Ever wondered why the term „Agile“ is suddenly everywhere? Well, it all boils down to rising complexity and a much higher pace in technological advancement. The traditional management tools companies use are not suitable for these challenges. Agile principles, values and frameworks are more suitable alternatives. Instead of blaming individuals for failed projects we create an environment of mutual trust and use transparency and inspection to constantly adapt to changes we could not anticipate beforehand.

1. Agile for Small & Mid Caps
Ari Byland
Agile Coach
Professional Scrum Trainer & SAFe Program Consultant
Co-Founder Flow Sphere AG

2. What is the
most important invention
of the last 100 years?

3. Management
(noun)
„Directing or controlling people or things“

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Hugely successful

8. Management was invented
to turn human-beings into
semi-programmable robots.
–Gary Hamel

9. Source: Techcrunch

11. Source: CNN Money

12. A
B
A
?
Stable & Efficient Fast & Agile

13. These management tools we
invented decades ago
just don’t cut it anymore.

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Agility (noun)
1. The ability to rapidly and deliberately respond
to changing demand, while controlling risk.
2. Flexibility, the capacity and capability of
rapidly and efficiently adapting.
3. The ability to innovate.
Source: Professional Scrum Master Training - Reference Guide - scrum.org

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Elements of Agile
• Small, cross-functional, self-organizing teams
• Short iterations with „Done“ increments
• Focus on customer value

17. How can we be productive if we are
separating the people who should
be working together?
–Woody Zuill

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Source: scrum.org

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Consider changing something if you…
1. Don’t have „Done“ increments at the end of the Sprints
2. Underestimate the role of the Scrum Master
3. Have Scrum Teams that operate within strict organizational
boundaries

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Possible starting points
1. Start small and learn
2. Enable and empower decentralized decision making
3. Invest in training - Alignment starts with a common language
4. Seek support - Exchange with peers and experts