Purpose. To discuss what it takes to create a fast-paced, dynamic, innovative and customer centric organisation.

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1 Agile Executive

2 Purpose To discuss what it takes to create a fast-paced, dynamic, innovative and customer centric organisation.

3 Intro / My background Independent Consultant/Interim CTO (Specialising in Digital & Agile) Award Winning Blogger & Author In Software/Product Development for 29 years At Executive/CTO level for 15 years Domain expertise in Media/Publishing (Glass s, Reed Business, IPC Media, Guardian, Elsevier) Also consulted in FS & Telco (Westpac, Telstra, JP Morgan and Suncorp Insurance) Track record in Organisational Transformation

4 Why Agile? (the need for something different) Over 70% of software projects fail Things are changing faster than ever before Speed to market is imperative to compete Common reasons for project failure: Projects too big (hard to manage, vulnerable to change) Poor comms

5 Reputation for Building the Wrong Product

6 Agile Executive Creating a fast-paced, dynamic, innovative and customer-centric organisation that is faster to market and more responsive to changing customer needs in order to discover the right products and deliver better business outcomes

7 Convergence in Management Thinking Agile & Lean The Lean Startup - Eric Ries Emergent Strategy / Learning Organisation Mintzberg, Hamel Management 3.0 Jurgen Appelo Complexity Theory dealing with high uncertainty Beyond Budgeting - Bjarte Bogsnes Adaptive Leadership - Jim Highsmith The term Agile is now being used to represent all of these related and complementary philosophies.

8 What is Agile Agile Manifesto We value: Individuals & interactions over processes and tools Working software over lengthy documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan While there is value in items on the right, agile teams value items on the left more

9 Agile is Not Just A Technology/Delivery Method It is really an embodiment of the culture and principles of a collaborative, adaptive, learning organisation that is fast moving and more responsive to change

10 Agile as a Lever for Organisational Transformation

11 Vision / 10 Benefits of Agile Better Delivery Better Quality Speed to Market More Customer Focused More Responsive to Changing Customer Needs Better Visibility, Comms & Collaboration Stronger Relationships Continuous Improvement & Learning Right Product Better Business Outcomes, More Revenue

12 10 Key Principles of Agile

13 principle #1 active user involvement is imperative [to give and receive continuous feedback]

14 principle #2 agile teams must be empowered [to give their full commitment and make timely decisions]

15 principle #3 time waits for no man [requirements emerge, timescales are fixed]

16 principle #4 agile requirements are barely sufficient [high level, visual and piecemeal, just in time as each feature is developed]

17 principle #5 how do you eat an elephant? [one bite at a time small incremental pieces]

18 principle #6 fast but not so furious [focus on frequent delivery of product, and regular iterations]

19 principle #7 done means DONE! [features completed in an iteration should be 100% done, i.e. potentially shippable]

20 principle #8 enough s enough [apply the 80/20 rule less is the new more]

21 principle #9 agile testing is not for dummies [testing is a continuous, integrated part of whole development lifecycle]

22 principle #10 no place for snipers [close cooperation and collaboration between all team members and stakeholders]

23 principle #11 agile teams live and learn [the team is continuously learning, regularly discusses how to improve, and actions it]

24 Agile methodologies help teams to put the principles into practice Scrum Other eg DSDM XP Lean Kanban

25 Sprint Planning Sprint Review Common Agile Practices Release Planning Product Backlog (Prioritised) Feedback Loop: Plan, Do, Review User Stories Estimate in Points (Fibonacci) Commit to Sprint Backlog (Fixed-Length) Sprint Cards on Whiteboard Daily Scrum Daily Burndown Chart Collaboration & Teamwork Test Driven Developm t Continuous Integration Final Burndown Chart Velocity Demo Working Software Retrospective Sprint Report Test Early & Often Definition of Done Repeat

26 Agile Technology / Tech Practices Continuous Delivery enables frequent delivery, incremental product development and short feedback cycles, enabling product teams to iterate based on real user feedback and empirical evidence and data, rather than opinion and intuition This can lead to discovery of the right products and delivering better business outcomes It also reduces risk and waste, as large projects are vulnerable to change

27 Agile Structure FASTEST Teams Flexible/Focused Autonomous Small (5-12 people) Talented Established Stable Together

28 What Really Motivates Us Dan Pink Autonomy Mastery Purpose

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40 Summary Agile is all about delivering small product increments as frequently as possible (speed to market) It s light weight, collaborative, incremental and iterative It s about empowering teams and putting the user at the centre It s also about keeping things simple and continuous learning and improvement

41 Darwin quotes It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but those that are more adaptable to change In the long history of humankind, those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed