'Agnostic Agile' by Stefano La Porta & Toms Rusovs

Being agile is all about embracing change. Therefore, the notion of agility should apply to the process itself. If it is not changing over time, chances are, you are not being agile. In today’s dynamic business environment, we should be careful with “one-size-fits-all” frameworks and rather tailor the process to people and context. In this talk, we will focus on the mind-set, principles and values required to become Agnostic Agile.

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1. Agnostic
   Agile
   #NoAgileDogmas
   A G I L E D A Y R I G A 2 0 1 7
   

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2. F O O D F O R
   T H O U G H T
   

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3. a fixed, especially religious, belief or set
   of beliefs that people are expected to
   accept without any doubts
   (noun)
   dogma
   http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dogma
   

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4. T O M S
   R U S O V S
   S T E F A N O
   L A P O R T A
   ...but these are our own thoughts and opinions.
   

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5. S C R U M
   data from The 11th annual State of Agile Report
   58%
   

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6. data from The 11th annual State of Agile Report
   S C R U M
   

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7. Scrum
   

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8. Agile
   Scrum
   Kanban DSDM
   FDD
   Lean
   XP
   Crystal
   ASD
   

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9. Agile
   Scrum
   

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10. whip shield
    

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11. a person who has very strong opinions
    about something, and tries to make other
    people have them too:
    a [insert your favorite framework] zealot
    (noun)
    zealot
    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/zealot
    

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12. Respect other frameworks
    and their practitioners
    AGNOSTICAGILE.ORG
    

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13. Being Agile
    Doing Agile
    

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14. Cargo
    Cult
    

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15. Don't kill agility
    with agile processes
    

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16. Mindset
    Principles
    Values
    

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17. the way of life, especially the general
    customs and beliefs, of a particular
    group of people at a particular time
    (noun)
    culture
    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/culture
    

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18. EMBRACE CHANGE
    Inspect & Adapt
    

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19. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
    Working software over comprehensive documentation
    Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
    Responding to change over following a plan
    Agile Manifesto
    

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20. The pyramid
    Trust
    Empower
    Build
    Inspect & Adapt
    

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21. At regular intervals, the team reflects
    on how to become more effective,
    then tunes and adjusts its behavior
    accordingly.
    Principles behind the Agile Manifesto
    

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22. Fr-Agile
    

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23. a half-hearted attempt at
    following a few select
    software development
    practices, poorly
    Andy Hunt writing about "flaccid agile"
    

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24. from Scrum-but
    to Scrum-why
    

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25. Expanding the mindset
    Build
    Clarify Own
    Inspect
    &
    Adapt
    Inspect
    & adapt
    again
    

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26. SHU
    HA
    RI
    

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28. Learn the Agile frameworks
    Bend the rules to your context
    Break the rules & find new approaches
    

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29. Take
    the training
    wheels off
    

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30. The Cynefin Framework
    Complex
    Emergent
    practice
    Good
    practice
    Best
    practice
    Novel
    practice
    Chaotic
    Complicated
    Simple
    

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31. Ability to
    change is a
    muscle
    

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32. A purpose to believe in
    Reinforcement systems
    Embrace learning
    Consistent role models
    Four principles for change mindset
    McKinsey
    

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33. Trying new things over sticking with what we know
    Trusting experience over third-party certification
    Learning from peers over training courses
    Choosing effective practices over MethodologyBrand™
    allegiance
    #CSSTWP
    

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34. Dogma lacks context
    

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35. You know the context
    

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36. Thank you
    

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37. The magic
    Friday
    

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38. Brain
    merge
    

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