MANIFESTO
MANIFESTO
Introduction	to	Agile	– WordCamp London	2017
Jim	Bowes
We’re an agency of creatives and technologists
who collaborate with exceptional organisations
to change things for the better.
OURCLIENTSARE
CHANGINGTHINGS
WORDPRESSANDME
WHATMAKESAN
EFFECTIVEDELIVERYTEAM?
WHATISAGILE?
SCRUMPROCESS
STANDUP
PLANNING
REVIEW
RETROSPECTIVES
Generate	data
Categorise
Prioritise
Analyse
Action
RETROSPECTIVES
Kanban is a pull system
KANBAN
That provides focus, sustainable pace and regular delivery
KANBAN
by focussing on optimising the flow of work from
beginning to end
KANBAN
KANBANPRINCIPLES
Start with what
you do now
Respect current
roles,
responsibilities
and job titles
KANBANPRINCIPLES
Agree to pursue
incremental,
evolutionary
change
Encourage acts
of leadership at
all levels
KANBANPRACTICES
Visualise your
workflow
Limit work in
progress
Manage flow
KANBANPRACTICES
Make process
policies explicit
Implement
feedback
mechanisms
Improve
collaboratively,
evolve
experimentally
CREATEEXAMPLESOF
WASTE,BOTTLENECKSAND
VARIATIONINYOURPROCESS
REQUIREMENTS
USERSTORIES
Independent (of all others)
Negotiable (not a specific contract for features)
Valuable (or vertical)
Estimable (to a good approximation)
Small (so that you can fit several in an iteration)
Testable (in principle, even if there isn’t a test for it yet)
SCRUMPROCESS
OURPRODUCT
AGILEESTIMATING
AGILEESTIMATING
AGILEESTIMATING
AGILEESTIMATING
SETTINGVISION
Attention Interest Desire Action
Follow	
up/retention
USERSTORYMAPPING
LET’S
CHANGE
THINGS
TOGETHER
MANIFESTO
manifesto.co.uk
@ManifestoLondon
@jimbowes
jim.bowes@manifesto.co.uk

Introduction to Agile - WordCamp London 2017