ignite waterloo 14 speech - agile vacation

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WaterfallsWaterfalls . . . . . . . .

Nice to look atNice to look at

Horrible for planning anything with risks Horrible for planning anything with risks

. . . like your next family vacation. . . like your next family vacation

“Failing to plan is planning to fail.”

“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”

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… consider new ideas to find the ones best suited the currentcurrent situationsituation.

Waterfall (Traditional) approaches are like . . .Waterfall (Traditional) approaches are like . . .

“Don’t you go in the water until you

learn how

to swim!”

(overheard at the (overheard at the Elora Gorge beach)Elora Gorge beach)

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Agile can be applied to anything… because more than anything elseit’s an A T T I T U D E

It’s ALWAYS …

PeoplePeople

ProcessProcess

Tools (Technology)Tools (Technology)

It’s ALWAYS …

PeoplePeople

ProcessProcess

Tools (Technology)Tools (Technology)

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I’m bored . . . . I’m tired . . . . I wanna do something else . . . .I’m bored . . . . I’m tired . . . . I wanna do something else . . . .

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… … because ‘everything is awesome’ because ‘everything is awesome’ isis the natural orderthe natural order of things. of things.

There are still There are still no magic no magic bullets, bullets, but …but …

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““The Most Magical Place on Earth”The Most Magical Place on Earth”

Great! So what does this have to do with projects in the real world?

Or more importantly, mymy next family vacation?

Great! So what does this have to do with projects in the real world?

Or more importantly, mymy next family vacation?

Great! So what does this have to do with projects in the real world?

Or more importantly, mymy next family vacation?

Jeff Hutcheson (CanadaAM) asked him "How did you manage to pack all of this which seems like about 5 months vacation into just 3 weeks?"

James said:

James O'MalleyJames O'Malley

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“super-organized”

“had a spreadsheet to plan the the trip to maximize it”

“when we planned to ... it was with ...”

“excited to see”

“opportunistic”

“accidentally tapped into some folk-ish appreciation”