Agile Lessons from the world of

Roller Derby

Louise Elliott @IvanaTerrorBull

So what isRoller Derby anyway?

Is it like Roller Ball?

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skates

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ballskates

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motorbikes

skatesball

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skatesball

motorbikes

DEATH!

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Cognitive Associative Autonomous

(Fitts and Posner, 1967)

Wow – look at that score!

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Time

ScopeQuality

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Time

ScopeQuality

diversity

by the skaterfor the skater

power

person

task

role

Photograph by Steven Scott Taylor

Retrospective

Demo

Sprint Planning

Minimum Skills

‘darby’ or ‘durby’?

90 Day Challenge Deliver fast and often Prioritise by business value Eliminate waste Fast feedback See the whole

Team empowerment Collective responsibility Regular reflection Celebrate success Regular comms

Hybrid ?

them & us

blame the BA

motivation

bonus scheme

(Buckholts et al, 2015)

Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

don’t believe the hype

Gartner’s Hype Cycle

Peak of Inflated Expectations

Trough of Disillusionment

Slope ofEnlightenment

Plateau of Productivity

Gartner’s Hype Cycle, 2015

Peak of Inflated Expectations

Trough of Disillusionment

Slope ofEnlightenment

Plateau of Productivity

ContinuousDelivery

DevOps / BDD / Microservices

MobileContainers

Hybrid MobileDevelopment

ContinuousIntegration

Gartner’s Hype Cycle, 2015

Peak of Inflated Expectations

Trough of Disillusionment

Slope ofEnlightenment

Plateau of Productivity

Agile

Gartner’s Hype Cycle

Peak of Inflated Expectations

Trough of Disillusionment

Slope ofEnlightenment

Plateau of ProductivityAgile ?

So, is it like Roller Ball?

skatesball

motorbikes

DEATH!

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skates

Names…

Ivana the Terror Bull

Skatewell Tart

RIPunzelJelly Slamwich

Downtown Stabbey

Nitro Jen Yoko oh no!

Livid DollBeat A Blocker

Louise Elliott @IvanaTerrorBull #ndclondon