Valtech's David Draper presents 'Agile for Managers' at the London Valtech Agile Edge March 2010.
This presentation looks at agile practises from first principles in order to ensure that on the ground practises support management objectives.
6. WHISTLE STOP TOUR …
BATCH SIZE
QUEUES
FEEDBACK & INFORMATION
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
PRIORITISATION
7. REDUCE BATCH SIZE
COORDINATION COSTS INCREASE WITH BATCH SIZE
ATTACK TRANSACTION COSTS TO MAKE SMALLER
BATCHES VIABLE
SMALL BATCHES ENABLE BUSINESS AGILITY
Coordination Costs
Trans- Trans-
Value Adding
Action Action
Work
Cost Cost
8. WHISTLE STOP TOUR …
BATCH SIZE
QUEUES
FEEDBACK & INFORMATION
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
PRIORITISATION
11. FLOW WOULD BE GREAT // NEED TO MANAGE BOTTLENECKS // NEED TO
BALANCE THE WORKFLOW
COULD WE ELIMINATE
QUEUES?
12. WHISTLE STOP TOUR …
BATCH SIZE
QUEUES
FEEDBACK & INFORMATION
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
PRIORITISATION
13. INFORMATION IS VALUABLE
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO BUILD
PRODUCTS BETTER (LESSONS LEARNT)
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRODUCT
(FEEDBACK)
FAILURES CREATE INFORMATION ... ONCE!
14. FEEDBACK
MINIMISE THE INVESTMENT REQUIRED TO
GENERATE
USEFUL FEEDBACK
SOLICIT FEEDBACK EARLY AND OFTEN
MANAGE FIDELITY & INVESTMENT
15. WHISTLE STOP TOUR …
BATCH SIZE
QUEUES
FEEDBACK & INFORMATION
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
PRIORITISATION
17. FAILURE TOLERANCE
NEED TO COMMUNICATE AND DEMONSTRATE
FAILURE TOLERANCE
WHY?
WE WANT EXPERIMENTATION
WE WANT ORIGINAL THOUGHT
WE WANT PROBLEM SOLVING
18. WHAT TASKS DO YOU CURRENTLY UNDER-GO THAT ADD NO VALUE?
WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE VALUABLE SOMETIMES?
IS THIS TASK WORTH
DOING?
19. WHISTLE STOP TOUR …
BATCH SIZE
QUEUES
FEEDBACK & INFORMATION
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
PRIORITISATION
23. CONCLUSION
AGILE IN THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS NOT ENOUGH
MANAGEMENT MUST OFFER THE RIGHT CONTEXT
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT TO
LEVERAGE AGILE TEAMS FOR ECONOMIC BENEFIT