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LEADING PROJECTS WITH AGILE Emma Sharrock
June 2016
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THE JOURNEY CONTINUES...
ABOUT ME
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THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
FROM Large projects
Temporary project teams
Is the project finished?
Detailed up-‐front requirements
Detailed sign-‐offs
Individual effort
Lengthy 8me periods
Top-‐down decision making
TO Small units of value
Long lived feature teams
When will the customer see the first piece of value?
‘Just enough’ to start work
Short experiments
CollaboraEon
Short 8me boxes
Accountability ‘closest to the work’
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THE AGILE MANIFESTO…
Formalised by a group of soEware development experts in 2001… “We are uncovering be/er ways of developing so7ware by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interac?ons over processes and tools Working soCware over comprehensive documenta?on Customer collabora?on over contract nego?a?on
Responding to change over following a plan. That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the le7 more”
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THE AGILE MANIFESTO…
Formalised by a group of soEware development experts in 2001… “We are uncovering be/er ways of developing soCware by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interac?ons over processes and tools Working soCware over comprehensive documenta?on
Customer collabora?on over contract nego?a?on Responding to change over following a plan.
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the le7 more”
WORKING
OUTCOMES
Ref: The Agile Contact Centre, Nofuentes, 2016
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AGILE PRINCIPLES Our highest priority is to saEsfy the customer through early and con8nuous delivery of valuable soEware.
Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's compe88ve advantage.
Deliver working soWware frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter Emescale.
Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
Build projects around moEvated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
The most efficient and effecEve method of conveying informa8on to and within a development team is face-‐to-‐face conversaEon.
Working soWware is the primary measure of progress.
Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
ConEnuous a]enEon to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
Simplicity-‐-‐the art of maximizing the amount of work not done-‐-‐is essenEal.
The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-‐organizing teams.
At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effec8ve, then tunes and adjusts its behaviour accordingly.
COMMON MYTHS
• Agile = Scrum • Agile means we don’t have a plan • Agile doesn’t need Project Managers • Agile means no documenta8on • Agile means no tes8ng (except in Produc8on) • Agile means we stand up all the 8me*
8 * partly true, sorry…
4 CRITICAL TRAITS…
1. Ability to COPE WITH AMBIGUITY and uncertainty
2. A sense of CURIOSITY
3. Ability to DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS
4. A focus on TRANSPARENCY Ref: The Heart of Agile, Cockburn, 2016
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TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST
COLLABORATION builds trust
Agile tools & CEREMONIES
“OUR TASKS” – shared accountability
TALKING to each other
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DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY
Have a CLEAR VISION – personally and professionally
Become COMFORTABLE with being uncomfortable
Develop CERTAINTY in other areas of life
WEIGH UP probabili8es
‘Let it go’ and just DELIVER
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BEING CURIOUS
“If you’re not green and growing, you’re ripe and roKng” – Tony Robbins
Take 8me to reflect Develop empathy
Behavioural flexibility Be curious, not angry
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IT’S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS!
“The deeper your rela?onships, the stronger
your leadership” – Robin Sharma
TOOLS: Win/Lose
Commitment Chart Law of Distributed Innova8on
Small wins Know yourself
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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
• What trait could you focus on for the next few weeks?
• What outcomes could you achieve as a result?
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KEEP IN TOUCH!
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