Would really like to hear your thoughts on the slides and how can the contents be improved. Thanks! Presentation contents: Definition of Culture Why Culture is Important Definition of Agile What does Self-Organization means in Agile context Golden Circle of Simon Sinek Comparison of Traditional Waterfall vs Agile approach Key Benefits of Agile Agile Methods and Practices Scrum Principles and Values Servant-Leadership Real-world effects of Agile Transformation Reasons for Adopting Agile What's stopping Agile? Cargo Cult

1. WHY AGILE
WORKS?
1

3. AGILE IS NOT A PROCESS…
IT’S A CULTURE

4. WHY AGILE WORKS?
DEFINITION OF CULTURE
• The attitudes and behaviour of a
particular social group.

5. African women from Samburu tribe, Kenya, Africa from iStock Photo

6. Collaboration
Embrace Failure
CULTURE
Transparency
Adaptation
Courage
Openness
Commitment
Respect
TrustSafety

7. WHY AGILE WORKS?
WHY CULTURE IS IMPORTANT?
• No matter how good / organize the
processes of an organization, if there’s
no culture as foundation to support the
processes, it will never work.

8. A 13-storey building topples over in Shanghai - The Telegraph UK
NOT ENOUGH
FOUNDATION
COMPLETED THE
PROCESS OF
BUILDING

9. WHY AGILE WORKS?
DEFINITION OF AGILE
• from Merriam Webster is - marked by
ready ability to move with quick easy
grace.

10. WHY AGILE WORKS?
DEFINITION OF AGILE
• in software development, it is a light weight and adaptive
way of quickly delivering value to business.
VALUE is delivered through:
• adaptive planning
• collaboration
• quickly responding to change
• continuous improvement
by self-organizing, multi-disciplinary and cross functional
teams.

11. WHY AGILE WORKS?
WHAT DOES SELF-ORGANIZING MEANS?
• means that the team have:
‣ Autonomy
‣ Mastery
‣ Purpose
Based on a study on human behaviour by Dr.
MacClelland, teams who are self-organizing are
more driven to perform.

12. WHY AGILE WORKS?
GOLDEN CIRCLE OF SIMON SINEK
WHAT
What do we do?
HOW
How do we do it?
WHY
Why do we do it?
PRODUCT
PROCESS
PURPOSE

13. WHY AGILE WORKS?
GOLDEN CIRCLE OF SIMON SINEK
WHAT
What do we do?
HOW
How do we do it?
WHY
Why do we do it?OUTSIDE-IN / CONVENTIONAL INSIDE-OUT / REMARKABLE

14. WHY AGILE WORKS?
PEOPLE WITH DEFINED MEANING AND PURPOSE AT WORK
• 3x likely to stay in the company
• 1.4x more engaged at work
• 1.7x higher job satisfaction
Based on a Gallup study 2016

15. “ THE BEST
ARCHITECTURES,
REQUIREMENTS,
AND DESIGNS
EMERGE FROM
SELF-ORGANIZING
TEAMS. “
- Principles behind the Agile Manifesto
image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-organization

16. QUICK COMPARISON OF
TRADITIONAL WATERFALL TO
AGILE APPROACH

17. COST
TIME
VALUE
GOAL
RISKS

18. COST
TIME
VALUE
GOAL
RISKS
RISKS
RISKS
RISKS
ITERATIONS

19. “ … IT IS SO EASY TO CONFUSE
MOTION FOR VALUE IF WE’RE ALL
BUSY … WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT
THAT… ”
John Shook
WHY AGILE WORKS
Former Toyota Manager

20. WHY AGILE WORKS?
EXPECTATION VS REALITY
image from brainbeanapps.com

21. WHY AGILE WORKS?
THE AGILE APPROACH
image from https://yandex.com/collections/card/5a8936de9f759ab7f17a8098/
1 2 3
4 5 6

22. WHY AGILE WORKS?
KEY BENEFITS OF AGILE
• High Stakeholder and Team engagement
• Predictable cost, schedule and delivery
• Transparency
• Responsive to changing priorities
• Improved speed-to-market
• Focus on users and business value
• Improved quality
• Improved team morale

23. “ THE WORLD IS CHANGING VERY FAST.
BIG WILL NOT BEAT SMALL ANYMORE.
IT WILL BE THE FAST BEATING THE
SLOW. ”
Rupert Murdoch
WHY AGILE WORKS?
Business Tycoon and
CEO of News Corporation

24. SCRUM
ASD
AGILE MODELING AUP
DSDMXP
FDD
LEAN SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
KANBANRAD
SCRUMBAN
Agile Frameworks / Methodologies

25. From 8th Annual State of Agile Survey by VERSIONONE

26. WHY AGILE WORKS?
SCRUM PRINCIPLES
1.Empirical Process Control
2.Self-organization
3.Collaboration
4.Value-based Prioritization
5.Time-boxing
6.Iterative Development

27. WHY AGILE WORKS?
SCRUM VALUES
• Focus
• Courage
• Openness
• Commitment
• Respect

28. image from http://www.culture-counts.com/i-choose-trust/

29. VULNERABILITY
IT IS THE
BEDROCK OF
SHAME AND FEAR
BUT ALSO JOY,
BELONGING,
CREATIVITY AND
LOVE. Brene Brown
Image from:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jiformales/370553598

30. image from http://
www.ecentricarts.com/
careers/project-manager/
image from https://
www.ziprecruiter.com/c/
GrayHair-Software/Job/
Scrum-Master/-in-Mount-
Laurel,NJ?jobid=2d34c8e4-
ae0066db

31. BUILD A TRUSTING AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT
WHERE PROBLEMS CAN BE RAISED AND
ASSUMPTIONS CAN BE CHALLENGED
WITHOUT FEAR OF BLAME, RETRIBUTION, OR
BEING JUDGED, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON
HEALING AND PROBLEM SOLVING.

32. “ THE SERVANT-LEADER IS SERVANT FIRST… IT BEGINS
WITH THE NATURAL FEELING THAT ONE WANTS TO
SERVE, TO SERVE FIRST. THEN CONSCIOUS CHOICE
BRINGS ONE TO ASPIRE TO LEAD. THAT PERSON IS
SHARPLY DIFFERENT FROM ONE WHO IS LEADER FIRST. “
Robert K. Greenleaf
WHY AGILE WORKS?
Author of A Life Of Servant Leadership

33. THE BEST TEST, AND DIFFICULT TO
ADMINISTER, IS: DO THOSE SERVED GROW
AS PERSONS? DO THEY, WHILE BEING
SERVED, BECOME HEALTHIER, WISER,
FREER, MORE AUTONOMOUS, MORE LIKELY
THEMSELVES TO BECOME SERVANTS?
by Robert Greenleaf

34. WHY AGILE WORKS?
SERVANT-LEADERSHIP PARADOXES
GREAT BE WITHOUT PRIDE
PLANNED BE SPONTANEOUS
COMPASSIONATE DISCIPLINE
RIGHT SAY, “I’M WRONG”
SERIOUS LAUGH
WISE ADMIT YOU DON’T KNOW
BUSY LISTEN
STRONG BE OPEN TO CHANGE
LEADING SERVE
ENOUGH
TO

35. SO WHY AGILE WORKS?

36. PRACTICES
PRINCIPLES
VALUES

37. THE LIGHTHOUSE
URBAN LEGEND
US Ship: Please divert your corse .5 degrees
to the south to avoid a collision.
CND: Recommend you divert your course 15
degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
US Ship: This is the Captain of a US Navy
Ship. I say again, divert your course.
CND: No. I say again, you divert your course!
US Ship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS
CORAL SEA, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF
THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!!
CND: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

38. WHY AGILE WORKS?
REAL-WORLD EFFECTS OF AGILE TRANSFORMATION
PAYPAL Case study 2012
• 4,000 people
• across 510 teams and in all locations
• 7 months training
• 7 months implementation
• 17 independent product lines
• 35 sub-product lines
BEFORE Agile, 3 projects per year
source: http://searchcio.techtarget.com/feature/Four-pillars-of-PayPals-big-bang-Agile-transformation
AFTER Agile, 56 projects per year

39. WHY AGILE WORKS?
REAL-WORLD EFFECTS OF AGILE TRANSFORMATION
ANONYMOUS Company Case
study 2014
A waterfall shop, attempted to adopt
agile on a small scale in 2010.
The results were less than optimal
due to company’s:
• lacked the necessary infrastructure
• lacked organization mind-shift
In 2012 it made a second attempt,
this time using a more integrated
approach. To start, it had
organizational support and buy-in
from the management and key
stakeholders source: https://www.agileconnection.com/article/case-study-
implementing-agile

40. “ FAILURE IS ONLY
PERMANENT
WHERE
RESILIENCY FAILS
TO EXIST. ”
Edmond Mbiaka
Image from Getty Images

41. GRIT
“ Hard work beats talent
when talent doesn’t work hard. ”
Tim Notke

42. From 8th Annual State of Agile Survey by VERSIONONE

43. IF AGILE IS SO GREAT,
THEN WHAT’S STOPPING
IT?

45. WHY AGILE WORKS?
CARGO CULT
• is a belief system among a relatively
undeveloped society in which adherents
practice superstitious rituals hoping to bring
modern goods supplied by a more
technologically advanced society.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

46. IF WE DON’T KNOW IT BY HEART,
IT BECOMES A CARGO CULT.

47. From 8th Annual State of Agile Survey by VERSIONONE

48. From 8th Annual State of Agile Survey by VERSIONONE

49. IF THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT
SUPPORT TRUTH AND HONESTY
AGILE WOULDN’T WORK.

50. WHY AGILE WORKS
TIPS ON AGILE VALUE DELIVERY
1.Start with purpose. Start with WHY.
2.Policy dictates culture.
3.Lead with Trust, not with Fear
4.Improve by increment. Learn to negotiate/experiment, you can’t
make everyone agile.
5.Make do with what you have.
6.Assurance of trust and safety so no one is afraid to challenge
assumptions or accept mistakes.
7.Measure achievement of purpose via collective ownership.
8.Don’t be afraid of failure.
9.Prevent target fixation.
10.Situational awareness.

51. “ WORKING HARD FOR SOMETHING WE
DON’T CARE ABOUT IS CALLED STRESS;
WORKING HARD FOR SOMETHING WE
LOVE IS CALLED PASSION. “
Simon Sinek
WHY AGILE WORKS
Author, motivational speaker
and organisational consultant

52. QUESTIONS?

53. THANK YOU!

54. AARON MEDINA
RareJob Philippines, Inc.
Manager
Service Development Department
IT Infrastructure Department
aaron.medina@rarejob.net
aaronmedina30@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aamedina/

55. WHY AGILE WORKS?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• Agile Deep Dive Conference - Manila May 2018
• Why Agile Works by Mr. Carlos L. Codina Jr.
• https://explore.versionone.com/state-of-agile/8th-annual-state-of-agile-report-2
• https://www.scrumalliance.org
• https://www.agilealliance.org
• https://www.gallup.com