier
• Let people see what you are doing
MAKE THE MOST OF TIME
• Daily success, half done is as good as not done
• Demo often
• Reduce multitasking
• Do it right first time
• Innovate
FURTHER READING
• Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time - Jeff Sutherland
• Agile Management: Leadership in an Agile Environment -Ángel Medinilla
• Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love - Richard Sheridan
• Maverick!: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace - Ricardo Semler
• The Happy Manifesto: Make Your Organization a Great Workplace - Henry Stewart
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick M. Lencioni