Ever asked or heard the question "Why will Agile work this time?" It is healthy and normal to face doubts about the efficacy of Agile, especially if you have tried before and did not get the desired results. These slides from the Feb 2016 Agile-DevOps meetup, where we explored this question together and reviewed a tool that might guide the enquiry.

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(WHY) WILL AGILE WORK THIS TIME?

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About Me…
• Education:
 Bachelors in Computer Sc. & Engg.
 Masters in Entrepreneurship
• Certifications:
 PST (PSF, PSM, PSPO), PSE, PSM II, PSPO II, PSD I
 Evidence Based Management Consultant
 MBTI Certified Practitioner
 Certified in Advanced Conflict Resolution
 Certificate in Organizational Development
• Experience:
 Sr. Principal – Enterprise Agile Deployment, Sabre
 Founder & Org Whisperer – SmoothApps
 16+ years in SW Delivery, Consulting
 Siemens, HP, Avaya, Cisco, AT&T. among others
 Dev Background: C/C++, VC++, Win32 SDK, Oracle…

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WHY
WILL IT WORK
THIS TIME
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?
WHY
WILL IT WORK
THIS TIME
What would our company
look, sound, feel like if it did…?
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WHY
SHOULD I
BELIEVE
(AGAIN)
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It depends…

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It depends…
Reminds me of….

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It depends…
Value… Waste
RISK
TOLERANCE
RISK
EXPOSURE
RISK
1 Why Scrum?
2 How Scrum?

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The Scrum Guide – Official Rule Book of Scrum - http://scrumguides.org/
What is Scrum?
Does it have an official
definition?
So first…

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Gunther Verheyen
SUSTAINABLE
BUSINESS
VALUE “What the
Scrum Guide
says….”

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Gunther Verheyen
SUSTAINABLE
BUSINESS
VALUE “What the
Scrum Guide
says….” “What the
Scrum Guide
means….”

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How would you build a
house of scrum that
represents what the Scrum
Guide means…? (not just
what it says)

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TRANSPARENCY
INSPECTION
ADAPTATION
AGILE MANIFESTO
CONTINUOUS
VALUE
REFLECT,
TUNE,ADJUST
FACETOFACE
CONVERSATION
WORKING
SOFTWARE
ASPROGRESS
SELF
ORGANIZATION
HARNESS
CHANGE
DELIVER
FREQUENTLY
SIMPLICITY
BIZ&DEV
DAILY
TECHNICAL
EXCELLENCE
MOTIVATE,
SUPPORT,
TRUST
SUSTAINABLE
PACE,
INDEFINITELY
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS VALUE
SCRUM VALUESCOURAGE FOCUS
OPENNESS
RESPECT
COMMITMENT
Individuals & Interactions
Working Software
Customer Collaboration
Responding to Change
SCRUM
ROLES
SCRUM
EVENTS
SCRUM
ARTIFACTS
SCRUM
RULES
SCRUM
RULES
EMPIRICISM EMPIRICISM
AGILE PRINCIPLES
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1 ETHICS
2 EMPIRICISM
3 AGILE MANIFESTO
4 AGILE PRINCIPLES
5 SCRUM VALUES
6 SCRUM GUIDE
7 BUSINESS VALUE

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Assessments Decision Making Retrospectives

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+ : Worked Well
Because…
- : Could’ve Worked Better
Because…
? : Not Really Sure
Because…
• ~10 Minutes
• 5 post-it’s per person
• Choose from these 3…
• ~20 Minutes: Let’s talk…
• ~10 Minutes: Let’s rank…
• ~10 Minutes: Let’s experiments
• ~10 Minutes: Let’s commit!
PRODUCT
BACKLOG
SPRINT
BACKLOG
Sprint:
Let’s adapt…
Sprint
Planning
Retro:
Let’s inspect…

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• What was your most valuable
takeaway?
• What is one baby step you will
take in the next 30 days to
apply what you learned today?

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Let’s Talk…
Ravi Verma
The Org Whisperer
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