AgileCamp Silicon Valley 2015: The Funny Thing About Not Being Agile by Steve Sanoff, Agile Coach at Western Digital

1. The funny thing about
not being Agile
Steve Sanoff
Senior Principal Agile Coach, Western Digital
Founder, Expert Agile Training (expertagiletraining.com)
@goagilecamp @goexpertagile

3. Customer collaboration
over
contract negotiation

4. Individuals and interactions
over
processes and tools

5. Working software
over
comprehensive documentation

6. PRD
Wireframes
VisualDesign
EngDesign
Agile:
Collaborate, discuss early,
document decisions, improve
documentation incrementally
PRD Wireframes Visual Design Eng Design
Waterfall:
Aim for perfection with
formal handover of
documentation between
phases
Time
Value
Example:
80% of the value of the
documentation in 40% of the
time (often less than 40%)
Time Saved
Documentation

7. Responding to change
over
following a plan

8. Lack of trust and
openness

9. Agile processes promote sustainable
development... developers, and users
should be able to maintain a constant pace
indefinitely.

10. Being Agile versus
Doing Agile

11. Kaize-no

12. Product
Owner
Team B QATeam A Dev
Team A QA Team B Dev
Collocatio-no

13. Command and control

14. Exercise
 Pair up – one person will be a manager, the other “the worker”
 The objective is to take 60 steps in 2 minutes (make sure you count them)
 Round 1 – Manager “command and control style”
 As a manager, your job is to direct the worker
 Valid commands: Go, Stop, Left, Right, Faster, Slower
 As the worker, you must only do what you are told to do
 Round 2 – Manager “servant leader style”
 As a manager, your job is to move obstacles out of the way of your worker
 Valid commands: Not applicable!
 As the worker, you must decide how best to achieve your goal of 60 steps in 2 minutes

15. It will only take 30 minutes…

16. High performance teams

17. Simplicity – the art of
maximizing the amount of
work not done – is essential.

18. Demos and retrospectives

19. Continuous attention to
technical excellence and good
design enhances agility.

20. Planning, milestones and slack

21. Deliver working software
frequently, from a couple of
weeks to a couple of months

22. Dedicated Scrum Masters

23. Quality

24. Build projects around motivated
individuals. Give them the… support they
need, and trust them to get the job done.

25. Motivation

26. Agile Coaching as a career

27. References
 Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second Edition
 by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
 You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and
Unlock Your Greatest Potential
 by Alan Fine and Rebecca R. Merrill
 Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
 by Tom DeMarco