Paddy Power Agile Tour Dublin 2013

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A 30 minutes presentation on a Phased rollout of Agile & Scrum at Paddy Power.

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A PHASED ROLLOUT OF AGILE & SCRUM

2 QUIZ After one of the great injustices in football history…

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3 QUIZ Paddy Power made Irish feelings clear to people landing in Dublin Airport

10/10/2013 What year was it?

•  THIERRY MICHEL @paddyfroggy – Agile Leader at – < Helps teams perform at their best >

•  GER HARTNETT @ghartnett – CTO of < Helps people work together more productively >

4 SPEAKERS Who are we?

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WHY AGILE ? WHY SCRUM ?

• Speed up Time to Market • Process Improvement through

better collaboration • Shape up for Growth •  Increased Focus on ROI

6 WHY GOING AGILE ? Our goals were:

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PLANNING THE TRANSITION

•  Stakeholders engagement •  Agile Framework(s) selection •  Agreeing Roles and Responsibilities •  Select Artefacts and Tools •  Define training needs •  Set the timeline of the roll out

•  Q4 2012, 2 scrum teams as POC

8 PLANNING THE TRANSITION Our Approach was:

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9 PLANNING THE TRANSITION 2013 Timelines

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T1   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum  

T2   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum  

T3   Recruit    Recruit   InTeam   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum  x2  

Scrum  x2  

Scrum  x2  

T4   Recruit   Recruit   InTeam   InTeam   InTeam   Scrum   Scrum   Scrum  

T5   Inflight   Inflight   Inflight   InTeam   InTeam   InTeam   Scrum   Scrum  

T6   Recruit   Inflight   Inflight   Inflight   Inflight   InTeam   InTeam   Scrum  

2013      Jan                                                      Feb                                                  Mar                                                        Apr                                            May  

Two more teams since…

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EXECUTING THE TRANSITION

•  Training bespoke for everyone - workshop based - focused on real projects

•  “Training from the back of the room” – discussion & exercises – i.e. “best project”

•  Executive sessions – engage stakeholders •  CSM and CSPO for people in those roles •  User Story focus – planning poker •  Spec by Example – refinement & automation

11 EXECUTING THE TRANSITION Training

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12 EXECUTING THE TRANSITION Happiness Door

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•  Assembling Team, Collocation •  Kickoff •  10days/100days Team Targets •  1st Sprint •  Roll on...

13 EXECUTING THE TRANSITION Each Team after its Training

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WHAT WE LEARNED

•  Phased roll out enabled us to inspect/adapt •  Teams converged on 3-week sprints •  Unanimous adoption of Story Points and

Planning Poker® •  Agile was a catalyst for improved engineering

practices •  It takes a lot more than just a launch

15 WHAT WE LEARNED

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16 WHAT WE LEARNED We made it more fun with our own cards

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QUESTIONS ?

•  THIERRY MICHEL –  @paddyfroggy thierry.michel@paddypower.com

•  GER HARTNETT –  @ghartnett gerard.hartnett@goshido.com

18 SPEAKERS Keep in touch

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