AGILE @ SCALEEVAN LEYBOURN

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Evan LeybournLean / Agile Business Leader and AuthorMelbourne, Australia@eleybournhttp://theagiledirector.com

‘Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.’- Douglas Adams, 1990

YOU, THE AGILE MANAGERTHE 1ST DOMAIN

‘So Mr Edison, how did it feel to fail 1,000 times?’

‘Young man, I didn’t fail, I found 999 ways that didn’t work’ - Thomas Edison, anecdotal

FACILITATION, RISK AND GOVERNANCENOT DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE

ACCEPTS FAILURE & EMBRACES CHANGETHE MANAGEMENT MINDSET

DON’T BE AFRAIDTHE MANAGEMENT MINDSET

INTEGRATED CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENTTHE 2ND DOMAIN

‘You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.’- Henry Ford, 1951

BENEFITS MANAGEMENTDEFINED, MEASURED AND TRACKED

THE STRUCTURE OF AN AGILE ORGANISATIONTHE 3RD DOMAIN

‘It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.’- Winston Churchill, ~1960

TEAM BASED DEVELOPMENTUSE SPECIALISED INTEGRATION TEAMS

O(n2)TEAM COMMUNICATION & COORDINATION

ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENTEVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY

AGILE PROGRAMME MANAGEMENTMANAGING CULTURAL CHANGE

AGILE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTCOORDINATED & STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING

MONTHLY BUDGETSTEAM CONTINGENCYSTAFF WELFAREAN AGILE FINANCIAL PROCESS

WORK, THE AGILE WAYTHE 4TH DOMAIN

‘Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.’ - Ray Bradbury, 1995

MODULAR DESIGN & PLANNINGTHROUGH ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE

RISK AND ISSUE MANAGEMENTTRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AGILE KPI’SAGILE MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Are quality control tests occurring during every Iteration?• Is the Team engaging with the Customer, or Customer Representative,

regularly?• Is the Customer, or Customer Representative, engaging with the Team

regularly?• Are Requirements being estimated, and consistently delivered?• Are defects being resolved within two Iterations?• Is there a reduction in identified defects by consumers (note: consumer, not

Customer)?• For Incremental Delivery, are 90% of planned and estimated Tasks being

completed each Iteration (Velocity/goals achieved)?• Have overhead costs (e.g. additional meetings, delivery/release costs,

delays) been reduced?• Is the Team/person meeting agreed due dates?

‘Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.’- Democritus, ~4th Century BCE

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