Explore what is an Agile culture Explore the Agile Mindset Explore what is an Agile culture Explore the Agile Mindset Review the 6 basic steps required to transition to an agile culture that will accept the Agile Mindset

1. Building an Agile Culture
What You Need to Know
TIM GUAY, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSD, CSP, ICP-ACC
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2. Tim Guay, Agile Coach and Trainer
•Agile Practitioner and Coach since 2002
•Introduced Agile in a wide-range of organizations
•PMP, CSM, CSD, CSP, PMI-ACP, ICP-ACC, ICP-ACC, etc.
•Sits on the ICAgile DevOps Certification Committee
•Authored an Agile for Business Leaders course, plus many other courses
•Clients include; JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Accenture, Cisco, Intuit, State of Washington, and
the Royal Canadian Navy ( to name a few).
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3. Objectives
Explore what is an Agile culture
Explore the Agile Mindset
Review the 6 basic steps required to transition to an agile culture that will accept the Agile
Mindset
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4. The problem
ADOPTING AGILE IS NO EASY FEAT.
Only 15 percent of organizations report high levels of organizational agility
Of all Agile adoptions;
 Only 33 percent were deemed successful and,
 More than half (52 percent) were viewed as challenging by the organizations undertaking
them
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5. The Problem
WHY IS AGILE ADOPTION SO DIFFICULT?
•Organizations attribute unsuccessful Agile adoptions to:
• Company philosophy or culture being at odds with core Agile values (46 percent)
• Lack of experience with Agile methods (41 percent)
• Lack of management support (38 percent)
• Lack of support for cultural transition (38 percent)
• Inconsistent Agile practices and processes (38 percent)
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6. "Agile is like teenage sex, everybody is talking about
it, most are not doing it and those that are doing it,
are doing it wrong"
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So….

7. But…
CAN’T WE JUST LEARN SCRUM?
CAN’T WE JUST SEND OUR PM’S TO A TWO-DAY CSM CLASS?
AND SAY WE ARE AGILE?
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8. What is the Agile Mindset…
It is the INTERNALIZATION of the
Agile Manifesto’s
Four Values and
Twelve Principles
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9. Agile Manifesto
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do
it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
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10. The Twelve Agile Principles
1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of
valuable software.
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change
for the customer's competitive advantage.
3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a
preference to the shorter timescale.
4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they
need, and trust them to get the job done.
6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a
development team is face-to-face conversation.
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11. The Twelve Agile Principles
7. Working software is the primary measure of progress.
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users
should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
10.Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.
11.The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
12.At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and
adjusts its behavior accordingly.
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12. Six Steps To Transition to an Agile culture
1. Decide if Agile is right for your organizations
2. Get management buy-in – both upper and middle management
3. Get the teams excited
4. Make sure they are empowered and self-organized
5. Apply discipline n regards to Agile best practices
6. Reward behavior that reflects the Agile Mindset
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13. Closing Exercise
1. As a group, Brainstorm your Take-aways from this workshop
2. Summarize and present to the rest of the workshop participants
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