Extreme Agility to achieve business goals | Vikram Puranik | Pune Agile Unconference 2017 | Scale Up Consultants

By Vikram Puranik – Executive Vice President
Vikram.puranik@nitorinfotech.com
linkedin.com/in/vikrampuranik/
@vikram_puranik
Pune Agile Unconference 2017 www.TheAgileProfessionals.com
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This presentation was originally used for the talk “Agile Kal Aaj Aur Kal” at the Pune Agile
UnConference – Pune (Aug 20, 2017).

Knock knock.”
Who’s there?
“Carrie.”
Carrie who?
“Carrie over to
next sprint.”

Content Summary
Agile and Concept of Productivity1
Approach for Achieving Faster Business Goals3
Role of Product Owners4
Role of Agile Coach6
Definition of Productivity in Agile2
Building Productive Team5

Idealabs “Bill Gross” on Successful Start-ups
42% Timing
32% Team and Execution
28% Idea
24% Business Model
14% Funding
Watch him
on TED
Importance of Timing in Success

Agile and Productivity
Is Agile in conflict with Productivity?
Productivity
Agile

Spotify The Flag Bearers of Agile
Being Predictable is Being Slave to someone’s
arbitrary Plan
100% Predictability Means 0% Innovation
My Squads are group of volunteers who deliver
something that we are super passionate about

Principles of Agile and Kanban
Reduce Wastage
– Kanban Value Stream Approach
– Avoid Interruption Buffer
- Continuous Improvement Mind-set
- Build in Small Team Sizes
Early and continuous delivery of valuable
AA Software
Promote Sustainable Development

Outcome Vs Output in IT/Software Products
Outcome!= Output?
Effectiveness over Efficiency
Software Development is Cognitive activity unlike Manufacturing

How do you define Productivity?
User Story Points Velocity Lines of Code
Business Value
Cost of Inputs vs Value of Outcomes
Net Present Value(NPV)
ROI

MVP for Achieving Faster Business Goals
Build The
Right Thing
PO View
Build The
Thing Right
Development
View
Build it Fast
Agile Coach View
A minimum viable product (MVP) is a
development technique in which a
new product is developed with
sufficient features to satisfy early
adopters
A minimum viable product (MVP)
helps entrepreneurs start the process
of learning as quickly as possible.

MVP - Continued

MVP Approach for IT Projects
Enterprise Digitalization is bringing two worlds closer
• Software is Omni Present
• The concept of Bi-Modal IT

Role of Product Owner
• They prefer to Fail Fast
• They prefer Customer Experience over “I know all
approach”
• Voice of Customer
• Customer Journey
• They Design Stories with limited blast radius
• Validate with Customers and use feedback loop to
improve backlog
• They champion the cause of MVP

Building Productive Teams
• Team bound by Common goal and shared vision
• Cross Functional Teams a Must – Break Silos!
• No centralized leadership decisions
- collective decision making
• Strict No to people dependencies
• Embracing Full Stack Development
• Importance of Quality and Emphasis on First Time
Quality

Common Myths of Agile Coach
Servant Leadership
to Achieve Business
Goals
Feminine
Leadership to
achieve targets

Agile Coaches and Business Goals
• More responsible teams and fewer role
distinctions
• Visibility - Make Goals and Progress Visible
• Align with a psych of cognitive worker
- Don’t ask status seek outcome
• Making Business Goal a Team Goal
• Celebrate Success Stories
• Build Trust!

Building Trust and Meeting Business Goals
TRUST
CHARACTER COMPETENCE
INTENT INTEGRITY CAPABILITY RESULTS
CARE
TRANSPERENCY
OPENNESS
HONESTY
FAIRNESS
AUTHENTICITY
SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE
EXPERIENCE
REPUTATION
CREDIBILITY
PERFORMANCE
ATTITUDE Outcome

Hackathons and Aggressive Business Goals
The best project crashing technique in Agile!
1
Developers like healthy competition over people nagging for status
2
Make management business goals everyone's goals
3

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