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Its not about...Practices or tools

Boards, post-it, stand-ups, games...

What?

Its about principles...

and Values

PRODUCT?

Computing Manufacturing

Most common methods

Make work visibleLimit WIPMeasure flowExplicit rulesFeedback loopsEvolve experimentally

Kanban

Lets go back to the example

300 peopleCatalog sales to webRebrandingLabour Force Adjustment (ERE)

Org Context

The projectWeb redesign & rebuild

A company challengeNot only Marketing & Tech

BackgroundPrevious mobile web made using Scrum

It may seems the same but it was not a company effort

The project begins

Agile Inception40 people10 exercices1 full dayOutside the company

Product Box Not List

How Long? How Much?

ResultsKnow whats in/out: web,brand, process change...

Shared vision

Too many people

3 Full Stack Devs1 Frontend Dev/UX1 QA/UX2 Part-time Designers1 Product Owner

The team

Time & SpaceDedicated space for the team

Product Owner co-located

100% of time devoted to project

Team OrganizationKanban:

Business, Design & Front EndScrum:

Development & Acceptance Test2 weeks Sprints

BusinessUX

Design

Front End

Development

Acceptance Test

Everything is goodHigh quality of deliverables Better business organizationHigh team moraleCustomer satisfaction

Why?

Command & Controlexercise of authority [...] by a properly designated [individual] over assigned [resources] in the accomplishment of a [common goal]

As defined byNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Industrial Knowledge

Cmd & Ctrl Self OrgOne brainSlow decision chainNo ideaDemotivated

Many brainsFast decision chainKnow howMotivated

Self organizing teamPulling workSolving conflicts internallyImproving process by themselvesSuggesting solutionsDelivering value

Is for every team?Requires maturity

Skills / KnowledgeMotivation / Ambition

Root cause

Testing

Quality at the source

Pair working

Mob working

DemoEvery 2 weeks we show and deliver a product that works and is better than before.

Retrospective

Transparency

Continuous improvement

Informal meetingsAs soon as a problem arisesAnywareFast decision or Last responsible moment

No problems then?

EREEvery 5 weeks 1 off

Pair / Mob WorkingVisual managementSelf organization

Not everyone in the team knew well Scrum / Kanban.

Internal Training

Training

More cowbellManagement wants speed / more peopleMaximizing the amount of work not doneRelease early, release often

Wisdom of the eldersAdding manpower to a late software project makes it later

Frederick P. Brooks

Wisdom of the eldersNine women cant make a baby in one month

Frederick P. Brooks

Continuous deliveryPrioritizeCreate optionsVisualize the workContrast with

Delivery date

To conclude

Agile has practices...

...but is aboutPrinciples & Values

Your team is your product

Thanks!

Questions?

@josecgiljosecgil@smokingbrains.com

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