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If Agile is so great, why do we constrain it to software projects?
Who here would describe themselves as Agile
?
Agile Manifesto
Timeline of Agile
1990 2001 2009 2010 2011
Timeline of Agile
1913 1978 19861930
Agile vs Agility
Agile is not a noun!• Nouns – People, Places, Animals, Things• Adjectives – Describe nouns
Fast!
Rapid!
Quick!
Agile is simple• Take small steps and adjust your
understanding based on what you have learned.
Agile is simple• Take small steps and adjust your
understanding based on what you have learned.
• Not sure what to do? Take the path that makes future change easier.
How we ChangeIncrement
Learn
Increment
Learn
Increment
Learn
KotterCreate
Urgency
Form Coalition
Create Vision
Communicate Vision
Empower Action
Quick Wins
Build on change
Make it Stick
We are doing the business a disservice
Agile Manifesto
Unshackle the Agile ManifestoDelivering Value
Big or Small?
Learn from others
Learn from others
Learn from others
Learn from others
What does an Agile Culture look like?
• Does understanding Scrum make me Agile?
What does an Agile Culture look like?
• Does understanding Scrum make me Agile?
• Agile Processes and tools are the install mechanisms for culture
What does an Agile Culture look like?
• Does understanding Scrum make me Agile?• Agile Processes and tools are the install
mechanisms for culture• Performant Agile teams:
• Generalists – not specialists• “change is cool”• Work as a team• Learn from mistakes• Measure their performance
Target areas of your business who want to change
Who hasn’t had that awkward moment when they push the door
when it clearly says ‘pull’?
Train them in Agile Techniques
Leader
Manager
MentorTrainer
Coach
Set vision and ensure resources
Define processesTrack Progress, Measure team productivity
Share how we have done this in other markets
Teach new skills to increase our
chances of delivering the
project
Work with the team to maximise
attitude, effort and production
All roles are essential to achieve the goal
Then Mentor & Coach
Drink your own Champagne!
How do we measure success?• You don’t. They Do. You are not creating
more KPIS for yourselves, you are enabling the business!!!
How do we measure success?• Work Done per Iteration• Work committed vs work done• # Actions completed from Retrospectives• Attendance at Demos
Visual boards and simple messages
• Iteration Objectives clearly stated.
To Do Doing Done
What about those who say it won’t work?
Examples
• HR• Finance• Sales
“Adopting agile principles and practices in your marketing capitalizes on value that has been proven through the software delivery industry and that closely aligns with needs of marketers. Building an agile foundation of practice ensures that you are continuously maximizing and optimizing the marketing investment.” - Roy Huhta, Chief Product Officer at digital media and marketing agency West Cary
Group
Key Points• Model Agile in your PMO• Focus on teams who really WANT Agile first
(Pull process)• Teach them agile tools and techniques• Help them shape their backlog and make it
visible• Coach them to define their KPIs and get into
that increment-learn-increment way of working.
Further ReadingEnjoyed this presentation? You may find the following links interesting:• I blog regularly about all things PMO at
https://www.hotpmo.com/ • What is Agile HR?
http://www.hrsg.ca/what-is-agile-hr-and-is-it-right-for-you/
• Applying Agile to Marketing - http://www.agilemarketing.net/what-is-agile-marketing/