The agile state of mind

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The agile state of mind

What, who and why?


Who am I ?• Erik Talboom, owner of Androits• Experience:

– 10 years of IT experience– 2 years of teaching– 4 years of software development– 3 years of scrum experience

• Professional passions: – Agile– Automated testing– Code quality and design

• Personal passions:– My family and friends– Music


Who are you ?

• Developers ?• Analysts ?• IT related managers ?• Non IT related managers ?• Others ?


What to expect

• What is agile not about ?• So what is it about then ?• What is the general ideology behind agile ?• Why should we be agile ?• Who should be agile ?• How can we be agile ?• What can agile mean for our future?• Open discussion


What is agile not about ?

• Speeding up the process• Micromanagement• Assigning blame• Limited to software development


So what is it about then ?

• Trust, omnidirectional• Comfort for all involved parties• Collaboration• Open Communication• Mutual agreement• Transparency• Embracing change


What is the ideology behind agile ?


Why should we be agile ?

• Change is inevitable, better embrace it• Trust is essential• Transparency and collaboration is the future


Who should be agile ?

• Everyone• Not only for software development• Not only for a select few


How can we be agile ?


One possibility: Scrum


What can agile meanfor our future?

• The new way of doing business• Better customer satisfaction• Better working conditions• Better customer relations through open

communication and business transparency


Open discussion

• What are your thoughts about this?• I don’t have all the answers• Maybe by working together we will find them


Feel free to contact me

• @talboomerik• http://be.linkedin.com/in/talboomerik• [email protected]• www.androits.be/blog

• Don’t forget: #bizzcampbe

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The agile state of mind

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