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- 1. AgileTeams Is it possible in a University setting?
- 2. Our Objectives Happy corporate Happy researchers Happy partners Timely research Solid foundations for success
- 3. Our Challenge(s) Increase industry engagement Happy researchers Quick contracts Collaboration Multi-disciplinary teams Impact Increase R&D income Entrepreneurship Manage IP appropriately Protect University's interests Complex projects Competing interests University bureaucracy Articulating the vision Managing budgets Risk aversion vs.
- 4. The Solution? Image courtesy of MDF Training and Consultancy
- 5. An agile team is a cross-functional group of people that have everything, and everyone, necessary to produce a working, tested increment of product. Dedicate these people to the team, and as a rule, do not move them between or across teams as demand ebb and flow. (www.leadingagile.com) Specialised Generalists
- 6. The Process - how did we go from this:
- 7. to this:
- 8. Skills Intellectual Property knowledge Commercialisation knowledge Knowledge of the university internal processes Knowing what questions to ask Legal knowledge Contract knowledge Project knowledge Willingness to learn University position What do you need in an agile team? Image courtesy of www.howdesign.com
- 9. Relationships What do you need in an agile team? Need to be able to work together Regular face-to-face meetings Proximity (co-location) Respect, openness Willingness
- 10. Education Instead of working in silos, doing our bit and then passing it on, we needed to work collaboratively. In order to work effectively, we needed at least a basic idea of what each other did, so that we knew when we needed to link them in, when our part/decisions would directly affect their part What do you need in an agile team? Image courtesy of www.lifehacker.com.au We needed to know more about what each other did.... Workshops Guides/factsheets Discussion groups Presentations
- 11. Ultimately faster sign-off and quicker project start Sense of team, shared outcomes, shared achievement = better workplace Proactive researchers Building reputations Benefits of agile teams