Real Pirates at the Field Museum in Chicago shows what real pirates from the Caribbean were like during the Golden Age of Piracy from 1650-1720. Pirates operated out of the Caribbean Ocean, trading goods between North America, Europe, and Africa. They had roles like Captain and Quartermaster that are similar to roles in Scrum like Product Owner and Scrum Master. The document argues that pirates and agile practitioners are alike in being self-organizing, requiring commitment, having simple rules, and a flat organization with minimum privileges. It encourages people to "go to the blue ocean" and become "real agile pirates."

1. Real Pirates
in Blue Ocean
Yasunobu Kawaguchi (twitter:kawaguti)

2. My name is ...
Yasunobu Kawaguchi
from SUKUSUKU-Scrum (Tokyo)
http://groups.google.com/group/sukusuku-scrum/
I’m an agile practitioner,
mainly acting Product Owner role.
twitter: kawaguti

3. Real Pirates
the Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pirates/

4. Real Pirates
at the Field Museum (Chicago)
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pirates/
Shows real “Pirates of Caribbean.”
What did make them pirates?
How did them live?

5. Fundamental Knowledge
of Real Pirates

6. Fundamental knowledge of
Real Pirates
Golden Age of Piracy Caribbean Ocean
(1650s - 1720s)
Pirates Ship crew
Slave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean

7. Fundamental knowledge of
Real Pirates
Fire Arms, Gun Powder,
Cloth, Liquor, Bar Iron, ...
North
America Europe
Sugar, Tobacco
Gold, Ivory, People
Africa
(New World)
Caribbean Ocean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_america_(cia).png

8. Fundamental knowledge of
Real Pirates
2 Roles:
Captain: Leader but no privileges
Quatermaster: combat commander
Write daily records
membership agreement
Calculate trading accounts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean

9. Scrum is Similar with
Real Pirates
2 Roles:
Product Owner
Captain: Leader but no privileges
Scrum Master
Quatermaster: combat commander
Write daily records
membership agreement
Calculate trading accounts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Caribbean

10. So, We’re Agile Pirates

11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg
The citizens of
No Nation

12. The citizens of
No Nation
Jolly Roger identified the flag design “Skull and Crossbones”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg

13. http://f.hatena.ne.jp/wayaguchi/20090916191814
The citizens of Agile Nation

14. The citizens of
Agile Nation
Yasunobu kawaguchi identified the flag design “Light Bulb and Cycle Arrows”
http://f.hatena.ne.jp/wayaguchi/20090916191814

15. Real Pirates
are similar with us

16. Real Pirates
are similar with us.
self-organized
commit is needed
Simple rule
flat organization
privileges are minimum

17. Real Pirates
are similar with us.
light tools
right
invented
Changing environment
Time-boxed daily iteration
biannual iteration

18. Real Pirates
are similar with us.
league
free and open
divide profits within members

19. So, Let’s go to blue ocean.
Getting Real Agile Pirates

20. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pirate_Flag_of_Rack_Rackham.svg
The citizens of
No Nation

21. http://f.hatena.ne.jp/wayaguchi/20090916191814
The citizens of Agile Nation

22. One more thing ...

23. http://www.onepiece-movie.com/