What is agile fluency? A model created by Diane Larsen and James Shore to take a team and organization on an improvement journey

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Agile Fluency
ModelLinda Fung & Anil Jaising
Focus on
Value
Optimize
Value
Deliver
Value
for Systems
TM
Optimize

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My favorite quote:
“I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will never
forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
I am a New Yorker, a Scrum Master, an agilist &
an optimist
Linda (Luna) FungAnil Jaising
I am fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin & English
I work at AXA US
My favorite quote:
“Be the best at getting better"
I am a New Yorker, an agilist, an optimist & still
figuring out what I do?
I am fluent in English, Hindi and several other
Indian languages.
I am a licensed agile fluency facilitator
ABOUT US
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Ice Breaker – Who am I?
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Goal: Guess correctly who is the holiday character taped on your back
Instruction:
1. At your table, find a person you’ve never met before
2. Introduce yourself
3. One person starts first and ask up to 10 ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ questions to try to
guess who the character is that is taped on your back
Sample Questions:
s Is it a man or woman?
s Does he lives in the North Pole?
Prohibited Questions:
s Is it Santa Claus?

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Learning Objectives
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Gain a better understanding of our own beliefs about Agile and
reactions to the Agile frameworks
Learn a useful model for measuring and improving organizational agility

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Shout out - What is fluency?
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Agile and Agile Frameworks
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What is Agile Fluency Model?
üAgile fluency video – by Diana Larsen
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Group Exercise #1
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Where is your team/organization now?
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Let’s get moving!! – 10 mins
1. Move to the Stage where your
team/organization stands today
2. Self-organize into groups of 10 -12 people
3. Find a spot in the room and start a
discussion on the following questions and
capture the key points on the flip chart
sWhat capabilities your team/organization is
demonstrating?
sIs this the place your team/organization would
like to be?

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Ideas to Help with Capabilities
Focus on Value Deliver Value Optimize Value
Iteration Demos
Iteration Retrospectives
Backlog Refinement
(Virtual) Team Room
Generalizing Specialist
WIP Limits
Definition of Done
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
Pair Programming
Incremental Design
Test-Driven Development
Exploratory Testing
Sustainable Pace
Design Thinking
A/B Testing
Build-Measure-Learn
Customer Visits
Paper Prototypes
Feature Flags
Collective Ownership
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Measure and Manage
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Measure and Manage
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FOCUS ON VALUE
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Focus on
Value

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DELIVER VALUE
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Deliver
Value

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Optimize value
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Optimize
Value

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Optimize for systems
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for Systems
Optimize

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Optimize for Systems
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for Systems
Optimize

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Group Exercise #2
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Where would your team/organization like to go next?
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Let’s get moving again!!
1. Move to the Stage where your
team/organization would like to be
2. Self-organize into groups of 10 -12 people
3. Find a spot in the room and start a discussion
on the following questions and capture the key
points on the flip chart
s What are the biggest challenges you can foresee
to get to the targeted stage?
s How would you get there? And How long would
it take?
s What are the biggest benefits?
s How do you get the buy-in from your
team/organization?

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Guided
Workshop
Survey
Team
Merge
Results
Analyze and
Synthesize
Agile Fluency Diagnostic
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Complete View of Team’s Fluency
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Group Share
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ü Group discussion on Agile Fluency
ü Socialize the model with your team/organization
ü Join the community
ü License and use the diagnostic
ü Shift the conversation

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What did you learn that was a
üWow!
üHow about?
üWhy?
FEEDBACK WALL - Wow! How about? Why?
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Appendix

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TEAM SELF RATING
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TEAM Improvement roadmap
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