How do you teach young uni students the Agile Mindset? Using the morning activities (story mapping) concept, we've discussed ideas of delivering value, thin slices and inspecting and adapting. Presented as part of the RMIT Switch bootcamp (August 6, 2018).

1. @j0chy_
@MYOB
MYOB
Hello!
Jochy Reyes,
Agile Coach

2. AGILE
a slice of
Understanding
the Agile mindset

3. What is your
why?

4. What? How? Why?
RMIT Switch,
learning &
workshop
activity
listening, taking
down notes,
discussing, etc..
I'd like to learn & it is
good to be informed.
(hopefully that's
similar to your
answer )
Typically, people start
with the what...

5. Why don't we
start with
WHY?
I want to learn from mentors from
the IT industry.
By hearing their own experience
and learning from their examples
and stories.
RMIT switch
Meetups
Other events

6. Why?
How?
What?Simon Sinek's
Golden Circle
What do you do?
What are the
things you'll do to
achieve the
purpose
How do you do it?
How can you
achieve your
purpose?
What is your
purpose?

7. What is your why?Activity:
1. Grab a sticky note and write your
name on top it.
2. In one or two sentences write one
"WHY" for you going to school/work.
I want to help
individuals & teams to
reflect &
identify how they can
become better today
than yesterday.
Jochy
(2 mins)

10. Agile is a mindset to
help us deal
with complexity and
unpredictability.
Yay Agile!

11. Morning sunshine!Activity:
1.Grab a sticky note, on each sticky
note write one activity you do from
the moment you wake up until you
reach school.
2.Write as many as you can.
Remember one activity per sticky
note!
(4 mins)
Hit snooze
Toast
bread
Clean cat
litter box

12. Get up, group up!Activity:
1.Form groups of 5-7 people.
2.Choose either a wall or a table with enough space for
all of you to look at your sticky notes.
3.Look at your group's notes and see if you can group
certain activities together.
4.Group them together under common topic that will be
their title.
5. In your team organise your notes on the wall or
table in the groups with the topic as their title.
(5 mins)
Take
a shower
Floss
Brush
Teeth
Cleaning/
Refreshing

13. Order 'em up!
Activity:
1.Order the activities from
left to right sequentially, in
a way that the order makes
sense as a story with a
beginning, a middle and an
end.
2. Remember your WHY
sticky notes? At the very
end of the timeline stick
everyone's WHY.
(3 mins)
Take
a shower
Floss
Brush
Teeth
Toast
Bread
Make
coffee
Cleaning/
Refreshing
Breakfast
Drink
OJ
TIME
WHYs
Trish
I want
to..
Jade
So I can..
James
Because..

14. Order em' up again
Activity:
1. Prioritise the
activities in each group
by criticality, ordered
this time from top to
bottom, so that the
most important
activities are on top.
(3 mins)
Take
a shower
Floss
Brush
Teeth
Toast
Bread
Make
coffee
Cleaning/
Refreshing
Breakfast
Drink
OJ
CRITICALITY
Take
a
shower

15. Morning Drama!
Imagine you had a very important exam in the morning that you
just cannot miss or be late to. Unfortunately, the alarm clock
didn’t do its job (or you hit the snooze button so many times it
just gave up on you). Now you are late and have only 15 minutes
to get out of the house!

16. Morning DramaActivity:
1. Draw a horizontal line through the activities so that all the activities you
choose to do in such a morning are above the line and all the rest the you won't
are under the line. Remember, you need to reach the office safely and be on-
time with the minimum activities as possible.
(3 mins)
"Drama line"

17. Take a seat.
Relax.
Let's discuss.

18. Software
Delivery is no
different from
getting up in
the morning
IN BOTH CASES
KNOWING YOUR
WHYMAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE

19. We want to
create value
for ourselves &
the people
around us, as
timely as
possible

20. Customer
Value!
Software Delivery
does not come with
a map!
Slight right to the
trees, and 3 steps
from the rock...

21. Directions &
destinations
change
"Drama"
could happen
Unforeseen
road blocks
Software delivery is complex and
unpredictable

22. Agile Manifesto
crafted by software
engineers &
thought-leaders

23. Agile is a mindset to
help us deal with these
complexities and
unpredictability. Yay Agile!

24. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values

25. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding to
change over
following a plan

26. Responding to
change over
As in the exercise, waking up
with only 15 minutes to get to
school means we can't stick to
our usual routine.
A plan is good but we must
know when to pivot.
following a
plan

27. When I grow up ...
LAWYER
accountant
artist
Doctor
architect
Athlete
MOM
Musician
Chef

28. Time
Experience
#1 LAWYERGOAL =
Yassss!
In my head...

29. Time
ExperienceRisksLearnings
GOAL =
something that
could become
something else
Yassss!
In reality!

30. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan

31. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation

32. Customer
collaboration
over
In software delivery or in our
everyday life we have
customers who depend on the
value we provide.
contract
negotiation

33. Customer
A sick pet
requiring care
A teacher
requiring a paper
on Machine
Learning
Friend
requesting time
to catch up for
brunch
Mum asking
helping to set up
her new phone
Your manager at
the library you
work part-time at
Richer ideas
Collaboration
Partner on a
school project
Empathy
Better
understanding of
their needs/
processes
Clear
Shared
Goals

34. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation

35. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation
Working
software over
comprehensive
documentation

36. Working
software over
Knowing the full story and goal
allowed us to pick a slice of our
activities when the "drama" was
introduced.
comprehensive
documentation
Remember the
"drama line"?

37. Vertical slices
Shower
Toast
Make
Coffee
Brush
Teeth
Train
to work
Buy
Coffee
Uber
Brush
Teeth
1hour 15mins
PREP TIME:

38. The journey to customer satisfaction is easier by us knowing the WHY &
them having something tangible they can interact with.
Client wants to reach point B from point A,

39. Make Learn
Test
Slices of work are like
experiments
to test our hypothesis and
learn more from
our customers.
Continuous
Learning

40. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation
Working
software over
comprehensive
documentation

41. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation
Working
software over
comprehensive
documentation
Individuals &
interactions
over processes
& tools

42. Individuals and interactions
over processes and tools
Teams including software
delivery teams require the
foundation of Trust & Open
communication in order to
reach a goal.

43. Even the best tools are useless
without the team

45. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation
Working
software over
comprehensive
documentation
Individuals &
interactions
over processes
& tools

46. Individuals
and interactions
over
processes
and tools
Responding
to change
over following
a plan
Customer
collaboration
over contract
negotiation
Working
software
over
comprehensive
documentation
agile manifesto
values
That is, while there is value in the items on
the right, we value the items on the left more.

47. Individuals
and interactions
over
processes
and tools
Responding
to change
over following
a plan
Customer
collaboration
over contract
negotiation
Working
software
over
comprehensive
documentation
Flexible,open
& able to
pivot from
plans
Richer ideas
& alignment
through
collaboration
Thin slices of
value.
Experiment,
adapt & learn
continuously
Trust, open
communication
within the team
AGILE
MINDSET

48. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation
Working
software over
comprehensive
documentation
Individuals &
interactions
over processes
& tools
Learn,
understand
and try to
live by the
Agile Mindset
thin slices!

49. TO DO DOING DONE
Agile Manifesto Values
Responding
to change over
following a plan.
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation.
Working
software over
comprehensive
documentation.
Individuals &
interactions
over processes
& tools.
Learn,
understand
and try to
live by the
Agile Mindset.
thin slices!
Find more
experiments!

50. Copy of this presentation can be found in
- https://www.slideshare.net/JochyReyes
Thank you!