My talk at Agile Tour Riga 2012 conference. Agile maturity is quite new and disputable subject. The reason can be that we saw good and bad things with Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Can we do differently in Agile? Can (do we need to) create Agile maturity model that helps our companies to pick best Agile methods and practices depending on their context? Can it bring value to people doing the work rather than just be one more “marketing tool” for managers and sales? I will base my presentation on my personal experience with Agile projects and companies I have been working with. I will show how “knowing where you are” helped us to set “where we want to go” – choose right Agile improvements and practices. Last but not least, I will use basketball league metaphor to make sure it is fun and you are not bored! So if you want to hear real life examples and tips how to go from kids basketball league (follow the book) to NBA (optimize whole organization), join the presentation.

1. Agile maturity –
what value gets the company if measuring it?
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2. Vaidas Adomauskas
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3. Agenda (what to take away from the presentation)
 Why measure?
 Agile (or basketball) maturity
 Summary

4. Why measure?

5. Who is using Agile?

6. It’s all Basketball!

7. Why measure your agility?
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 1 cons
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8. Agile (or basketball)
maturity

10. Scrum
Director
 Roles (3) Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
 Process (4 meetings)
Product Product Product Product Product Product
Owner Owner Owner Owner Owner Owner
Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum
 Artifacts (4 +metrics) Master Master Master Master Master Master
Team Team Team Team Team Team

11. Agile in outsourced
project

12. Oursourced Srum Project (Sri Lanka)
http://scrum.blogas.lt/agile-projektas-su-fiksuota-apimtimi-kaina-ir-pabaigos-data-869.html

13. Fixed (almost) everything
http://scrum.blogas.lt/agile-projektas-su-fiksuota-apimtimi-kaina-ir-pabaigos-data-869.html

14. Preperation
http://scrum.blogas.lt/agile-projektas-su-fiksuota-apimtimi-kaina-ir-pabaigos-data-869.html

15. Project progress
http://scrum.blogas.lt/agile-projektas-su-fiksuota-apimtimi-kaina-ir-pabaigos-data-869.html

16. Finish and results
http://scrum.blogas.lt/agile-projektas-su-fiksuota-apimtimi-kaina-ir-pabaigos-data-869.html

17. Agile works in projects? In outsourced ones?
 Outsourcing exec urges: ‘Stop outsourcing
your software development’
 ‘Unless you absolutely have to.
And unless you do it with Agile. More
specifically, Scrum.’
http://www.zdnet.com/outsourcing-exec-urges-stop-outsourcing-your-
software-development-7000004315/?s_cid=e539

18. School league – follow the book

20. Scrum + XP

21. Agile in Lithuania

22. Agile Tour Vilnius 2010, 2011, 2012
http://www.agileturas.lt

23. Agile and Scrum user group (Vilnius and Kaunas)
http://scrum.blogas.lt/tema/renginiai/naudotoju-grupe

24. Lithuanian Agile Day 2011, 2012
http://www.agilediena.lt

25. Agile experience sharing

26. IT league – try technical practices

28. Scrum + XP

29. Agile in Adform and in
Lithuania

30. Deliver Frequently (any day)
Gediminas Guoba – Continuous Delivery
http://agileturas.lt/vilnius#Gediminas_Guoba

31. Measure Business Metrics
Mantas Klasavičius - Metrics Driven Development (Adform case study)
http://agileturas.lt/vilnius#Mantas_Klasavicius

32. We share our experiences
Software Development Open Space - Shipping software every hour
http://agileturas.lt/vilnius#Open_space
http://fb.agileturas.lt/

33. Agile experience sharing

34. We Actually Build Stuff
NOVEMBER 30, 2012; VILNIUS, LITHUANIA http://weactuallybuildstuff.com/

35. National league – practice technical practices

37. Kanban + XP (+ Scrum)

38. Self-organized motivation

39. Self-organized improvements

40. Self-organized visualization

41. http://www.adform.com/site/blog/adform/adform-fedex-day-revisited/

42. http://www.adform.com/site/blog/adform/adform-fedex-day-revisited/

43. http://www.adform.com/site/blog/adform/adform-fedex-day-revisited/

44. Euroleague – enable continuous improvement

46. Are we done (Agile)?

47. Lean (?) Management 3.0 (?) Beyond budgeting (?) …

48. NBA – optimize whole organization

49. It’s all Basketball!

50. First Agile
maturity model?

51. Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF)
by Ken Shwaber
http://www.scrumdayeurope.com/website/scrumday.nsf/1.%20Ken%20Schwaber%20Scrum%20Day%20Europe%202012.pdf

52. Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF)
by Ken Shwaber
http://www.scrumdayeurope.com/website/scrumday.nsf/1.%20Ken%20Schwaber%20Scrum%20Day%20Europe%202012.pdf

53. Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF)
by Ken Shwaber
http://www.scrumdayeurope.com/website/scrumday.nsf/1.%20Ken%20Schwaber%20Scrum%20Day%20Europe%202012.pdf

54. Summary

55. Why measure Agile maturity?

56.  School league –
follow the book
 IT league –
try technical practices
 National league –
practice technical practices
 Euroleague –
enable continuous improvement
 NBA –
optimize whole organization

57. Who has used Agile in
personal life project?

58. Two personal projects
(Scrum + Kanban)

59. Most happy day of my life!

60. Thank you
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Blog: http://scrum.agile.lt
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