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The presentation I was given at Agile Riga Day 2011. The success of agile adoption process is not hidden in methodology itself, but it should correspond with inside company culture. That’s something which part of the agile community already forgot and most of the companies never really understood. My role as a coach is to remind both groups about the importance of company culture, help them understand how huge the culture shift might be and what they could possibly expect out of it both good and wrong. There is no cookbook how to adopt agile methods, but indeed there are some better and easier ways how to get there. presented at Riga Agile Day 2011 by Zuzana Sochova
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AGILE CULTURE
Company Culture as the Key
Agile Milestone
Zuzana Sochova [email protected]
http://agilniasociace.cz http://sochova.cz http://ccn.cz
Prague is where I live…
Historical city…
“Hey, let’s start agile!”
We are special, agile won’t work for us!
SW development projects are failing
by IT Corex:
an IT project is more likely to be unsuccessful than successful
about 1 out of 5 IT projects is likely to bring full satisfaction
the larger the project the more likely the failure
1st step: change practices, skills, processes…
Try Agile ;)
http://www.eoiguada.info
There is no cookbook
on how to adopt agile
How difficult is to introduce given
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How useful are the following practices?
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What was the most challenging during
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TeamCommunication
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CustomerCommunication
andInvolvement
TeamResponsibility
ChangeResistance
ManagementSupport and
Understanding
What would you do differently?
Hire a good full time coach
Involve both design and testing
Co-locate as much as possible
Adjust the length of sprints for every project
More customer focus
Involve more business stakeholders
Work more on responsibility, auto-organization
Be aware of the change, it’s hard
What would you recommend ?
• Agile cannot be implemented top-down only nor bottom-up only. Agile
needs to be a grass roots effort that has executive level sponsorship.
• Don't cheat and never ever let a sprint go past its time.
• View coach and customer as KEY roles and ensure the right people
are in these roles.
• Don't sell Scrum as the dogma.
• Make sure everyone involved in an agile effort understands the Agile
Manifesto's Values and Principles
• Forget about "scrum tools". Use a real physical whiteboard and super-
sticky post-its.
• Don’t forget the communication is everything.
• Attend Agile conferences.
No common practice to use…
ajpscs
AGILE is Culture of Trust,
Communication and Support
http://gustavus.edu
http://shannonstanley.files.wordpress.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk
Self-organization
Collaboration
Orcas Attack Seal
Collaborative Agile Culture
Quality
Flexibility
Be smart
Sharing
Self-Reliance
Responsible
Sustainable
Successful
Company Culture as the
Key Agile Milestone
http://nextup.files.wordpress.com
Feels like chaos from the top…
http://www.stevey.com
…but perfectly working in fact
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz
http://discussions.mnhs.org
http://4.bp.blogspot.com
Starting agile…
Understand
where
you are
http://www.searchenginepeople.com
Starting agile…
Understand
where you
want to go
http://crfranke.wordpress.com
Agile is a change of
what you believe in
http://christianmenchristianwarrior.wordpress.com
Evolution process
http://www.questcorp.com
It’s a philosophy…
… so go deep inside
http://leadinganswers.typepad.com
http://photos3.flickr.com
Change?
http://www.toothpastefordinner.com
Kotter’s 8 steps of successful change
Create a Sense of Urgency
Pull Together the Guiding Team
Develop the Change Vision and Strategy
Communicate for Understanding and Buy-in
Empower Others to Act
Produce Short-Term Wins
Don’t Let Up
Make it Stick
http://www.ouricebergismelting.com
Must the culture be here before Agile or
will it emerge from the adoption
process?
http://www.devcomments.com
Do You Believe In Agile Culture?
Agile needs culture…
Any method to be adopted must be essentially compatible with the
culture.
If the culture doesn't support or embrace Agile, it will never work as a
process.
Agile changes culture…
At the same time certain cultures will be very difficult to change – i.e.
heavy, authoritarian, top-down cultures. Maybe not impossible, but it
could be close.
Empower people
http://jamiejacksonxp.com/
Adoption Manifesto
Do believe in agile company culture
Be able to embrace a change and overcome
resistance
Believe in people
Have willingness to take risks
Have DESIRE for Agile methods
Thank you for your attention
Zuzana Šochová
AGILE & SCRUM TRAINER, CONSULTANT AND COACH
http://agilniasociace.cz http://sochova.cz http://ccn.cz
