Agile practices such as Scrum and Extreme Programming are touted as a way to improve software development teamwork and their results. There are benefits to the business in and out of the team that are not always obvious at first. I argue these benefits are large enough, any business should jump to apply Agile any way they can!

1. Business Benefits of Being Agile
A Gangplank Brown Bag Presentation
By Alan Dayley
@DayleyAgile
blog.dayleyagile.com
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2. A Holistic Enterprise View
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3. A Holistic Enterprise View
Work
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4. A Holistic Enterprise View
Information
Work
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5. A Holistic Enterprise View
People Information
Work
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6. A New Enterprise
People Information
Work
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7. A Mature Enterprise
People
Information
Work
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8. Common People Support
“Teamwork”
“Empowerment”
“Synergy”
“Lessons Learned”
“Off-sites”
“Golf shirts”
“Status Meetings”
“Process Improvement”
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9. People Squeeze!
People
Information
Work
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10. People Value Lesson 1
Supporting people at work is
only possible if the supporting
actions are integrated into the
way we work.
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11. People Value Lesson 2
We will only integrate into our
work that which produces
business value.
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12. People Value Conclusion
Therefore, the way we work
must value people at the same
time it produces business
value.
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13. Agile Manifesto
Individuals and interactions over
processes and tools
Working software over
comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over
contract negotiation
Responding to change over
following a plan
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14. Agile Manifesto Principles
Teamwork
Business people Empowerment
and developers Synergy
Lessons Learned
must work together Off-sites
daily throughout the Golf shirts
project. Status Meetings
Process Improvement
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15. Agile Manifesto Principles
The most efficient
and effective Teamwork
method of Empowerment
Synergy
conveying Lessons Learned
information to and Off-sites
within a Golf shirts
Status Meetings
development team Process Improvement
is face-to-face
conversation.
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16. Agile Manifesto Principles
Teamwork
Empowerment
Working software is Synergy
the primary Lessons Learned
measure of Off-sites
Golf shirts
progress. Status Meetings
Process Improvement
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17. Agile Manifesto Principles
Teamwork
Empowerment
Simplicity--the art of Synergy
maximizing the Lessons Learned
amount of work not Off-sites
Golf shirts
done--is essential. Status Meetings
Process Improvement
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18. Agile Manifesto Principles
At regular intervals, Teamwork
the team reflects on Empowerment
how to become Synergy
Lessons Learned
more effective, then Off-sites
tunes and adjusts Golf shirts
its behavior Status Meetings
Process Improvement
accordingly.
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19. Traditional “Waterfall”
Plan
Time
Analyze
Design
Implement
Test
Deploy
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20. “Waterfall” Kowledge
Plan
Time
Analyze
Design
Implement
Test
Highest
Deploy
solution
knowledge
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21. “Waterfall” Visibility
Plan
Time
Analyze
Design
Implement
Test
Highest
Deploy
customer
visibility
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22. “Waterfall” Value
Plan
Time
Analyze
Design
Implement
Test
Highest
Deploy
business
value
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23. Agile Manifesto Principles
Our highest priority Teamwork
is to satisfy the Empowerment
customer through Synergy
Lessons Learned
early and Off-sites
continuous delivery Golf shirts
of valuable Status Meetings
Process Improvement
software.
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24. Agile Delivers Value Often
Plan
Analyze
Design
Implement
Test
Deploy c
Value Value Value
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25. An Agile Enterprise View
People Information
Work
Value
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26. Learn To Be Agile
Agile Manifesto: agilemanifesto.org
Agile Alliance: agilealliance.org
Scrum Alliance: scrumalliance.org
Phoenix Scrum User Group: phxsug.org
Blog: blog.dayleyagile.com
Email: alandd@dayleyagile.com
Twitter: @dayleyagile
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