Injecting AGILE into a large organization (#AgileEE 2016)Yuriy Koziy
Introducing GlobalLogic Agile Geeks - a team of GlobalLogic delivery managers that are transforming corporate culture (in their spare time) in an Agile manner.
Injecting AGILE into a large organization (#AgileEE 2016)Yuriy Koziy
Introducing GlobalLogic Agile Geeks - a team of GlobalLogic delivery managers that are transforming corporate culture (in their spare time) in an Agile manner.
Kaizen is recognized around the world as an approach to establishing continuous improvement based on incremental and ongoing positive changes.
Read more about Kaizen and 5S program:
https://manufacturing-software-blog.mrpeasy.com/what-is-kaizen/
You can listen to a podcast:
https://mrpeasy.podbean.com/e/what-is-kaizen/
https://www.mrpeasy.com/
Unlike traditional projects, Agile teams realized the importance of prioritizing the product backlog according to it's added value to the business.
In this webinar, we talked about how do Product Owners prioritize product backlog continuously in order to achieve the highest value product while sticking to the schedule and cost constraints.
Custom-tailored Agility with the Agile Fluency™ ModelAhmed Avais
How do you know your agile frameworks and methods are working? What is the benefit to your organization? Agile and Business Agility are being sold as silver bullets. Leaders are complaining they are not getting the promised benefits. The Agile Fluency Model, a trademark of James Shore and Diana Larsen, helps you get the most out of your agile ideas. George Box famously said: "all models are wrong but some are useful." Agile Fluency Model happens to be useful. Through the Agile Fluency Model, you can identify zones that are fit for your purpose; understand which benefits to expect from your agile teams; which investments must be made to achieve those benefits; and where to look when your teams don’t deliver the benefits your business needs.
Coaches in agile show different stances from coaching, mentoring, and teaching.
Webinar Agenda:
• Group exercise
• What is coaching?
• Mentor stance
• Coaching stance
• Teacher stance
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Unless leaders do their own development, they are unlikely to create agile transformation.
Webinar Agenda:
• Leadership vs Agile Leadership
• 5 areas to re-focus for Agile Leaders
• ‘You’ before ‘Others’
• ‘Experiments’ before ‘Delivery’
• ‘Awareness’ before ‘ Skills’
• ‘Structure’ before ‘behaviors’
• ‘Health’ before ‘Performance’
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Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xpdays
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xpdaysorg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xpdaysorg
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#agile #leadership #xpdays #agilearena
How to Use Internal Assessments to Improve Employee Development | Webinar 02....BizLibrary
What gets measure gets measured said the great Peter Drucker.
Join Guest Presenter, BizLibrary Client, and HR Leader, Mary Coursey for an hour long case study on using internal assessments to improve and measure employee development. Mary will provide easy to follow steps on how to create internal assessments, a manager certification program, and a result-focused measurement plan.
It’s a webinar you don’t want to miss! You’ll take-away great resources and tools you can use to improve your employee learning and development program.
www.bizlibrary.com
Do you want to make your next project run more smoothly? Finish faster?
The most popular Agile framework today is Scrum and in these slides you will learn about the Scrum key events. Join us and learn about Agile with the Agile Middle East (ME)
Kaizen is recognized around the world as an approach to establishing continuous improvement based on incremental and ongoing positive changes.
Read more about Kaizen and 5S program:
https://manufacturing-software-blog.mrpeasy.com/what-is-kaizen/
You can listen to a podcast:
https://mrpeasy.podbean.com/e/what-is-kaizen/
https://www.mrpeasy.com/
Unlike traditional projects, Agile teams realized the importance of prioritizing the product backlog according to it's added value to the business.
In this webinar, we talked about how do Product Owners prioritize product backlog continuously in order to achieve the highest value product while sticking to the schedule and cost constraints.
Custom-tailored Agility with the Agile Fluency™ ModelAhmed Avais
How do you know your agile frameworks and methods are working? What is the benefit to your organization? Agile and Business Agility are being sold as silver bullets. Leaders are complaining they are not getting the promised benefits. The Agile Fluency Model, a trademark of James Shore and Diana Larsen, helps you get the most out of your agile ideas. George Box famously said: "all models are wrong but some are useful." Agile Fluency Model happens to be useful. Through the Agile Fluency Model, you can identify zones that are fit for your purpose; understand which benefits to expect from your agile teams; which investments must be made to achieve those benefits; and where to look when your teams don’t deliver the benefits your business needs.
Coaches in agile show different stances from coaching, mentoring, and teaching.
Webinar Agenda:
• Group exercise
• What is coaching?
• Mentor stance
• Coaching stance
• Teacher stance
============== Follow us ==============
Website: http://xpdays.org
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xpdays
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xpdaysorg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xpdaysorg
Unless leaders do their own development, they are unlikely to create agile transformation.
Webinar Agenda:
• Leadership vs Agile Leadership
• 5 areas to re-focus for Agile Leaders
• ‘You’ before ‘Others’
• ‘Experiments’ before ‘Delivery’
• ‘Awareness’ before ‘ Skills’
• ‘Structure’ before ‘behaviors’
• ‘Health’ before ‘Performance’
============== Follow us ==============
Website: http://xpdays.org
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xpdays
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xpdaysorg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xpdaysorg
Enjoy watching :)
#agile #leadership #xpdays #agilearena
How to Use Internal Assessments to Improve Employee Development | Webinar 02....BizLibrary
What gets measure gets measured said the great Peter Drucker.
Join Guest Presenter, BizLibrary Client, and HR Leader, Mary Coursey for an hour long case study on using internal assessments to improve and measure employee development. Mary will provide easy to follow steps on how to create internal assessments, a manager certification program, and a result-focused measurement plan.
It’s a webinar you don’t want to miss! You’ll take-away great resources and tools you can use to improve your employee learning and development program.
www.bizlibrary.com
Do you want to make your next project run more smoothly? Finish faster?
The most popular Agile framework today is Scrum and in these slides you will learn about the Scrum key events. Join us and learn about Agile with the Agile Middle East (ME)
Qu'est-ce donc que l'Agilité déjà ?
Quelle est la différence avec Scrum ?
Je fais quoi avec mon Gantt ?
Est-ce que le Web est un bon candidat ?
Pourquoi est-ce que je vis autant de difficultés ?
Par où dois-je commencer ?
Cette introduction (ou ré-introduction) vise les vendus et les désabusés, les initiés et les nouveaux intéressés. C'est un rafraichissement sur l'agilité qui permettra de faire un petit pas en arrière et mieux préparer les prochains. Pour certains, ce sera un retour sur les fondements de l'agilité et pour d'autres ce sera la satisfaction d'une curiosité qui perdure. Avec plus de dix ans d'expérience, l'agilité a maturée mais pourquoi reste-t-elle difficile à maitriser ?
Martin Goyette
Martin est un professionnel en accompagnement qui sert et conseille le domaine des technologies de l'information depuis plus d'une dizaine d'années (télécommunications, transport, bancaire, syndicat, santé, assurances). À titre de président de la Communauté Agile de Montréal, Martin est fortement impliqué dans la promotion de sa passion et ses croyances. Martin est diplômé de l'ÉTS d’un baccalauréat en génie logiciel et d’une maîtrise en génie, technologies de l'information. Depuis 2008, il se consacre à Lean ainsi qu'à l'agilité et a obtenu plusieurs reconnaissances professionnelles venant certifier son expérience.
First introduced in the automotive manufacturing industry, “Lean” is a systematic method for the elimination of wastes/the set of “tools” that assist in the identification and steady elimination of waste. Today, the continuous improvements delivered when applying a Lean approach can benefit organisations across all sectors .
This presentation provides an introduction to understanding the concept in the manufacturing context and tools available to make your processes flow smoothly, efficiently and profitably.
First introduced in the automotive manufacturing industry, “Lean” is a systematic method for the elimination of wastes/the set of “tools” that assist in the identification and steady elimination of waste. Today, the continuous improvements delivered when applying a Lean approach can benefit organisations across all sectors .
This presentation provides an introduction to understanding the concept in the manufacturing context and tools available to make your processes flow smoothly, efficiently and profitably.
What is the value proposition for agile? Does agile deliver on those benefits? What do the practitioners using it say?
In 2010, I began asking Scrum experts and practitioners about their perceived value of Scrum. A common response was, "it depends on what you mean by value." When presented with examples like return on investment or internal rate of return, they often stated that they don’t use those waterfall measures. However, when asked about value being nimble, they told me I was getting warmer...
During my doctoral research in 2013-2014, I interviewed 32 Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practitioners from 17 industries in Southern and Northern California and Nevada to learn about the value of Scrum to their organizations based on their experiences. The practitioners included: four business leaders, three Scrum coaches, two product owners, eight Scrum masters, three Scrum team members, and 12 other professionals. The discussion continued with attendees at AgileOpen to capture additional insights.
Dr. Dave Cornelius is an experienced business and IT professional and globally recognized lean and agile catalyst that empowers others to achieve their very best. Dave’s specialty is leading and coaching co-located and distributed teams to deliver quality innovations from concept to cash. Learn more about Dave by visiting www.Dave-Cornelius.com and follow him on twitter @DrCorneliusInfo.
Getting Agile Right - Rebooting an Agile Organization in 100 days - Agile Tou...Maurizio Mancini
Presentation by Senior Consultant Maurizio Mancini of Exempio.com about an Agile Reboot of one Agile organization that was accomplished in just 100 business days!
Differentiating your professional services in a flat economyChangepoint
Alex Cairns, Changepoint, Maidenhead, UK discusses:
Business and Services Opportunity
Services in a Product Environment
Implementation Challenges
Analysis of Stakeholders
Approach to Business Analysis
Deal Lifecycle Process
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This talk explains the “what” and “why” of retrospectives, as well as the business value and benefits that they can bring. Examples will be given of exercises that you can use to facilitate retrospectives, supported with advice for introducing and improving them. These are based on the successful book Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives.
During this interactive presentation, you will explore the Scrum master’s role and you will see examples of how to do it in an effective way. Humor combined with valuable insights and ideas.
The workshop lets you explore a number of complexity oriented management methods around the topic of aligned autonomy, such as the action huddle, strategic storyline, complexity oriented delegation. We explain the purpose and the function of each method, and try them out in groups.
Marketing before having a product | Georges Abi-Aad | Lebanon Agile Tour Beirut
Startups often think of marketing as "that thing we'll do once we finish the product". But there are many benefits to starting as early as the idea stage. Discover why and how you should do it in a cheap, useful and scalable manner.
This is a deep dive into the TDD world where you will discover how it helps scale the development process. The talk tackles the business side as well as the technical side of the software development to accommodate all audiences, i.e; Why you should invest in a testing "department" for example, or why you should always take a look at your tests when writing code.
How to develop your 1-page personal plan Workshop | Guillaume Warnery | LebanonAgile Tour Beirut
What you will learn at this workshop
How to "stay above the line"
• What are the 4 steps of learning
• How to improve your" Wheel of life"
• How to make your 1 page personal plan.
Come to the workshop and you will learn all of these things and more. Don't you owe it to yourself to invest some time learning how you can reach your full potential?
Agile has become mainstream in the IT industry, since that the multiplication of Agile practices which makes Agile implementation complex and uncertain, we have started to see failure in Agile implementations.
During this presentation we will start a simplification process by going back to the source of Agile, understand what Agile is and what it is not. We will discover what is the Heart of Agile, its essence, and how it embraces management
Yes, we all know the world has gone VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous). But even within the Agile movement, deep inside, we still like to stick to an idea of management which is attached to concepts such as predictability, systematization, repeatability, and tries to make reality fit to this mindset.
Based on Dave Snowden’s Cynefin Framework, and in partnership with his company, we are at the moment developing a set of practical methods and tools that allow managers from, the team leader upwards to master the complex aspects of reality. This paper gives you insight into our ongoing work.
Estimation is associated with Fear, Uncertainty and Death marches. Most of us would rather not estimate. Yet, sometimes we do need estimates and commitments, even on "estimation-less" projects. Play a series of estimation games to experience how different techniques deliver very different results. Learn a few simple rules that turn you into a reliable estimator. But correct estimates aren't enough. See what else is required to deliver on your promises. Learn to deal with the destructive games people play with estimates. Estimating can be Fun, embracing Uncertainty and Delivering.
Only %13 percent of people engaged to their work. While looking at the history of management and why modern management does not meet needs of today’s complex works at the same time we will look at what are the motivation factors for us? How self-organization correlated to motivation? What is the role of managers in self-organization and how can they support.
Recognition: The philosopher’s stone of every improvement in the Agile team a...Agile Tour Beirut
Come and discover the philosopher’s stone of every constant improvement
The philosopher’s stone lies in turning any cheap metals into precious metals, or into silver.
Does a team (be it an Agile team or not) essentially needs recognition to become well-performing?
What are the challenges of recognition? What is the impact of recognition on the performance of men and women, teams, and companies?
What is the positive influence of this strong improvement lever on Agile practices? How could a company make its first step towards becoming, or not, an Agile company through a recognition strategy?
According to thorough studies, recognition is a vital lever for the improvement of any company’s performance. In fact, recognition is in the heart of many Agile practices. But what if recognition weren’t the essential factor?
A recognition strategy is a key factor for an Agile corporate transformation.
How to simulate the office, online! – Lisette SutherlandAgile Tour Beirut
Increase the togetherness on your remote team by simulating the “human-ness” that we have when working in the same place.
To combat the “out of sight, out of mind” mentality, remote teams need to work harder to increase that sense of team and improve communication. In this workshop we will explore the various tools and techniques we can use to simulate the office, online!
You will learn:
How to create a high bandwidth workspace
Tools that allows you to communicate reliably
Techniques for keeping everyone on the same page
This workshop will be given remotely by Lisette Sutherland, Director of Collaboration Superpowers & locally faciliated by Pierre Hervouet. Join us and see the latest technologies and best practices for working together from anywhere.
Audience: anyone who have to deal with remote, distributed teams, stakeholders.
Scrum is the most popular Agile Framework; during this presentation the attendees will understand the value, and an overview of the powerful scrum framework: its roles, its artifacts and its ceremonies
How can one improve public action when one knows how to build digital products in an agile fashion?
By building them where no one expects them anymore: in the heart of the State.
The State Startups are an experiment of the French government, aiming at solving specific problems between the government and a segment of the beneficiaries under six months.
The beneficiaries can be citizens claiming their rights to benefits (mes-aides.gouv.fr), companies replying to a public call for tenders (mps.apientreprise.fr), entrepreneurs trying to budget hires (embauche.sgmap.fr), transparency actors accessing public open data (data.gouv.fr).
It's quite easy to take an electronic device, write "to do" "in-progress" and "done" on it and thinking that's Kanban. It's almost easy to draw a board with more columns, add swim lines, make a collection of work limits on it, measuring a lot of stuff and call it Kanban. In the real life it's a bit different.
"How to start my Kanban" are small patterns emerging from 10 years field word with my teams.
"How to start my kanban" gives you the opportunity to emerge in coaching real world and focus on human interactions and effectiveness.
We will start by understanding how people work. Then we will understand how people are working together. Then we will see the "whole".
Delivery is the key. So we design our board nimble enough to change, large enough to reveal the blockers.
"How to start my kanban" gives you the keys to agile effectiveness of high performing teams.
DevOps is a new term emerging from the collision of two major related trends. The first was also called “agile system administration” or “agile operations”; it sprang from applying newer Agile and Lean approaches to operations work. The second is a much expanded understanding of the value of collaboration between development and operations staff throughout all stages of the development lifecycle when creating and operating a service, and how important operations has become in our increasingly service-oriented world
During this presentation attendees will discover mindset, principles and challenges of DevOps
How to reduce product release cycles down to 4 weeks – Youssif AsfourAgile Tour Beirut
At one company, we were asked to re-architect our business and operations support system to invoice clients “in advance” instead of “in the arrears” – and we succeed in doing that – despite the complexity of the business – in less than four weeks. At another software company, we were able to reduce the product release cycle from 2 years down to 4 weeks. In this talk, I will share the “tricks” and techniques we used to create an agile environment – people, process and systems – to deliver high quality products in 4 week cycles
Memorandum Of Association Constitution of Company.pptseri bangash
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A Memorandum of Association (MOA) is a legal document that outlines the fundamental principles and objectives upon which a company operates. It serves as the company's charter or constitution and defines the scope of its activities. Here's a detailed note on the MOA:
Contents of Memorandum of Association:
Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
Objective Clause: This clause delineates the main objectives for which the company is formed. It's important to define these objectives clearly, as the company cannot undertake activities beyond those mentioned in this clause.
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Liability Clause: It outlines the extent of liability of the company's members. In the case of companies limited by shares, the liability of members is limited to the amount unpaid on their shares. For companies limited by guarantee, members' liability is limited to the amount they undertake to contribute if the company is wound up.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
Association Clause: It simply states that the subscribers wish to form a company and agree to become members of it, in accordance with the terms of the MOA.
Importance of Memorandum of Association:
Legal Requirement: The MOA is a legal requirement for the formation of a company. It must be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the incorporation process.
Constitutional Document: It serves as the company's constitutional document, defining its scope, powers, and limitations.
Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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Binding Authority: The company and its members are bound by the provisions of the MOA. Any action taken beyond its scope may be considered ultra vires (beyond the powers) of the company and therefore void.
Amendment of MOA:
While the MOA lays down the company's fundamental principles, it is not entirely immutable. It can be amended, but only under specific circumstances and in compliance with legal procedures. Amendments typically require shareholder
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A personal brand exploration presentation summarizes an individual's unique qualities and goals, covering strengths, values, passions, and target audience. It helps individuals understand what makes them stand out, their desired image, and how they aim to achieve it.
Unveiling the Secrets How Does Generative AI Work.pdfSam H
At its core, generative artificial intelligence relies on the concept of generative models, which serve as engines that churn out entirely new data resembling their training data. It is like a sculptor who has studied so many forms found in nature and then uses this knowledge to create sculptures from his imagination that have never been seen before anywhere else. If taken to cyberspace, gans work almost the same way.
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey throu...dylandmeas
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey through Full Sail University. Below, you’ll find a collection of my work showcasing my skills and expertise in digital marketing, event planning, and media production.
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It is a sample of an interview for a business english class for pre-intermediate and intermediate english students with emphasis on the speking ability.
RMD24 | Debunking the non-endemic revenue myth Marvin Vacquier Droop | First ...BBPMedia1
Marvin neemt je in deze presentatie mee in de voordelen van non-endemic advertising op retail media netwerken. Hij brengt ook de uitdagingen in beeld die de markt op dit moment heeft op het gebied van retail media voor niet-leveranciers.
Retail media wordt gezien als het nieuwe advertising-medium en ook mediabureaus richten massaal retail media-afdelingen op. Merken die niet in de betreffende winkel liggen staan ook nog niet in de rij om op de retail media netwerken te adverteren. Marvin belicht de uitdagingen die er zijn om echt aansluiting te vinden op die markt van non-endemic advertising.
Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence.pdfKaiNexus
Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will highlight commonly established business practices and how they limit our ability to engage everyone every day. More importantly, though, participants will likely gain increased awareness of what we can do differently to maximize enterprise excellence through deliberate inclusion.
What is Enterprise Excellence?
Enterprise Excellence is a holistic approach that's aimed at achieving world-class performance across all aspects of the organization.
What might I learn?
A way to engage all in creating Inclusive Excellence. Lessons from the US military and their parallels to the story of Harry Potter. How belt systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices. How leadership language invites people to the party. There are three things leaders can do to engage everyone every day: maximizing psychological safety to create environments where folks learn, contribute, and challenge the status quo.
Who might benefit? Anyone and everyone leading folks from the shop floor to top floor.
Dr. William Harvey is a seasoned Operations Leader with extensive experience in chemical processing, manufacturing, and operations management. At Michelman, he currently oversees multiple sites, leading teams in strategic planning and coaching/practicing continuous improvement. William is set to start his eighth year of teaching at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches marketing, finance, and management. William holds various certifications in change management, quality, leadership, operational excellence, team building, and DiSC, among others.
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This 60-minute webinar, sponsored by Adobe, was delivered for the Training Mag Network. It explored the five elements of SPARK: Storytelling, Purpose, Action, Relationships, and Kudos. Knowing how to tell a well-structured story is key to building long-term memory. Stating a clear purpose that doesn't take away from the discovery learning process is critical. Ensuring that people move from theory to practical application is imperative. Creating strong social learning is the key to commitment and engagement. Validating and affirming participants' comments is the way to create a positive learning environment.
Digital Transformation and IT Strategy Toolkit and TemplatesAurelien Domont, MBA
This Digital Transformation and IT Strategy Toolkit was created by ex-McKinsey, Deloitte and BCG Management Consultants, after more than 5,000 hours of work. It is considered the world's best & most comprehensive Digital Transformation and IT Strategy Toolkit. It includes all the Frameworks, Best Practices & Templates required to successfully undertake the Digital Transformation of your organization and define a robust IT Strategy.
Editable Toolkit to help you reuse our content: 700 Powerpoint slides | 35 Excel sheets | 84 minutes of Video training
This PowerPoint presentation is only a small preview of our Toolkits. For more details, visit www.domontconsulting.com
Personal Brand Statement:
As an Army veteran dedicated to lifelong learning, I bring a disciplined, strategic mindset to my pursuits. I am constantly expanding my knowledge to innovate and lead effectively. My journey is driven by a commitment to excellence, and to make a meaningful impact in the world.
Kseniya Leshchenko: Shared development support service model as the way to ma...Lviv Startup Club
Kseniya Leshchenko: Shared development support service model as the way to make small projects with small budgets profitable for the company (UA)
Kyiv PMDay 2024 Summer
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20. Delivered Values
• MVP (minimum Viable product)
• Lead Time
• Communication & Collaboration
• Business Value
• Welcome to changes
• Simplicity
• Feedbacks
2 -12months 4 Years
Editor's Notes
Once upon a time in the 90’s the usual way of managing It project was the waterfall methodology
where everything is cascading form the analysis of requirement to the design, the implementation, testing, and roll out
It was a very structured and sequential approach,
The underlying assumptions is that if you put the necessary efforts you can collected upfront all the requirements
Some software engineers and developers were frustrated about this approach
The fact was that most part of the projects where out of Budget, Time, scope & quality
And the customer were unsatisfied
In the case of projects on time on budget on scocpe and quality the clients were usually ….. unsatisfied
What they asked for it was not necessary what they really needed
And even in the 90’s, the proposed technology could be outdated
So some independent sofware pratitioners created
Independantly a set of alternatives approaches
Called lightweight methodlogies
Such as XP, dsdm, crystal, rup, scrum
17 of these guys decided to met in 2001 in a sky resort in UTAH
The of November it was 13 years Ago
And the come up with the Agile Manisfesto
Agile manifesto is quite simple
It is 4 values & 12 Principles
For me it is the first lesson from Agile
This guys that wre creator, promoters of different approaches
Instead of deciding what is the best approach
Focus on common values and shared principles
I am not going throu all the manifesto: it pecha cucah,
And there are banner on the entrances
I am proposing to discover the 5 pillars of the Agile House
First pilar Frequent delevery:
Regularly and the end of each months, or each 2 weeks the client will get something that is usuable
The interests of the approach are:
First: The client get something that have a value for him, he doesn’t to way the project to use it, to see it
Second: by doing it the team can collect feedbacks form the client
So they can check if there are on the good track,
So they adjusted the requirement accordingly
This approach has a lot consequences:
Think about, how much can you complete during a periode of 2 weeks, or one month?
….. not so much,
So you have to be focused what you realy want
You need to priorities
You have to think about the Business value that you want to get
This is the pilar two Focus on Business value & prioritization
Frequent delivery, the feedback loops, prioritization
You can only achieve them if you have a proper communication & collaboration within the team and with the stakeholder
In Agile people met frequently, but shortly in very effective way
Frequent delivery, the feedback loops, prioritization, effective communication & collbaoration
You cannot achieveit by micro managing the team, you have to empower the team
Within In its set of responsibility the Agile aims to have self-organize team
Last pilar and think the most difficult
Continuous improvement
The problems are seeing are opportunity for improvement
On the regular base people meet together to analyze what needs to be improved
Agile is So welcome to your Agile journey
No matter at what stage you are:
I hope that you will be able to be Agile
As My friend Pierre said Agile is
Agile reduces complexity that increase predictability”
Let me tell you a personal story,
The story of the small house in the montain
My wife she is Lebanese has a land in the montain, 45 minutes from Beirut
We have the money
So we are in lebanon you have land you have the money so
You have to build the house.
Here was a summarized planning for the project
First phase collection of the customer requirements
Then construction of the House
Of the swimming pool
Of the garden
And because we were optimist people we thought that this should be completes in 3 years
One year later, nothing real append
Or more exactly lot of alternative was done
You understand we have to define our our needs, before starting the construction
And it appears that is wasn’t so easy for lot of reasons
Let’s see if we can manage this project by using an agile mind set
First lst’s focus on our business values & prioritize
What is the most important think for us
We were starving for greenery, the place is only 45 minutes from Beirut
We need a … garden
So let build the garden
It was in March and and beginning of may we can enjoy the garden
After 2 months, yes 2 months we had our garden … and the bathroom
And the family was happy
We can enjoy
After a summer of enjoying the garden, we get our feedback, and we start the nest iteration, for the next summer
What is the most important thing that we want?
You know it is not very high mountain, and it is quite hot during summer.
So we need the montain
So we build the swimming ppol
And because we put lot values on minimizing the time that we have to spend on the site
We choice for a concrete prefab swimming pool
And after two months, we could enjoy the swimming pool
As you have notice we did some adjustment in the garden,
Because base on our experience we decided to change the initial place for the swimming pool
now we have spend a summer and we are thinking about the house but this is another story
Lets have a look
Initially we have to wait 3 years to enjoy the garden
In our approach we enjoy it after 2 months
But doing the project incrementally we were able to adjust the initial plan (the location of the swimming pool had been adjusted base on our experience)