20' minutes talk about tools to use the agile mindset to be more productive

1. self discipline with agile mindset
Skander HAMZA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamzas/

2.  Kanban board
 Eat that Frog
 Pomodoro technique
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Agenda

3. 38 years old
Joined Micro Focus Tunisia on Sept 2018
Worked at STMicroeletronics for 12 years
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Today’s speaker

4. Agile mindset – summary
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Plan
Do
Check
Adapt
Iterative & incremental Minimal Viable Product Pareto Principle Split work & sort
Deliver frequently & get feedback Empirisism Fail & learn

5.  kanban is a method to make things done
 It is based on Kanban board
 Visualize your workflow (VSM)
 Limit WIP (work in progress)
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Kanban

6.  Trello : most popular kanban tool
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Kanban tools

7.  21 great way to stop procrastinating and making more done in less time
 Successful people don’t try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks
and make sure those get done.
 Pareto Principle – Plan – Plan day in advance
 20' of plannification can make you gain 2 hours of productivity
 Slice and dice tasks – single handle every taks – Focus your attention – handle fast every task
 Complete single tasks ++  satisfaction ++  positive loop
 Procrastinate ++  guilty ++  negative loop
 Just begin, eat that frog
 Prepare before beginning – Put the pressure on yourself
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Eat that frog !

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Pomodoro technique
Repeat 4 times
 Reduce the impact of internal and external interruptions on focus and flow
 Planning, tracking, processing and visualizing are fundamental to the technique

9.  Split the work to tasks that can be done on 25’ (MVP)
 Plan
 The week
 Today’s task the night before
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Personal Kanban