"Starting an Agile Team - Evolution or Revolution?" Scott Bird and Rick Freedman 2016 PMI Professional Development Days September 2016

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1 "Starting an Agile Team - Evolution or Revolution?" Scott Bird and Rick Freedman 2016 PMI Professional Development Days September 2016

2 Introductions: Scott Bird Process Excellence Leader, se2 12 years agile experience 5 years coaching experience 3 agile transformations

3 Introductions: Rick Freedman 100 Most Inspiring People in Project Management Top Thinkers in Project Management

4 Enterprise Adoption Assessment and Planning Education Team Level Project Level Portfolio Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Initial Executive Ongoing Teams Team Startups Big Room Planning Agile Portfolio Mngt

5 Kaikaku vs Kaizen

6 Starting an Agile Team -Revolution Getting Ready Identify stakeholders Structure the team Get approval / buy-in Agile Bootcamp 2-3 days Team Kickoff 1-2 days

7 Setting up the Team Identify stakeholders Structure the team Get approval / buy-in

8 Agile Bootcamp Introduction to Agile 5 Levels of agile planning Vision Roadmap Release Sprint Daily Roles Artifacts Ceremonies Product Backlog User Stories Estimating Measuring progress

9 Team Kickoff Team Formation Product Vision Team values Working agreements Ceremonies and cadence Backlog Grooming Definition of Done Backlog Creation User Story Mapping User Story workshop Estimating

10 Pro s and Con s Advantages Immersion style learning Allows for learning and experimentation in a safe environment Sets a common baseline for all teams Challenges Requires a significant commitment to being offline for 3-5 days Requires significant training resources Shock Therapy may trigger additional resistance

11 Starting an Agile Team -Evolution Just like agile delivery, agile adoption is an incremental project Culture is sticky Existing process is sticky Waterfall mentality is sticky Developer personal practices are sticky Why advocate iterative, incremental development and not apply it to adoption?

12 Why Evolve? Respect the unique culture Reduce risk Avoid wholesale disruption Reduce stress and resistance Grow agility, don t buy it Inspect and adapt!

13 Mindset Eats Practice for Lunch! Practice or Mindset? The Shu-Ha-Ri Fallacy Agile is a philosophy, not a physical practice No mindset, no agility! Honor the practices but focus on understanding and conscious acceptance

14 What Does Agile Evolution Look Like? Leadership support Select the right team(s) Select the right project(s) Agile mindset training Agile practice training Show Up and Throw Up Build the first Scrum Board

Initial product backlog Prioritized backlog Initial

15 Starting the Evolution Task-based thrown up board Sorted and categorized board Initial story form Initial product backlog Prioritized backlog Initial estimation: T-shirt sizing Sprint planning Initial Sprints

16 Evolving Scrum by Scrum Early sprints: focus on training as we go: Agile principles Agile practices Team collaboration Incrementally: Add planning hierarchy Turn tasks into stories Migrate from T-shirt to story-point sizing Add rigor to planning, review, retro practices Drive to consistent velocity

17 Tracking the Evolution Practice To Do In Progress Stable Mature Show up and throw up X X X Scrum Ceremonies and Cadence X X Sprint Commitment X User Stories X Estimating X X Epics/Stories/Tasks X X Metrics X Release/Project Planning X X

18 Pro s and Con s Advantages: Observe the culture Minimize disruption Mindset before practice Evolve into roles Concentric circles Visible results Inspect and Adapt! Challenges: Longer adaption Slower impact Resistance risk Backsliding risk Agile pockets Varied practices Diminishing momentum

19 Summary Revolution / Kaikaku Higher impact at a faster rate Creates a higher spirit of team cohesion May intensify resistance Evolution / Kaizen A more natural approach to adoption Longer time frame with increased backsliding risk May be a better approach if minimizing disruption is one of the goals

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