Presented at the Bucharest Agile Software Meetup Group (AgileTalks #14)

1. A learning journey…
marked with leaps & a-ha moment
@lucianadrian

2. Leap #1 (Getting wet)
• Scrum & agile can exist in some unexpected
places
• It’s all about learning, curiosity and questioning
After all I’m a QA …and the Q is not from “quality” :)
• Find a mentor, a role model, a guiding light

3. Leap #2 (See)
• Watch and control the feed-back loops
• Short-term one …
Make all things visible
Work on relevant & valuable items / question when in doubt
• Medium term one …
• Don’t skip retrospectives;
• Encourage & follow-up retro
• Longer term one …
• If it hurts, do it often -> See http://goo.gl/IbqbpF
Facilitate
Gather data before…
Contribute & Help building insight
Use “the hats” wisely

4. Leap #3 (Serve)
• Be the leader or support the leader
• Evolve with the team or be left behind
• Care for the team
• Organisations are messy -> “How does the
blocker pipeline work?” (https://goo.gl/OgJauM)
Fuel happiness
Celebrate & brag
“Sustainable” is the key

5. Leap #4 (Dive & Adapt)
• Move past the agile manifesto
• There is no agility in
ceremonies & rituals
• Seek principled behind rules

6. Leap #5 (Evolve)
• “We are uncovering better
ways of developing software
by doing it and helping
others do it.”
• There are no sacred cows
• Rules need to be mastered
so that we can break them
• Improve, copy, adapt, tailor,
experiment
Who?

7. In the end…
• What is our craft?
• Why do we do or want to apply agile?
• Is it agile our craft?
• Improve your craft, and agility will follow…
lucian.stroie@gmail.com