This document discusses various agile development techniques for software teams including: 1) Allowing development teams more flexibility and autonomy in their work, like "free-range chickens", to encourage healthy growth and better outcomes. 2) The importance of inspection and adaptation when implementing agile methods to continually improve processes. 3) Different tools, techniques, and patterns teams can use in agile ceremonies like daily stand-ups to share knowledge and get updates on work in a way that meets the needs of the team.

1. Free-range chickens and other Agile habitats

2. Airing out the laundry

3. Ride the Pendulum

4. One-size-fits-all? Always?

5. Pigs and Chickens
! Just so we have common
understanding…

6. The change-up pitch
“Un-cage the chickens”
for inspect-and-adapt agility

7. Development Sequence for Small Groups
Norming ->! Forming -> Storming -> Performing *

8. Cooped Chickens
! If you’re in the room, you are
giving an update

9. Circling Hawks
! If too many hawks are circling, remove them
– (*temporarily)

10. Prairie Dogs? (Gnus with News?)
! Get updates from ‘deputized’ members

11. Planted Parrots
! Are all members listening, or
just “waiting to talk”?

12. Sample Patterns and Tools
Work the board
Tell me a story
Go dark
Take a hike

13. Free-Range Chickens
! Share knowledge if you have something to contribute

14. Where’s the (Agile) love?
! A good Scrum Master can flex the daily stand-up to meet Team needs

15. Picking up strong signals
! Can your Team ceremonies
be adjusted from time to
time?
– Watch
– Listen
– Adapt
– Solve
! Avoid ‘Cargo Cult Science’

16. Free-range: Healthy growth, better “meat”

17. Keep in touch
! About Appia: www.appia.com
! About Digital Turbine Media:
www.digitalturbine.com
! E-mail: Matt.Phillips@appia.com
! Twitter: @MappFelix (Caveat emptor:
used to practice español!)
! How did it go?
! Feedback on new patterns, or if
you try these out? I’d love to
hear about it.