Sprint GO: Being agile

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1. Amy Wagner
   Agile Coach
 Government Digital Service
 @amyeee
2. 21 Being Agile GDS Amy
3. 21 What are your confidence levels with Agile? GDS Amy
4. 21 Common phrases:
   We do Agile
   We’re an Agile team GDS Amy
5. 21 Misconceptions:
   Agile is a cult Agile is a sham Agile means no discipline Agile means no planning GDS Amy
6. 21 Agile is a culture, " not a process GDS Amy
7. 21 Agile is an attitude, not a rule book GDS Amy
8. The folks who wrote the Agile Manifesto
9. 37 GDS Amy Individuals and interactions ! over processes & tools" Working software ! over comprehensive documentation" Customer collaboration ! over contract negotiation" Responding to change ! over following a plan" " That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. 
 Delivering content
10. 21 The ‘traditional’ problem GDS Amy
11. 21 The traditional way of managing projects is often called waterfall GDS Amy
12. GDS Amy PLANNING DESIGN BUILD QA / TEST LAUNCH WATERFALL Linear, dependent, cascading phases over time. TIME FEATURE A FEATURE B FEATURE C FEATURE D FEATURE A FEATURE B FEATURE C FEATURE D FEATURE A FEATURE B FEATURE C FEATURE D FEATURE A FEATURE B FEATURE C FEATURE D FEATURE A FEATURE B FEATURE C FEATURE D
13. GDS Amy AGILE PLANNING FEATURE A RELEASE DESIGN BUILD TEST PLANNING FEATURE B RELEASE DESIGN BUILD TEST PLANNING FEATURE C RELEASE DESIGN BUILD TEST PLANNING FEATURE D RELEASE DESIGN BUILD TEST Small self-contained iterations around features. TIME
14. Waterfall delivers the plan, Agile delivers the value GDS Amy
15. 21 GDS Amy The Thames Tunnel opened 170 years ago
16. 21 Then:! Traditional project management techniques originated from civil construction, engineering & defence.
    Projects were run ad-hoc by architects, engineers or master builders.
    Project management only became a distinct discipline after the 1950s.
    Source: Global Project Management Handbook. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006. GDS Amy
17. 21 Now:! most people are using traditional project management techniques... GDS Amy
18. 21 ...to manage projects that are not devised to build bridges or bombs. GDS Amy
19. 21 The rate of change in the world is faster than ever before. " There is ever-increasing demand for innovation. GDS Amy
20. 21 We have made grave mistakes with waterfall GDS Amy
21. 21 Your Agile kit bag GDS Amy
22. 21 Rational Unified Process, Scrum, Crystal Clear, Extreme Programming (XP), Adaptive Software Development, Feature Driven Development (FDD), and Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), Kanban and more... GDS Amy
23. 21 Time-boxing your work into 1 or 2 week chunks GDS Amy
24. Scrum (GDS flavour) GDS Amy
25. 21 A Kanban wall GDS Amy
26. Kanban for content GDS Amy DESIGN DONE DRAFT DEVELOP Content Content Content Content Content Content Content Content
28. GDS Amy TRELLO
29. GDS Amy TRELLO
30. 21 A retrospective! Assess the past 1 or 2 weeks & identify: what went well, what didn’t go well, what actions can we take. GDS Amy
31. 21 A stand-up! Let’s do it! GDS Amy
32. 38 GDS Amy Are you doing Agile or being Agile?
33. 37 GDS Amy Individuals and interactions ! over processes & tools Working software " over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration ! over contract negotiation Responding to change ! over following a plan " That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. 
 Delivering content
34. 38 GDS Amy A few words of warning... Agile is not The Answer or a silver bullet
35. 38 GDS Amy Agile tools & techniques will help you find & optimise the right process for your team
36. Amy Wagner
    Agile Coach
 Government Digital Service
 @amyeee