In Lyubomir’s talk he will cover topics in introducing agile in companies just starting their journeys with agile. He will talk about the challenges in those journeys, expectations from every member of the organisation, shifting the mindset in the “right direction”, be open and transparent in adopting agile. It will give you a depth overview of the many steps involved in moving from adopting agile to “Being agile”. He will review the the leadership styles and how they can improve/block the progress. Also Lyubomir will facilitate few activities, which will demonstrate what you learned and having fun.

1. Agile Journey
Challenges and Expectations
Agile Tour Vilnius 2019

2. Agile Journey

3. Agile “Iceberg of Ignorance”
Agile “Iceberg Of
Ignorance”...
Leadership and
Management
understanding of the
“problems”.

4. Why Agile is “Better”

5. Traditional Waterfall approach
● Requirements
● Design
● Implementation
● Verification
● Maintenance
● Predictability
● Requirements?
Waterfall is really bad…
Why Agile is “Better”
Agile is “Better” approach - misconceptions
● Speed
● Predictability
● Velocity
● Visibility
● Estimations
● JIRA
● Planning Poker
● Burndown Chart
● Release Planning…
Agile is much “Better”, lets try it...

6. Agile Introduction

7. Agile Introductions
● Inception
● Kickoff sessions
● Vision Workshops
● “We go to the Moon” activity
● Agile Assessments
● Teams and Leadership Sessions

8. Challenges and Expectations
Challenges
● Mindset shifting
● Role expectations
● F2F as much as possible
● Process introduction and changes
● What's happening with my “Team Lead” role?
● Why?
Expectations
● Tickets
● JIRA
● Meetings to be boring
● Why?
● Velocity

9. Challenges and Expectations
Changes
● Why?
● Vision?
● What we expected?
● Sponsors?
● Agile Committee?
● Agile Roadmap?
Changes from “day 2”
● Outcome vs Output
● Commitment?
● Self-organisation
● Tuckman Model of teams forming
● Day to Day changes
● How will I benefit?

10. Expectations

11. We are “expecting” from you!
Leadership expectations and false hopes:
● Quick, we will have everything done in Agile way!
● We want quality
● We want bug free apps
● We want ownership
● We want focus
● We want velocity
● We want perfect burndown charts
● We want teams to know everything

12. Mindset Shifting

13. From Command and Control Agile Mindset
Leadership expectations and Real gains
● Self-organization
● Trust
● Experimentation
● Learn by doing
● Create a learning organisation
● Leaders “Go first”
● Innovation
● Human development and participation

14. Adopting the Agile Way of Working
Common Agreements and Understanding:
● Agile Roadmap creation
● Quantitative and Qualitative metrics introduction
● Shared commitment
● Inspect and Adapt based on the organisation
boundaries
● Create an effective environment
● Value “small” wins and celebrate them and learn
● Identify “early” adopters
● Value and Seek feedback

15. Leadership styles and Agile

16. Questions?
Lyubomir Mihaylov
lubmihaylov@gmail.com
PILLARS OF TECH

17. THANK YOU