This document discusses how to communicate agile concepts to a procurement department. It begins by introducing Simon Bates and the digital agency he co-founded, Manifesto Digital. It then defines key agile roles like the product owner and scrum master. The document reviews how an agile contract may define terms differently, like defining user stories, sprints, and the definition of done. It stresses that procurers may not think iteratively so terms need clear explanations. It also notes that agile contracts share risk by allowing flexibility and quick response to issues. Overall, the key points are to define agile roles and terms carefully, explain concepts iteratively, and emphasize how agile contracts can mitigate risks.
Jake Morris from LIDA gave a fantastic talk on Implementing (some) Agile Principles in a Tradition Agency at the Agile for Agencies Meetup Group event: Agile meets Mad Men, talent, and how to speak the language of procurement. Here's his slide deck to help get your ideas flowing.
To watch a "key moments" video of his and other related talks visit us at http://www.meetup.com/agileforagencies/
Slides from a talk given at #drupalcampnw in Manchester on how to adapt Agile-scrum methodology to meet real-life challenges faced by agencies, particularly when using Drupal.
Agile Fixed Price - XPDays 2015
More complex is the project more difficult is to meet the customer expectations. Let's how Scrum can streamline customer collaboration in a Fixed Price project.
How to run a project when scope, time and cost is fixed from day one? How to collaborate with your customer to have success with the project that have a lot of constraints? How to bring out the true value for your end-users?
Approaching the project in an agile way!
In this talk we will see a true story about a project that started as a "fixed all" and have been delivered successfully in time, in budget and with the true value for the end user.
The approach? Use the 7 "super powers" for customer collaboration :-)
Jake Morris from LIDA gave a fantastic talk on Implementing (some) Agile Principles in a Tradition Agency at the Agile for Agencies Meetup Group event: Agile meets Mad Men, talent, and how to speak the language of procurement. Here's his slide deck to help get your ideas flowing.
To watch a "key moments" video of his and other related talks visit us at http://www.meetup.com/agileforagencies/
Slides from a talk given at #drupalcampnw in Manchester on how to adapt Agile-scrum methodology to meet real-life challenges faced by agencies, particularly when using Drupal.
Agile Fixed Price - XPDays 2015
More complex is the project more difficult is to meet the customer expectations. Let's how Scrum can streamline customer collaboration in a Fixed Price project.
How to run a project when scope, time and cost is fixed from day one? How to collaborate with your customer to have success with the project that have a lot of constraints? How to bring out the true value for your end-users?
Approaching the project in an agile way!
In this talk we will see a true story about a project that started as a "fixed all" and have been delivered successfully in time, in budget and with the true value for the end user.
The approach? Use the 7 "super powers" for customer collaboration :-)
Pragmatics of Agility - by Venkat SubramaniamSynerzip
This webinar covers the essence of Agile and provides guidance on dealing with common impediments.
Only one thing matters in software development – to successfully deliver a product so users can derive value. If we’re not succeeding with it, it does not matter what the process is called or how we do it. Agile development can help reduce risk and increase the chances of success, but there is no magic wand we can wave at the problem for a quick-fix. It takes disciplined, dedicated, and continuous effort to achieve the desired results.
Read more from the original copy at https://www.synerzip.com/webinar/pragmatics-of-agility-webinar-february-2011/
Agile Development | Product Engineering | Drupal - A Success StorySrijan Technologies
How and why AVTRANZ chose Srijan and how we improved their Drupal applications' performance. Major success pointers were:
○ File transfer time reduced from 15 minutes to 6 seconds
○ Enabling AVTRANZ to save more than $1,000/per month on servers
○ Recognize productivity gain for contractors greater
than 30%
○ Improve on-time delivery of projects from 86% to
better than 95% each month
○ Reduce support calls from external customers by
50%
Read full document for details.
LKCE18 Jesper Boeg - Your improvement potential is much bigger than you think...Lean Kanban Central Europe
Many people in Agile and IT talk about Toyota Kata, but it seems very few have tried it out for real at any scale or duration and actual cases are far between. In this presentation I will share my last 4 years of experience with Toyota Kata and especially the job of scaling it across all layers of a 700 people IT organization. How does it translate to a context where the flow of value is counted in days and not seconds? Where did we fail, what adaptions were made, what results did we achieve and why is it both more powerful and more difficult than any of us believed?
Non-IT Agile Values and Principles DeckShane Wheller
I find myself increasingly delivering "Agile" projects in non-IT areas within Government Departments. Taking an iterative approach to delivering work isn't new, the 1985 New New Product Development Game paper was used by the creaters of the Scrum Guide in 1985 and the Agile Manifesto in 2001. The latter documents contextualised delivery using "Agile" for IT projects, whereas the former was written for Business.
In this deck I have used the Agile Manifesto and crossed out the reference to software and replaced it with references to Products. This helps non-IT teams contextualise the Agile Manifesto for their use. Please let me know in the comments if this has been helpful for you.
Lightning talk: Business analyst role as agile villain in legacy projectsSoftware Guru
How could a business analyst perform his role using agile as a framework in a big legacy project?. Under this context, the business analyst and the project itself are victims of the situation.
Presentado por Emilio Contreras en SG Virtual 2020
Invited talk given at The Natural History Museum, London, 17 March 2009 (I gave a very similar talk at the Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm, 12 March 2009).
An introduction to modern agile workflow & best practices for agencies. 5 key steps to a smooth & continuous workflow.
Including 9 case studies of industry leading agencies on how they implemented an Agile process and on how they perform Agile practices.
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This is a 90 minute presentation that helps traditional project managers understand how and why software project management breaks down and how agile can help deal with uncertainty.
GOTO Night with Mirko Kleiner & Joe JusticeMirko Kleiner
Classic Evaluations (RfI > RfP > RfQ) are expensive, not efficient and focus to products and services only. In agile organizations other factors of the future partnership, such as soft-skills, collaboration, culture, etc. are at least as important. Mirko presented in his talk a new promising approach "lean-agile procurement" the first pure agile approach for procurement
A team of senior tenured industry experts that could be engaged as needed, to
supplement the in house team, was the best solution. Experts were committed
to their craft and to the process as they didn’t win unless everybody won. These
experts are there as needed and can grow with the need. This engagement of
Above the Standard did not increase overhead to the organization, but resulted
in an organizational productive environment, greater team impact, innovation of
new methods specific to the organization, and process improvement that affected
all shared services (Finance, HR, IT, Stakeholders, and so forth).
Reduction in overhead expenses was significant, the return on investment increased,
and flexibility was maintained. Spend under Management continued
to increase and significant process improvements were implemented. And the
Stakeholder reaped the rewards of more than 25% on average on savings.
Agile Procurement: A New Value Proposition for a Volatile WorldJon Hansen
eWorld Purchasing & Supply Conference
Day 1 - September 28th, 2010
09:30 to 10:05 AM Agile Procurement: A New Value Proposition for a Volatile World
Overview:
The procurement function has certainly proved its worth over the past few years, as many organisations cut costs rapidly to survive the economic downturn. But opinion is still firmly divided on the economic outlook for the next few years, with the only consensus being unpredictability. So would the same purchasing efficiencies be available second time around, if a ‘double-dip’ recession takes shape? Or will procurement’s contribution quickly be forgotten if a global recovery emerges instead? Chris Sawchuk from the Hackett Group puts forward the case for a new value proposition that can cope with unprecedented levels of uncertainty – challenging existing models in favour of increased flexibility and agility throughout the procurement and supply chain functions.
Speaker:
Chris Sawchuk, Global Procurement Practice Leader, The Hackett Group
Pragmatics of Agility - by Venkat SubramaniamSynerzip
This webinar covers the essence of Agile and provides guidance on dealing with common impediments.
Only one thing matters in software development – to successfully deliver a product so users can derive value. If we’re not succeeding with it, it does not matter what the process is called or how we do it. Agile development can help reduce risk and increase the chances of success, but there is no magic wand we can wave at the problem for a quick-fix. It takes disciplined, dedicated, and continuous effort to achieve the desired results.
Read more from the original copy at https://www.synerzip.com/webinar/pragmatics-of-agility-webinar-february-2011/
Agile Development | Product Engineering | Drupal - A Success StorySrijan Technologies
How and why AVTRANZ chose Srijan and how we improved their Drupal applications' performance. Major success pointers were:
○ File transfer time reduced from 15 minutes to 6 seconds
○ Enabling AVTRANZ to save more than $1,000/per month on servers
○ Recognize productivity gain for contractors greater
than 30%
○ Improve on-time delivery of projects from 86% to
better than 95% each month
○ Reduce support calls from external customers by
50%
Read full document for details.
LKCE18 Jesper Boeg - Your improvement potential is much bigger than you think...Lean Kanban Central Europe
Many people in Agile and IT talk about Toyota Kata, but it seems very few have tried it out for real at any scale or duration and actual cases are far between. In this presentation I will share my last 4 years of experience with Toyota Kata and especially the job of scaling it across all layers of a 700 people IT organization. How does it translate to a context where the flow of value is counted in days and not seconds? Where did we fail, what adaptions were made, what results did we achieve and why is it both more powerful and more difficult than any of us believed?
Non-IT Agile Values and Principles DeckShane Wheller
I find myself increasingly delivering "Agile" projects in non-IT areas within Government Departments. Taking an iterative approach to delivering work isn't new, the 1985 New New Product Development Game paper was used by the creaters of the Scrum Guide in 1985 and the Agile Manifesto in 2001. The latter documents contextualised delivery using "Agile" for IT projects, whereas the former was written for Business.
In this deck I have used the Agile Manifesto and crossed out the reference to software and replaced it with references to Products. This helps non-IT teams contextualise the Agile Manifesto for their use. Please let me know in the comments if this has been helpful for you.
Lightning talk: Business analyst role as agile villain in legacy projectsSoftware Guru
How could a business analyst perform his role using agile as a framework in a big legacy project?. Under this context, the business analyst and the project itself are victims of the situation.
Presentado por Emilio Contreras en SG Virtual 2020
Invited talk given at The Natural History Museum, London, 17 March 2009 (I gave a very similar talk at the Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm, 12 March 2009).
An introduction to modern agile workflow & best practices for agencies. 5 key steps to a smooth & continuous workflow.
Including 9 case studies of industry leading agencies on how they implemented an Agile process and on how they perform Agile practices.
The Agile PMP: Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks (90 minutes)Mike Cottmeyer
This is a 90 minute presentation that helps traditional project managers understand how and why software project management breaks down and how agile can help deal with uncertainty.
GOTO Night with Mirko Kleiner & Joe JusticeMirko Kleiner
Classic Evaluations (RfI > RfP > RfQ) are expensive, not efficient and focus to products and services only. In agile organizations other factors of the future partnership, such as soft-skills, collaboration, culture, etc. are at least as important. Mirko presented in his talk a new promising approach "lean-agile procurement" the first pure agile approach for procurement
A team of senior tenured industry experts that could be engaged as needed, to
supplement the in house team, was the best solution. Experts were committed
to their craft and to the process as they didn’t win unless everybody won. These
experts are there as needed and can grow with the need. This engagement of
Above the Standard did not increase overhead to the organization, but resulted
in an organizational productive environment, greater team impact, innovation of
new methods specific to the organization, and process improvement that affected
all shared services (Finance, HR, IT, Stakeholders, and so forth).
Reduction in overhead expenses was significant, the return on investment increased,
and flexibility was maintained. Spend under Management continued
to increase and significant process improvements were implemented. And the
Stakeholder reaped the rewards of more than 25% on average on savings.
Agile Procurement: A New Value Proposition for a Volatile WorldJon Hansen
eWorld Purchasing & Supply Conference
Day 1 - September 28th, 2010
09:30 to 10:05 AM Agile Procurement: A New Value Proposition for a Volatile World
Overview:
The procurement function has certainly proved its worth over the past few years, as many organisations cut costs rapidly to survive the economic downturn. But opinion is still firmly divided on the economic outlook for the next few years, with the only consensus being unpredictability. So would the same purchasing efficiencies be available second time around, if a ‘double-dip’ recession takes shape? Or will procurement’s contribution quickly be forgotten if a global recovery emerges instead? Chris Sawchuk from the Hackett Group puts forward the case for a new value proposition that can cope with unprecedented levels of uncertainty – challenging existing models in favour of increased flexibility and agility throughout the procurement and supply chain functions.
Speaker:
Chris Sawchuk, Global Procurement Practice Leader, The Hackett Group
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1. Simon Bates
How to talk Agile with
a procurement department
28th January 2016
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Manifesto Digital
We’re an award winning London
based digital agency that loves
ideas, design and technology.
We aim to make people’s lives better, easier, fairer,
more interesting or fun with great strategy, engaging
campaigns and rock solid technology.
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Simon Bates
• COO and co-founder, Manifesto Digital
• University of Manchester Institute of Science
and Technology Beng Software engineering.
• 17 Years IT experience, working mainly in
web-based technologies and frameworks
• Wrote first Java application in 1997
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Who are procurement?
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Procurement are people too…
What you’re taught in procurement
school is quite a ‘widget based’ approach.
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Scrum
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Product owner
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Introduction to Contracts
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• The only skill you need to understand
a contract is the ability to read
• Defined terms are an important concept to
understand - they can be thought of as like
a sub- routine in a computer program
• Ambiguity is a bad thing - if something’s ambiguous
the contract can be rendered invalid – not always
the case when it comes to proposals!
• Important case law Raffles v Wichelhaus involving
a ship named The Peeless decided in 1864
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Agile Contracts
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• Our Agile contract runs to 32 pages
• Agile is about each party committing to promise
– agile contracts set these promises out in black white
• Be prepared to have to explain Agile – lawyers/
procurement departments tend not to think that iteratively
• Agile contracts are a contract to collaborate
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Defined terms
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Daily Scrum Meeting
A meeting of the Development Team on each Business Day
during the Project Term (except during any period of leave
agreed by the parties) to discuss:
(a) Tasks completed on the previous Business Day;
(b) Tasks to be completed on the current Business Day; and
(c) Any impediments potentially affecting attainment of the
Sprint Goal, including the status of any disputes.
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Definition of Done
The definition set out in Schedule 2, as amended from
time to time under paragraph 5.5 of the Applicable Terms.
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Product Backlog
The current version of the document from time to time,
based on the Product Vision and kept up to date by the
Product Owner in accordance with paragraph 4.2
of the Applicable Terms, that comprises:
(a) The Requirements to be completed, sorted in terms
of priority by the Product Owner and any further details
of these Requirements provided by the Product Owner
from time to time under the Statement of Work;
(b) The Results and Delivered Results to date
(c) The estimated business value of each Requirement; and
(d) The Resource Points for each Requirement, determined
in accordance with paragraphs 4.4 and 5.8.2 of the
Applicable Terms From time to time.
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Initial Product Backlog
The Product Backlog as set out in the
relevant Statement of Work.
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Product Owner
The person described in Part 3 of Schedule
3 and any replacement from time to time.
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Plus lots more…
• Development Team
• Resource Points
• Scrum Master
• Sprint Planning Meeting
• Sprint Retrospective Meeting
• Sprint Review Meeting
• User Story
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The role of risk
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• Risk costs money
• Agile allows us to share risk
• By committing to an initial backlog and allowing this
to flex, we’re transparent about progress and can
take action quickly to mitigate risks as they arise.
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Be prepared to explain a lot
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Don’t think an agile contract
will look any different
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Ensure procurement are clear
on roles responsibilities
