This document discusses the author's journey with Agile and Scrum practices. It covers concepts like self-organizing teams, estimating work using story points, conducting retrospectives, and the importance of individual interactions and adapting to change over rigid plans. It also addresses challenges like convincing managers of Agile approaches and maintaining developer motivation. The goal is to provide managers an overview of Agile concepts and practices.

1. An Agile Journey
MÜCAHİT KURT
Sn. Project Manager @ INNOVA
@mucahitkurt

2. Mücahit KurtSn. Project Manager
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@mucahitkurt
@mucahitkurt
@mucahitkurt
mucahit.blogspot.com.tr

3. CAUTION
There is no silver bullet
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4. Concepts
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Agile, Scrum

5. Start
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Why?
Project Characteristic
How?

6. Self-Organize Team
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People Awareness
Leadership

7. 7
Planning
ScrumFall
Backlog Management
JIRA Agile

8. 8
Estimation
Ideal Day vs Story Points
Short/Long Term

9. 9
Commitment
Intrinsic Motivation
vs
Extrinsic Motivation

10. 10
Retrospective
Actions
Feedbacks

11. 11
Rhytm
Rituals
Sustainability
Interruptions

12. 12
Meetings
Preparation

13. Individuals And Interactions
Over Processes And Tools
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14. Responding To Change
Over Following A Plan
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15. The Land That Scrum Forgot
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Technical Practices

16. Managers
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Responsibilities, Expectations

17. Convincing Managers
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«Talk is cheap. Show me the code.»

18. Developer Motivation
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New Generation
Professionalism
Role Model
Peer Pressure

19. Why Motivated Developer?
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Economics

20. End of the Fun
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21. Credits
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• "Untitled" by "Aftab Uzzaman" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3855738016/"
• "Lemur up there" by "Tambako The Jaguar" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/13662196145/"
• "Cosmic Origin" by "Ars Electronica" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/6108221027"
• "Pair programming" by "Esti Alvarez" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/esti/4638056301"
• "Chamäleon" by "Winfried" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/w-tommerdich/8741204944"
• "Dandelion farm!" by "Piyushgiri Revagar"
"https://www.flickr.com/photos/p_revagar/21775607208/in/photostream/"
• "Stanford" by "Bill Dickinson"
"https://www.flickr.com/photos/skynoir/14112214571/in/photostream/"
• "Mjöbäcksvillan Barnaby Iceberg" by "Family Barnaby"
"https://www.flickr.com/photos/mardrom/8010607983/in/photostream/"
• "Highland Regiments Tug-of-War" by "Jamie McCaffrey"
"https://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/15004281025"
• "Time for reflection" by "Hans G Bäckman" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/koxa74/13288447763"
• "Metrónomo" by "Paco" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacovila/12294167/"
• "Sleepy cat" by "Jacob Bøtter" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/8235578060"
• "How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!" by "Justin Kern"
"https://www.flickr.com/photos/justinwkern/5756196362"
• "Santorini" by "Robert Young" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertpaulyoung/274459606/"
• "TED2016_021716_1BH3797_1920" by "TED Conference"
"https://www.flickr.com/photos/tedconference/25093863755"
• "The Craftsman" by "Andreas Eriksson Järliden"
"https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreasej/3120849218"
• "Granada" by "Karen" "https://www.flickr.com/photos/welshkaren/14622708586"