Here are slides from my talk at LeanAgile US 2019. First, we go to ridiculous lengths to connect agile thinking to cooking, then step through the ingredients of the one agile recipe you'll ever need. Enjoy!

1. The O le R e
Yo ’l E er N
by Blake Nyquist
LeanAgileUS
February 25, 2019

2. Age
● Introductions
● Agile is Cooking
● The One Agile Recipe
● Wrap-up
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

4. Crushed Ice
● Introduce yourself to someone close by
(a person you don’t already know)
Introductions
One Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019 Blake Nyquist / @blanyq

5. Crushed Ice
Share the following:
● Where are you from?
● When did you start your agile journey?
● Favorite cooking utensil/device
● Favorite food item to prepare or eat
Introductions
One Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019 Blake Nyquist / @blanyq

7. Crushed Ice
● Who traveled the furthest?
● Who most recently started “agile-ing?”
● Most unique utensil/device?
● Most unique food item?
Introductions
One Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019 Blake Nyquist / @blanyq

8. Blake Nyquist
● Recovering developer
● Family man
● Agile fundamentalist
● Amateur bowler
● Classical music snob
Introductions
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

9. Blake Nyquist
● New sous vide convert
● Currently honing steak
preparation skills
Introductions
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

10. ● Okemos, MI
● Established in 1989
● Make Snagit & Camtasia
● Also Screencast.com, Coach’s
Eye, Relay, Video Review, & more!
● On agile journey since ~2006
TechSmith
Introductions
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

11. Anyone can cook
- Aug Gus u

12. Anyone can cook
- Aug Gus u

13. No Single Method
● A lot of different recipes
claiming to produce similar
results
● More like guidelines than
mandatory steps
● Can hybrid multiple recipes
(e.g., Scrumban)
Agile is Cooking
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

14. Season to Taste
● Flavor anyway you want
● Keep tweaking as it cooks
● Can adjust at planning,
standups, retros, demos
Agile is Cooking
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

15. Batch Variation
● Iterations are rarely identical,
even with consistent “recipe”
● Circumstances change or we
mix it up on purpose
● Factors: type of work, PTO,
unplanned work, dev cycle, new
team member
Agile is Cooking
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

16. It Takes Practice
● Using the same ingredients as top
chefs, likely not gourmet at first
● But like great chefs, we follow
Shuhari to mastery
● Learn to adapt our practices
● “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”
Agile is Cooking
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

17. Group Exercise
What’s the one ingredient you would
adjust with your agile recipe?
Do you need more or less of it?
Don’t problem solve right now.
Agile is Cooking
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

19. Group Exercise
Agile is Cooking
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

20. Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
Bor ! Bor !
The O le R e
Yo ’l E er N
First you put the…

21. People
● Most important ingredient
● Are you human-friendly?
● Enable autonomy, mastery, purpose
● NOT productivity maximizing
The One Agile Recipe
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

22. Collaboration
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The One Agile Recipe
● Individuals need to be a team
● Set a high bar for transparency,
trust, & communication. Live it.
● Be inclusive and intentional
● Tuckman model is continuous

23. Demonstration
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The One Agile Recipe
● Main taste test for the business
● Early and often
● Focus on learning
● Need to (at least) have customer
represented

24. Adaptation
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The One Agile Recipe
● Change is inevitable, how we
react is up to us
● Embrace continuous improvement
● Process works for the team, not
the other way around

25. Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The O le R e
Yo ’l E er N
First you put the…
People
Collaboration
Demonstration
Adaptation
Bor ! Bor !

27. Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The O le R e
Yo ’l E er N
First you put the…
Individuals & Interactions
Customer Collaboration
Working Software
Responding to Change
Bor ?

28. Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The O le R e
Yo ’l E er N
Bor ?! Bor ?!

29. Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The One Agile Recipe
The Manifesto Itself
● The fundamentals are vital
● Any experiment, new framework,
adjusted recipe should tie back
● There is still value on the right
● No specific methods prescribed

30. Group exercise
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019
The One Agile Recipe
What tweak to your agile recipe will
you try when you return?
What can you do next week to
advance this adjustment?

32. Group exercise
Blake Nyquist / @blanyq
Leading leaders
One Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

33. Anyone can cook, but only
the fearless can be great.
- Aug Gus u

34. It Takes a Kitchen
● Need sound engineering practices
● Must have leadership support
● Keep knives sharpened
● Much easier said than done
Wrap-up
One Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019 Blake Nyquist / @blanyq

35. Final thoughts
● What can you do next week?
● Practice… crack a few eggs!
● Be fearless
● Have fun
Anti-bonus: It even works for the ACP exam
Blake Nyquist / @blanyq
Wrap-up
One Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019

37. Thank you!
Blake Nyquist
blaken@gmail.com
@blanyq
linkedin.com/in/blakenyquist
The End
Blake Nyquist / @blanyqOne Agile Recipe - LeanAgileUS 2019