The document discusses the concept of "Agnostic Agile", which refers to an adaptive approach to agility according to context rather than prescription to a particular framework. It outlines 12 principles of Agnostic Agile, including tailoring agility to context, acknowledging constraints, continuous improvement, and recognizing that dogmatism is non-agile. The speaker describes his experience with different agile roles and how he discovered Agnostic Agile, which aims to share knowledge and adapt practices rather than promote a single framework.

1. Discovering Agnostic Agile
Antonio Cobo @Mind_of_AC

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Who has already heard about Agnostic Agile?
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What is this talk about?
1.Definition of Agnostic
2.My context before
3.Discovering Agnostic Agile
4.The twelve principles
5.Wrapping up

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1.Definition of Agnostic
2.My context before
3.Discovering Agnostic Agile
4.The twelve principles
5.Wrapping up

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Agnostic, in an information technology (IT) context,
refers to something that is generalized so that it
is interoperable among various systems.
The term can refer not only to software and hardware,
but also to business processes or practices
Source: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/agnostic

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“Agnostic Agile” is:
Agility that is adaptive within your given system
according to context and is not by necessity a
prescription of any particular framework or method.

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Isn’t that exactly what Agile is?

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Isn’t that exactly what Agile is?

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Isn’t that exactly what Agile is?

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1.Definition of Agnostic
2.My context before
3.Discovering Agnostic Agile
4.The twelve principles
5.Wrapping up

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Who am I?
Java Developer
Head of Backend Development
Technical Project Manager
Project Manager
Agile Project Manager
Scrum Master
Agile Delivery Consultant
Delivery Manager
IT Manager
Software developer2000
2018
Senior Agile Delivery Consultant

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1.Definition of Agnostic
2.My context before
3.Discovering Agnostic Agile
4.The twelve principles
5.Wrapping up

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One meet up discussing about Agile Project Management

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Calm even when he was interrupted by someone saying “that’s not Agile”

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Pragmatic approach
Calm even when he was interrupted by someone saying “that’s not Agile”

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Pragmatic approach
Calm even when he was interrupted by someone saying “that’s not Agile”

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Pragmatic approach
Calm even when he was interrupted by someone saying “that’s not Agile”

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It’s not another framework!

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It’s not another certification!

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It does not want your money!

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1.Definition of Agnostic
2.My context before
3.Discovering Agnostic Agile
4.The twelve principles
5.Wrapping up

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1. To put my customer first, making them independent.

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2. To do my best, complementing theory with practical experience.

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2. To do my best, complementing theory with practical experience.

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2. To do my best, complementing theory with practical experience.

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3. To tailor agility to context.

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3. To tailor agility to context.
Head of Agile Transformation of a medium size financial company:
- “First thing I did when I joined this company was to force everybody (even
marketing and sales) to use Scrum. I always do that on every company I work for,
cause I want everybody to know what Agile is.”

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3. To tailor agility to context.

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4. To understand hindering constraints and work to remove them.

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5. To share, learn and improve.

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5. To share, learn and improve.
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection

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6. To respect frameworks and their practitioners.

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7. To acknowledge unknowns and seek help.

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7. To acknowledge unknowns and seek help.

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7. To acknowledge unknowns and seek help.
“I don’t know” is a perfectly valid answer!

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8. To never mislead and to never misrepresent.

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9. To remember that agility is not the end goal.

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10. To acknowledge that dogmatism is non-agile.

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10. To acknowledge that dogmatism is non-agile.
“Scrum is the only sensible way to build new products”

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10. To acknowledge that dogmatism is non-agile.
“Scrum is the only sensible way to build new products”
- a Certified Scrum Trainer

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11. To recognise that there is more to agile than agile.

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11. To recognise that there is more to agile than agile.
• 5 weeks sprints
• 4 teams performing standup together
• Standups only on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays
• Physical board with tickets of everybody (25 people) on it
• Releasing to staging environment only at the end of the 5 weeks sprints

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11. To recognise that there is more to agile than agile.
• 5 weeks sprints
• 4 teams performing standup together
• Standups only on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays
• Physical board with tickets of everybody (25 people) on it
• Releasing to staging environment only at the end of the 5 weeks sprints

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11. To recognise that there is more to agile than agile.
• 5 weeks sprints
• 4 teams performing standup together
• Standups only on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays
• Physical board with tickets of everybody (25 people) on it
• Releasing to staging environment only at the end of the 5 weeks sprints
6-7 months release version
+1 month (or more) for bugs fixing after testing phase
Teams not really talking to each other
No standups or boards
Releasing to staging at the end go the 6-7 months

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12. To give to the community as it has given to me.

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1.Definition of Agnostic
2.My context before
3.Discovering Agnostic Agile
4.The twelve principles
5.Wrapping up

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Don’t lock your company or your customer on one framework

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Don’t lock your company or your customer on one framework
Adapt, inspect, improve

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Don’t lock your company or your customer on one framework
Adapt, inspect, improve
Share knowledge and learn from others

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Don’t lock your company or your customer on one framework
Adapt, inspect, improve
Share knowledge and learn from others
It’s ok to have unknowns

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http://agnosticagile.org/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniocobocuenca/