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Great Team StartsDan LeFebvre

DCL Agility, LLCDan @DCLAgility.comwww.DCLAgility.com

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Teams

Day 1Learn about the

process

Learn about the team

Day 2Learn about the

work

Release Planning

“A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they are mutually accountable."

(Katzenbach and Smith, 1993)

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Learn about the process

Approach

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Experienced Agile Teams

Core of

Agile

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New to Agile

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Learn about the team

Skills

Accounta

bility

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Market of Skills

Skills and abilities relevant to

the team I bring

Skills and abilities I have

under the table

Skills and abilities I wish to

improve

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Market of Skills

Skills and abilities relevant to

the team I bring

Skills and abilities I have

under the table

Skills and abilities I wish to

improve

Excitement

Forgot to

mention

I can help!

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Values

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Working AgreementsWe believe in _________,therefore we will ___________________.

Value

ActionStarted Done

Ready Done

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Learn about the work

Purpose

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Newspaper projection

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Press Release

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Review the backlog

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role> I want <feature>

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role> I want <feature>

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role> I want <feature>

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role> I want <feature>

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High-Low Showdown

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Deal and Slide

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Planning Poker on Columns

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Project Velocity

CommitmentAdaptability

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Release Planning

As a <user or role>

I want <feature>

so that <benefit>

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Sprint 1

Sprint 2

Sprint 3

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so that <benefit>

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I want <feature>

so that <benefit>

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so that <benefit>

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so that <benefit>

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so that <benefit>

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so that <benefit>

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Great Starts Summary

Core of

Agile