1. Using Agile
in non-Agile Organisations
Jose Casal

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@jose_casal
@bcs_agile
!
jose.casal@bcs.org

3. What is an organisation?
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DRUCKER CHALLENGE:
50x PRODUCTIVITY
INCREASE IN
KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY
IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Further Info: Peter F. Drucker - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker

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THE BASELINE

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THE “MODEL T” PHASE
!
BLOATED PRODUCTS
PRODUCED BY
INEFFECTIVE ORGANISATIONS

7. Wasteful Products
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Further Info: Standish Group Chaos Report (2002)

8. Ineffective organisations
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Image Source: Lean Kanban University
Test
Ready
F
H E
C A
I
G
D
Customer Lead Time
Waiting Waiting WaitingWorking
Ideas
Dev
Ready
Ongoing
Development Testing
Done
UAT
Delivery
Ready
Working WaitingWorking

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1% - 5%
TYPICAL
EFFICIENCY
Further Info: Zsolt Fabok, Lean Agile Scotland, Sep 2012 & Hakan Forss, Lean Kanban France, Oct 2013

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DISTANCE
WAITING
HANDOVER
TASK-SWITCHING
HIGH UTILISATION
DEFECTS

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INDIVIDUALS & INTERACTIONS
OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS
!
WORKING SOFTWARE
OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION
!
CUSTOMER COLLABORATION
OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION
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RESPONDING TO CHANGE
OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN
Further Info: The Agile Manifesto - agilemanifesto.org

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!
!
!
!
BEWARE THE
SCRUMDAMENTALIST
(...AND EVERY OTHER PROCESS FUNDAMENTALIST)

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Further Info: Standish Group Chaos Report (2002) and Cutter Consortium (2007)
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15. What is an organisation?
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16. The traditional organisation
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17. Let’s go Agile!
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Further Info: ‘Water-Scrum-Fall’. Forrester Reports - http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=36195
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18. Change is not easy
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Image Source: http://blogs.interfacett.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/001-PMP-J-curve-Leading-Change.png

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80%
OF CHANGE
PROGRAMMES
FAIL

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Further Info: ‘Opening minds: Cultural change with the introduction of open-source collaboration methods’ - A. Neus and P. Scherf,
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21. Business Cultures
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Further Info: “The Reengineering Alternative”. William Schneider

22. Agile-Friendly Cultures
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Further Info: “An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide” - Michael Sahota

23. The Journey Towards Agility
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24. Introducing Agile
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25. Change takes time
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26. Evolution, not revolution
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Image Source: it-agile.de (Viva La Evolución)

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APPROACH TO CHANGE
!
START WITH WHAT WE DO NOW
AGREE TO PURSUE EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
INITIALLY RESPECT ALL CURRENT ROLES
ENCOURAGE ACTS OF LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS
Further Info: ‘Kanban. Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business’. David J. Anderson (2010)

28. How about outsourcing?
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ABOVE ALL,
ATTEND TO
PEOPLE’S NEEDS
Further Info: ‘The Anti-Matter Principle’. Bob Marshal - flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/category/antimatter-principle/

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ESSENTIAL
TRANSFORMATION
ENABLERS
!
EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION
PEOPLE & CULTURE
COLLECTIVE JOURNEY
EXPERIENCED COACHING

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Further Info: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsUnwOzPqiRZ2cnrzfKFnDEDTqL3pr5-

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THANK YOU
!
linkedin.com/in/jcasal/
jose.casal@bcs.org
!
!
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