1. BY NICHOLAS FOURIE 6 TIPS TO MAKE THE MOST OF AGILE BACKLOG
IN PROGRESS DONE 2. AUCKLAND BOARD COMMITTEE (PRESENT) FOUNDER
(PRESENT) FOUNDER / OWNER (PRESENT) ICT MANAGER DEVELOPMENT
(PRESENT) WHO AM I ? ICT OPERATIONS (PREVIOUS) 3. The Department
took risks to try to meet the short timescale and used a new
project management approach which it had never before used on a
programme of this size and complexity. It was unable to explain how
it originally decided on its ambitious plans or evaluated their
feasibility. National Audit Office Department for Work &
Pensions - Universal Credit System 300,000,000 Software Costs
34,000,000 Written Off No real end in sight THE OBLIGATORY HORROR
STORY 4. BUT WE KNOW AGILE WORKS BACKLOG IN PROGRESS DONE 5. AGILE
ADOPTION HOWEVER Success Rates 64% Traditional Methodologies 72%
Agile - drdobbs.com 6. ITS A CHALLENGING INDUSTRY 56% Less value
than predicted 45% Over Budget 7% Over Time - McKinsey and the BT
Centre for Major Programme Management at the University of Oxford
7. a good teacher will lead the horse to water, an excellent
teacher will make the horse thirst first - Mario Cortes GET THE
BUY-IN 8. Start with your Leaders (no, not just the managers). You
need key influencers! Get the team excited about change (and the
freedom to experiment) Bring your Stakeholders along for the
journey (get them to wave the Agile flag) Partner with an Agile
Consultancy GET THE BUY-IN 9. start with baby steps IT KEEP SIMPLE
10. Test the waters with a low risk, easy to manage project (not a
300,000,000 one) Consider a team that will push the envelope and
will want to experiment with more Start with some core Agile
fundamentals, and then add on more advanced ones KEEP IT SIMPLE 11.
KEEP IT SIMPLE Dont forget the humble Kanban Old school is cool 12.
agile is more than a tool or process, its a deeply ingrained
culture NATURAL AGILE BUILD BEHAVIOURS 13. You cant do this alone,
look for champions who can lead the way *Agile wont get your teams
in sync, sort this out before adopting a methodology Look for
creative ways to use Agile techniques BUILD NATRUAL AGILE
BEHAVIOURS *Disclaimer 14. Look for creative ways to use Agile
techniques BUILD NATRUAL AGILE BEHAVIOURS Total Story Points 227
Completed Story Points 23 Left Story Points 204 % Complete 11% 15.
own, nurture and champion the backlog PASSIONATE PRODUCT OWNERSHIP
16. Continuously communicate the backlog vision to the team and
stakeholders (and get your stakeholders to back you up) Inspect and
adapt, it also applies to the Product Owner! Pay attention and
understand whether the backlog is actually achieving anything
PASSIONATE PRODUCT OWNERSHIP 17. routine does not allow us to
progress - unknown source IT UP MIX 18. *Not every team or project
is the same, different adaptations of Agile can be good Be careful
not to customize Agile practices, just because you cant master them
Consider using Agile for both the Project and the Programme MIX IT
UP *Disclaimer 19. Consider using Agile for both the Project and
the Programme MIX IT UP Project Story Points % Complete Points Left
Points Complete Project # 1 12 25% 9 3 Project # 2 8 50% 4 4
Project # 3 20 10% 18 2 Total 40 28% 31 9 20. put simply, Agile is
not a silver bullet - Derwyn Harris, jamasoftware.com ANDSET FORGET
BAD IDEA 21. Keep your finger on the pulse of all things Agile.
Your team needs your inspiration. Continuous perceived and accepted
failure can destroy a truly Agile culture Get the team to benchmark
how they are doing, and where they can improve (retrospectives!)
SET AND FORGET BAD IDEA 22. GET THE BUY-IN KEEP IT SIMPLE BUILD
NATRUAL AGILE BEHAVIOURS PASSIONATE PRODUCT OWNERSHIP MIX IT UP SET
AND FORGET BAD IDEA 23. THATS A WRAP AND
