Agile Teaming Concepts for and from the Facebook Generation

Neil RodgersNASA Enterprise Applications Competency Center (NEACC)

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What’s the World Coming To?

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The social media generation meets…

Agile Project Management!

A Typical Workplace…. of the Past

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The Joys of Working in Isolation

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The Emergence of Social Media

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How frequently do you use social media tools?

1. Hourly

2. Daily

3. Once in a while

4. Never

How Kids Work Today…

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The Value of Community

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The Power of Friends

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Facebook Meets Agile

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The social media generation meets…

Agile Project Management!

Have you or your organization utilized Agile project management?

1. Yes

2. No

Agile Project Management is…

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I think I want this

Yep!! That’s what I wanted!

The Agile Team

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Product Owner:• Has the vision for the product• Describes the desired product features• Prioritizes the features based on business value

Scrum Master:• Coaches the team in executing the Scrum process• Facilitates daily tag-ups and planning sessions• Removes obstacles and keeps the team focused

Scrum Team:• Commits to completing the sprint backlog• Works towards a common definition of “done”• Directs itself in order to complete the goals

What is Agile Scrum?

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Retrospective

Sprint Review:

Agile Scrum: It Isn’t All Fun & Games

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Daily Scrum – attendance is NOT

optional!

Track Task Burndown

Remove Obstacles

Now!Test, Test, Test!

Commit to completing the sprint

backlog

No heroes. No weak links

No excuses

Time pressure

Yikes!

Living in a glass house

Why Agile Scrum Engages the Facebook Generation

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Agile “Operations” at the NEACC

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Daily Tag Up – Support Systems Operations Team

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Sprint Review with Customer Interaction

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Improving Team Performance

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Challenges with Agile Teaming Concepts

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Multi-Tasking Across Teams

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Scrum 1Scrum 2

Scrum 3

Scrum 4

Scrum 5

Must. Have. Water.

Stand Ups vs. Meetings

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Self-Directed Teams

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Facebook Meets Agile

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The social media generation meets…

Agile Project Management!

What’s Next?

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