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Agile Methods

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Today’s Guest

John Goodpasture, PMP

Program manager, system engineer,

author and coach

Managing Principal of

Square Peg Consulting, LLC

John specializes in applying technology

across a broad spectrum to achieve

business goals.

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Author of

Quantitative Methods in Project Management (2003)

John’s new book

• Agile in the enterprise

• Multiple methodologies

thoroughly explained

• From business case

to benefit capture

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What do you say to those

waiting to see the benefits

of agile methods?

Agile works! And it works really well

Essential Points

Leadership & Management

Drives real time decision making

Matches short agile cycles

Inspires & compels action

Attracts beneficiaries

1 “People are led;

things are managed”

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

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Embrace change —

rather than fight it

Accept incremental

progress and results

Respect short delivery cycles

Keep value proposition

current and relevant

Leadership & Management 1

Embracing change

is a big shift

Orient best value to the customer or end-user

Deliver the most bang as seen through the customer’s eyes

Best Value Method 2

3

Deliver frequently & incrementally

Respect urgency and the importance

conveyed by the customer

Frequent & Incremental

No big bang

at the end

Six to twelve people

Self-managed

Performance oriented

Small Teams 4

Focus relentlessly on outcomes, not activities

Knock down barriers to team success

Communicate to sponsor and beneficiaries

Coach for success 5

Drive innovation

Convey a compelling mission tied to an inspirational goal

Be current, relevant, and involved

Leadership

In touch with the cycle time of agile

Be an involved visionary

Keep up with incremental success

Be aware of market reaction

Leadership Success

Not a lot of details at the outset,

so it’s important to get the vision right

Management

Manage according

to feedback from

each deliverable

Feedback drives change

Expect that planned

outcomes will change

Accept that requirements

cannot be known well

enough in the beginning

Communicate

Organize

Measure

Coach

Clear Obstacles

Coach intra-team behavior

Make it safe for the project nemesis

Management

Safety is most important

Team members must attack problems, not each other

It must be safe to speak and act to break up group think

Safety

Leadership makes

the project compelling

Management makes it practical

Team work makes it possible

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John Goodpasture, PMP

Square Peg Consulting, LLC

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