Discover the real meaning of agility and why you as a leader might want to be more nimble in your management.

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Joseph Flahiff
 Lean|Agile Organizational Catalyst
 Author: Being Agile in a Waterfall World: A practical
guide for complex organizations
 joseph@whitewaterprojects.com
 www.whitewaterprojects.com
Intro
PMI
ACP

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WHO NEEDS
AGILE
Agile has become a bloated
conceptual vortex

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Agile is…
Agile is the ability to adapt to changes as fast or
faster than changes occur.
Adapt
or
DIE
An Adjective

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Agile is NOT

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What People
Really Mean
AGILE
Nimble
21st Century
Management
Thinking
Agility
Enabling
Practices
The Agile
Movement

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Management
Innovation
1911-Fredick W. Taylor
Scientific Management
Industrial Revolution
Pivot

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Pivot Again
1911-Fredick W. Taylor
Scientific Management
Industrial Revolution
Pivot

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Mental Shifts

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Types of Work

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Part or Art
Part work Art Work
Predictable
Assembly
Focus on Conformance
Low change rate
Variation is bad
Coordinate & Control
End is CLEAR
Purpose is to deliver
Unpredictable
Discovery
Focus on Creativity
High change rate
Variation is good
Inspect & Adapt
End is Ambiguous
Purpose is to discover

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Part or Art

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 Control Focus >>> Autonomy Focus
 Hero Focus >>> Team Focus
 Efficiency Focus >>> Value Flow Focus
 Isolation Focus >>> Collaboration Focus
 Command Focus >>> Service Focus
Other Shifts

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What do you
need?
AGILE
Nimble
21st Century
Management
Thinking
Agility
Enabling
Practices
The Agile
Movement

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1. Servant Leadership
2. Teamwork
3. Retrospectives
4. Value Stream Mapping
4 Things
Everyone Must
Do in 2015

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Simply Put
Do to others, as
you would have
them do to you.

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Leaders
Set Vision and
Parameters

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Vision and
Implementation

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1. Servant Leadership
2. Teamwork
3. Retrospectives
4. Value Stream Mapping
4 Things
Everyone Must
Do in 2015

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Lessons Learned
 Lessons Learned
 Post Mortem
 Results are
 Project Specific
 Team Specific
 Domain Specific
 Useful LL
 Requirements
 Communication
 Resources (people)
DON’TWORK

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Retrospective
 Frequent
 Whole Team
 Must be interesting
 Project Specific
 Team Specific
 Domain Specific

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Retro Process
• Set the Stage1
• Collect Data2
• Root Cause Analysis3
• Experiment Design4
• Close5

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Open Q&A

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Pivot Again
?Pivot

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Joseph Flahiff
 Lean|Agile Organizational Catalyst
 Author: Being Agile in a Waterfall World: A practical
guide for complex organizations
 joseph@whitewaterprojects.com
 www.whitewaterprojects.com
Intro
PMI
ACP