If Agile is so great, why do we constrain it to software projects?

Who here would describe themselves as Agile

?

Agile Manifesto

Timeline of Agile

1990 2001 2009 2010 2011

Timeline of Agile

1913 1978 19861930

Agile vs Agility

Agile is not a noun!• Nouns – People, Places, Animals, Things• Adjectives – Describe nouns

Fast!

Rapid!

Quick!

Agile is simple• Take small steps and adjust your

understanding based on what you have learned.

Agile is simple• Take small steps and adjust your

understanding based on what you have learned.

• Not sure what to do? Take the path that makes future change easier.

How we ChangeIncrement

Learn

Increment

Learn

Increment

Learn

KotterCreate

Urgency

Form Coalition

Create Vision

Communicate Vision

Empower Action

Quick Wins

Build on change

Make it Stick

We are doing the business a disservice

Agile Manifesto

Unshackle the Agile ManifestoDelivering Value

Big or Small?

Learn from others

Learn from others

Learn from others

Learn from others

What does an Agile Culture look like?

• Does understanding Scrum make me Agile?

What does an Agile Culture look like?

• Does understanding Scrum make me Agile?

• Agile Processes and tools are the install mechanisms for culture

What does an Agile Culture look like?

• Does understanding Scrum make me Agile?• Agile Processes and tools are the install

mechanisms for culture• Performant Agile teams:

• Generalists – not specialists• “change is cool”• Work as a team• Learn from mistakes• Measure their performance

Target areas of your business who want to change

Who hasn’t had that awkward moment when they push the door

when it clearly says ‘pull’?

Train them in Agile Techniques

Leader

Manager

MentorTrainer

Coach

Set vision and ensure resources

Define processesTrack Progress, Measure team productivity

Share how we have done this in other markets

Teach new skills to increase our

chances of delivering the

project

Work with the team to maximise

attitude, effort and production

All roles are essential to achieve the goal

Then Mentor & Coach

Drink your own Champagne!

How do we measure success?• You don’t. They Do. You are not creating

more KPIS for yourselves, you are enabling the business!!!

How do we measure success?• Work Done per Iteration• Work committed vs work done• # Actions completed from Retrospectives• Attendance at Demos

Visual boards and simple messages

• Iteration Objectives clearly stated.

To Do Doing Done

What about those who say it won’t work?

Examples

• HR• Finance• Sales

“Adopting agile principles and practices in your marketing capitalizes on value that has been proven through the software delivery industry and that closely aligns with needs of marketers. Building an agile foundation of practice ensures that you are continuously maximizing and optimizing the marketing investment.” - Roy Huhta, Chief Product Officer at digital media and marketing agency West Cary

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Key Points• Model Agile in your PMO• Focus on teams who really WANT Agile first

(Pull process)• Teach them agile tools and techniques• Help them shape their backlog and make it

visible• Coach them to define their KPIs and get into

that increment-learn-increment way of working.

Further ReadingEnjoyed this presentation? You may find the following links interesting:• I blog regularly about all things PMO at

https://www.hotpmo.com/ • What is Agile HR?

http://www.hrsg.ca/what-is-agile-hr-and-is-it-right-for-you/

• Applying Agile to Marketing - http://www.agilemarketing.net/what-is-agile-marketing/