Using Agile in non-Agile Organisations

Jose Casal

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@jose_casal @bcs_agile !

jose.casal@bcs.org

What is an organisation?

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DRUCKER CHALLENGE: 50x PRODUCTIVITY

INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Further Info: Peter F. Drucker - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Drucker

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THE BASELINE

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THE “MODEL T” PHASE !

BLOATED PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY

INEFFECTIVE ORGANISATIONS

Wasteful Products

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Further Info: Standish Group Chaos Report (2002)

Ineffective organisations

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TestReady

FH E

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Customer Lead TimeWaiting Waiting WaitingWorking

IdeasDev

ReadyOngoing

Development Testing

Done

UATDelivery Ready

Working WaitingWorking

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1% - 5% TYPICAL

EFFICIENCY

Further Info: Zsolt Fabok, Lean Agile Scotland, Sep 2012 & Hakan Forss, Lean Kanban France, Oct 2013

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DISTANCE WAITING

HANDOVER TASK-SWITCHING HIGH UTILISATION

DEFECTS

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INDIVIDUALS & INTERACTIONS OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS

!WORKING SOFTWARE

OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION !

CUSTOMER COLLABORATION OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION

!RESPONDING TO CHANGE

OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN

Further Info: The Agile Manifesto - agilemanifesto.org

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BEWARE THE SCRUMDAMENTALIST

(...AND EVERY OTHER PROCESS FUNDAMENTALIST)

14Further Info: Standish Group Chaos Report (2002) and Cutter Consortium (2007)

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What is an organisation?

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The traditional organisation

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Let’s go Agile!

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Further Info: ‘Water-Scrum-Fall’. Forrester Reports - http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=36195

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Change is not easy

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80% OF CHANGE

PROGRAMMES FAIL

20Further Info: ‘Opening minds: Cultural change with the introduction of open-source collaboration methods’ - A. Neus and P. Scherf,

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Business Cultures

21Further Info: “The Reengineering Alternative”. William Schneider

Agile-Friendly Cultures

22Further Info: “An Agile Adoption and Transformation Survival Guide” - Michael Sahota

The Journey Towards Agility

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Introducing Agile

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Change takes time

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Evolution, not revolution

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APPROACH TO CHANGE !

START WITH WHAT WE DO NOW AGREE TO PURSUE EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE INITIALLY RESPECT ALL CURRENT ROLES ENCOURAGE ACTS OF LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS

Further Info: ‘Kanban. Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business’. David J. Anderson (2010)

How about outsourcing?

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ABOVE ALL, ATTEND TO

PEOPLE’S NEEDS

Further Info: ‘The Anti-Matter Principle’. Bob Marshal - flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/category/antimatter-principle/

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ESSENTIAL TRANSFORMATION

ENABLERS !

EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION PEOPLE & CULTURE

COLLECTIVE JOURNEY EXPERIENCED COACHING

31Further Info: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsUnwOzPqiRZ2cnrzfKFnDEDTqL3pr5-

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THANK YOU !

linkedin.com/in/jcasal/jose.casal@bcs.org

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