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Spreading Agile Samurai
Mindset to Fast Growing
Organization
Takumi Tsunokake
May 29, 2015
Regional Scrum Gathering Vietnam 2015 Day 1
Self Introduction
Takumi Tsunokake
Japanese
@bekkou68
iOS/Web programmer,

agile practitioner
http://gogengo.me/
;)
Spreading Agile Samurai
Mindset to Fast Growing
Organization
Takumi Tsunokake
May 29, 2015
Regional Scrum Gathering Vietnam 2015 Day 1
Sharing my experience of spreading
agile samurai mindset to a fast
growing company.
CAUTION: I’ll not talk about a detail
of each agile method too much.
Purpose
Our organization is growing fast. 

It causes many problems.

To tackle them, we created a team.
One of effective team activities is
forming a reading group of Agile
Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Our organization is growing fast.

It causes many problems.

To tackle them, we created a team.
One of effective team activities is
forming a reading group of Agile
Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
IGNIS LTD.
Started in Japan

in May 2010
Develops smartphone
apps
100% self-produced
Members’ age avg.: 29
http://1923.co.jp/en/
Products
Products
80 Million
Downloads ;)
Increasing #members
2012/4/1   10 [I joined]
2013/4/1  30
2014/4/1   60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Increasing #members
2012/4/1   10 [I joined]
2013/4/1  30
2014/4/1   60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Increasing #members
2012/4/1   10 [I joined]
2013/4/1  30
2014/4/1   60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Increasing #members
2012/4/1   10 [I joined]
2013/4/1  30
2014/4/1   60 [On stock exchange]
2015/4/1 120 [#projects 30]
members = officers + regular staffs + subcontracting staffs
Structure in 2012
Structure in 2015
Structure in 2015
Our organization is growing fast.

It causes many problems.

To tackle them, we created a team.
One of effective team activities is
forming a reading group of Agile
Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Many Problems 1
Who is good at what?
Some product owner doesn’t review

a team result regularly
Many Problems 2
Programmers feel hard to

tell their estimation
Sudden & no notified

project members change
etc, etc…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joshsommers/347409757
How to tackle…
Conscious for problems
Discussions occurred locally
We have to stock discussions and
knowhow
Our organization is growing fast.

It causes many problems.

To tackle them, we created a team.
One of effective team activities is
forming a reading group of Agile
Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22931955@N02/2282838147
3 leaders
“Agile Guild”
“Agile” is beyond development
Member: Any interested
Do action for processes and

communications
We told our concept to officers
Focus to What
Problem Domains
Organization
Departments
Projects
Focus to What
Problem Domains
Organization
Departments
Projects
Project Process
1. Finding Idea
2. Service Design
3. Prototyping
4. Development
5. Growth Hack
Project Process
1. Finding Idea
2. Service Design
3. Prototyping
4. Development # Tackle here first
5. Growth Hack
One of Causes
Not enough knowledge and mindset
of long-term projects
Many previous projects were short-
term so we has been done them
without the knowledge and mindset
Our organization is growing fast.

It causes many problems.

To tackle them, we created a team.
One of effective team activities is
forming a reading group of Agile
Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Wrote agile mindset widely with
easy expression including Scrum
I’m a one of translators
How to do
Member: 6 programmers
Set each member aiming:
To review agile mindset
To get a skill to lead project
Choosing Where to Read
1. Introducing Agile
2. Agile Project Inception
3. Agile Project Planning
4. Agile Project Execution
5. Creating Agile Software
Choosing Where to Read
1. Introducing Agile
2. Agile Project Inception
3. Agile Project Planning
4. Agile Project Execution
5. Creating Agile Software
Process of Each Time
1. Read one section (ex: 1.1)
2. Discussion & write a log
3. Go back to 1 in a time-box
4. Upload the log to our organization
SNS
How Many Times
Do the previous process

in 1 hour for 14 times
Do per week, took 3 months
#15 Final retrospective
Final Retrospective
Do KPT
How was process of reading group
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sifu_renka/153391600
Our organization is growing fast.

It causes many problems.

To tackle them, we created a team.
One of effective team activities is
forming a reading group of Agile
Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Result 1
One of members achieved

“To get a skill to lead project”

Improving communication of
estimation with producer
Result 2
Involved non-programmers
Final #members: 8
6 programmers
1 designer
1 producer
Result 3
Result 3
Result 3
Result 4
Non-reading group members
became to read Agile Samurai
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shrcc/4535210853
Our organization is growing fast.

It causes many problems.

To tackle them, we created a team.
One of effective team activities is
forming a reading group of Agile
Samurai. It got several results.
Summary
Appendix:
Recent Activities

beyond Development
Project Process
1. Finding Idea
2. Service Design
3. Prototyping
4. Development # Agile Samurai
5. Growth Hack
Project Process
1. Finding Idea # Lean, Design Sprint
2. Service Design # Lean, Design Sprint
3. Prototyping # Lean, Design Sprint
4. Development # Agile Samurai
5. Growth Hack # Lean, Design Sprint
Recommended by designers and
producers
Many members read it
Workshop of

Lean UX & Design Sprint
Still has many problems but…
Knowing inter-role mindset
Customize & adopt mindset to

each project process
Future
For continuing
to create

great products

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