AGILE ADOPTION

Guiding Your Agile Journey

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Our PositionIndustry Leadership, Unified Philosophy, One Brand

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Build the Pilot Team

Who are they?• Cross-Functional• Self-Organized• Persistent• Co-located• Committed to the Success

What do they need?• Dedicated Team Room• Flip Charts• Persistent Task Boards• Post-It Notes• Markers• Pens

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SCRUM OR NOT TO SCRUMRoles, Ceremonies, Artifacts

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RELEASE PLANNINGVision, Requirements, Prioritization, & Planning

Vision

EpicsThemesFeatures

Product Management

Cust. EngagementFrequent Feedback

Prioritization

Cost v. ValueCustomer Driven

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Release Planning

Questions• Who does product visioning

today?• How often do you meet now?• How do you get feedback from

the customer today?• What documents to do you

deliver to the stakeholders today?

Tomorrow• Visual Collaboration• Stakeholder Engagement• Epic Story Documentation• Continual Improvement• Documents

– Velocity– Release Plan– Release Burndown

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Release Planning

What’ll Change

• Expectations• Durations• Affinity Groups• Feature Documentation• Value Driven Development• Prioritization Techniques• Planned Projects

Personal Goals for Change• • • • • • • •

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SPRINT PLANNINGPlanning, Scheduling, Estimating, Dependencies, Conflict Management

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Sprint Planning

Questions• How do you track project

progress today?• How do you provide status

updates to the business?• How do you manage

dependencies?• How do you measure duration?• How do you sequence activities

today?

Tomorrow• Pulled work by the team• Value/Customer based

prioritization• Daily Standups (water cooler

conversations)• Frequent Feedback through

Intentional Interaction• Osmotic Planning

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Sprint Planning

What’ll Change• Documentation provided to

business partners and stakeholders

• Timelines will become incremental

• Delivery will become incremental & value based

• Self organization will emerge in the team

• Managers own the end, not the means

Personal Goals for Change• • • • • • •

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MONITORINGEarned Value, Status Reports, Dashboards, Schedule Updates

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Monitoring

Questions• How do you track project

progress today?• Do you track earned value

metrics?• What metrics track project health

today?• How do you provide status to the

business partner today?

Tomorrow• Velocity Metrics• Complexity Burn Rate Charts• Expected Path Analysis

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Monitoring

What’ll Change

• Earned Value Reports will be replaced with Earned Value

• Performance thresholds and metrics will be created as a byproduct of work

• Information Radiators makes metrics visible

• Charts result in visual indicators of performance

Personal Goals for Change• • • • • •

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TESTINGAcceptance Criteria, Automated Unit Testing, Quality

Testing

Unit Testing

Systems Testing

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Testing

Questions• What tests structures are in place

today?• Who are your testers?• How often do you test?• How do you maintain quality

assurance today?• What is the procedure for

documenting tests and quality today?

Tomorrow• Acceptance Criteria and Testing• Automation• Test Driven Development• MMF Planning & Delivery• Fail Fast, Refactor, Deliver

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Testing

What’ll Change• Unit Tests are automated, always

on• Systems Testing is automated• Time Boxes allow for early fails

and big wins• Shippable Features will be tested

in increments and accepted to production per a release schedule

Personal Goals for Change• • • • • •

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RETROSPECTIVESLessons Learned, Historical Actuals

What works

What doesn't work

Scrum of Scrum

Stakeholder Feedback

Continuous Improvement

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Retrospectives

Questions• Do lessons learned get used on

project planning?• Are historical actuals and

previous schedules used to start new projects?

• How are processes improved upon?

• Who has the authority to approve a process change?

Tomorrow• Teams will self-organize to ensure

conflicts are escalated immediately

• Teams will work as groups using visual techniques to provide clear actionable feedback to the product ownership

• Stakeholder feedback will become part of the iteration

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Retrospectives

What’ll Change• Issues and Risks will be handled

immediately by the entire team until resolved

• Communications will allow for frequent feedback and prevent unknown issues from emerging

Personal Goals for Change• • • • • •

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PRODUCT DEMODelivery, Functional Increments, Stakeholder Engagement