Doing Agile Isnt The Same As Being Agile

Doing Agile isn’t the same as BEING Agile!!! Presented by Bob Hartman Certified Scrum Coach Agile For All Web: www.agileforall.com Blog: www.agilebob.com

Bob Hartman (Agile Bob)
30+ years of software industry experience
Certified Scrum Coach (CSC)
Bachelor and Masters degrees in Computer Science
Roles included Tester, Developer, Dev Manager, QA Manager, Product Manager, Project Manager, VP…
Started with agile in 1999
[email_address] 303-766-0917 blog: www.agilebob.com Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Is your organization doing agile? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

What do you consider doing agile? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Are you doing agile better now than when you started doing agile? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Awesome! It sounds like doing agile is working for many of you! Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

… or is it? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Is agile working for you … AGILE Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

… or are you a slave to it? AGILE Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Any of these look familiar? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile Stories committed 15 15 13 Stories accepted 10 9 8

How long has it been like that? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Why is little to no progress ok? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Because DOING agile hits a brick wall Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Randy Pausch on brick walls “ Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people.” – from “The Last Lecture” Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

How do you get through the wall? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

One answer: Raise the wall off the ground Need a foundation to support raising the wall Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Go back to the foundations of agile Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

One foundation: The Agile Manifesto Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Another foundation: Lean thinking Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

A 3 rd foundation: Common sense! RIP Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Thinking agile + doing agile = being agile Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Top 10 ways to “think agile” AGILE Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile From the home office in Aurora, Colorado…

#10: Think small. No, smaller! Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#9: Ask “How will we improve?” Then do it! Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#8: Collaborate. No, really. Collaborate! Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#7: Ask “What does the team think?” OUR Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#6: Always, always, always think about… Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#6: Root cause, not band-aids Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#4: Failure is ok (with 3 conditions) Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#3: Measure influence not control Span of control (dev) – items directly controlled Span of influence – must have teamwork and rely on others to succeed Span of control (dev): Coded story points Span of control (QA): Number of tests run Span of influence: Features in the field with no reported bugs in 90 days Span of control (QA) – items directly controlled Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

#2: Have 3 headed conversations Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile Ask: How can we have the ability to accept stories every single day of every single iteration and know the whole system still works correctly all the time?

Brainstorm time!
What other questions would you ask in order to get a team to start “thinking” agile?
What other helpful phrases could you use to start “thinking” agile?
Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Leading causes of agile failure
A dysfunctional Product Owner (or equivalent in non-Scrum frameworks)
Lack of automated testing
Lack of training and agile experience
Inability to change corporate culture
Not continuing to improve over time
Going through the motions without knowing WHY!

Does Ken Schwaber have it right? Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

I think he does … Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

… but using isn’t the same as BEING! Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

A final key thought Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Oops, let me be agile about that Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile As a team We want to be transparent So that we can inspect closely and adapt meaningfully User Story

One more time for the BDD folks Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile Acceptance Criteria Given that we are being transparent When we inspect closely Then we should be able to adapt meaningfully

Goal: Plan… Do… Check… Act… Repeat with improvement! Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile

Doing Agile isn’t the Same as BEING Agile Bob Hartman Certified Scrum Coach Agile For All 303-766-0917 [email_address] Web: www.agileforall.com Blog: www.agilebob.com

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