This was the presentation I did at Agile Tour Brussels (Sept-2013). In it, I highlight / discuss: 1. the evolutionary nature of Agile (the manifesto is awesome, but there's more to Agile than it as we continue to uncover better ways to deliver value) 2. the reasons why every organization and team should be learning about Agile and trying to find out what Agile looks like in their environment

1. why agile?
Tiago Garcez
@tcgarcez
Agile Tour Brussels
September 2013
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2. it just works !
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3. not
started
in
progress
done
bjorgsjö taskboard
färgrik burndownrotvik backlog
product backlog
varmluft user stories
user
stories
IKEA agile
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4. IKEA agile
=
agile
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5. what is agile?
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6. group of software development practices
iterative & incremental
evolving requirements & solutions
self-organizing, cross-functional teams
time-boxed
adaptive planning and responsive to change
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7. a set of values & principles
holistic view of the organization
shuns local optimums throughput
people
non-predictive
in the present
non-heroic
anarchic
value
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8. “we are uncovering
better ways...”
non-dogmatic
continuously improving
co-evolving
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9. Kanban
Scrum
Lean Software
Development
Crystal
Clear
XP
Lean Startup
Complex Adaptive
Systems
Beyond Budgeting
eXtreme Manufacturing
Context-Driven
Testing
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10. think beyond software
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11. what is agile?
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12. agile is what good
companies do when the
sh*t hits the fan
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13. team 1 team 2 team 3 team 4 team 5
face to face communication
email communication
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14. Source: Harvard Business Review,April 2012,
“The New Science of Building Great Teams”
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15. agile is what good
companies do when the
sh*t hits the fan
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16. agile is what good
companies do when the
sh*t hits the fan
great
all the time
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17. why agile?
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18. agile is about teams
the basic building block of organizations
in the knowledge economy
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19. group exchanges are short
and to the point
small teams
face to face communication up to
35% impact on performance
co-located
one-on-one
exchanges
Source: Harvard Business Review,April 2012,
“The New Science of Building Great Teams”
communication as key
predictor of success
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20. agile is non-predictive
prediction = guess
opportunity cost
manage today, not tomorrow
distribution of cognition
evolutionary not deterministic
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21. agile loves failure
fast & cheap
continual improvement
exploration
pivot & innovate
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22. agile is anti-fragile
nimble, lean organizations
comfortable with uncertainty
small bets with huge upside
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23. agile is about small wins
big is out (complexity) the hero myth
the knowledge economy is about the start-up mentality
continual improvement
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24. agile is universal
it can benefit any team or organization
from charities to modular cars
and everything
in between
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25. innovation
operational
excellence
wild west
highly
regulated
fast
teamwork
pivot
collaboration
risk management
continuous alignment
lead time
flexible
responsive to market
quality
craftsmanship
waste reduction
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26. innovation
operational
excellence
wild west
highly
regulated
everybody?
aircraft manufacturing
energy
electronics manufacturing
less-regulated manufacturing?
traditional manufacturing
mining
open-source
xp / scrum
lean-startup
scrum
lean / beyond budgeting
kanban / scrum
lean
open-source / scrum
wikispeed valve, spotify, ...
toyota morning star
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28. agile is a big enough
umbrella
tribes generate diversity and an eco-system of ideas
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29. agile is about value
cost has a limit, value does not - agile exploits this asymmetry
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30. agile is fun !
“morale as multiplier of velocity”
- j. justice
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31. individualism
(heroes)
team culture
(collaboration)
mythology / philosophy
intrinsic
motivation
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32. agile is simplicity
not the same thing as simple
it’s about limiting the amount of guesses
(i.e. your exposure to black swans)
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33. agile is about reality
we leave utopia to the predictive planning guys
“I don’t know”
illusion of control
craftsmanship
manage today
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34. what is impossible ?
impossible is the predictive, command &
control mentality creating great companies
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35. why agile ?
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36. because surviving is just
not good enough
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37. the king is dead,
long live the king
R.I.P.
Predictive
Management
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38. because we can change the
world of work
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39. because we can change the
world of work
must
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40. @tcgarcez
www.slideshare.net/tgarcez
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41. toyota production system “meals p/ hour”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtTQff7Uf_w
harvard business review (apr, 2012):“the new science of building great teams”:
http://hbr.org/2012/04/the-new-science-of-building-great-teams
wikispeed (extreme manufacturing):
joe justice ALE 2013 keynote - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbHgWCnttsc
homepage - http://wikispeed.org/
“anti-fragile”, nassim nicholas taleb
“black swan”, nassim nicholas taleb
“wisdom of crowds”, james surowiecki
Bibliography
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