Jim Bowes delivered the short version of his Introduction to Agile at WordCamp London in 2017. The talk provides beginners with an intro to the principles underpinning Agile software development, before focusing on the Scrum methodology.

1. MANIFESTO
MANIFESTO
Introduction to Agile – WordCamp London 2017
Jim Bowes

2. We’re an agency of creatives and technologists
who collaborate with exceptional organisations
to change things for the better.

3. OURCLIENTSARE
CHANGINGTHINGS

4. WORDPRESSANDME

6. WHATMAKESAN
EFFECTIVEDELIVERYTEAM?

7. WHATISAGILE?

13. SCRUMPROCESS

14. STANDUP

15. PLANNING

16. REVIEW

17. RETROSPECTIVES

18. Generate data
Categorise
Prioritise
Analyse
Action
RETROSPECTIVES

23. Kanban is a pull system
KANBAN

24. That provides focus, sustainable pace and regular delivery
KANBAN

25. by focussing on optimising the flow of work from
beginning to end
KANBAN

26. KANBANPRINCIPLES
Start with what
you do now
Respect current
roles,
responsibilities
and job titles

27. KANBANPRINCIPLES
Agree to pursue
incremental,
evolutionary
change
Encourage acts
of leadership at
all levels

28. KANBANPRACTICES
Visualise your
workflow
Limit work in
progress
Manage flow

29. KANBANPRACTICES
Make process
policies explicit
Implement
feedback
mechanisms
Improve
collaboratively,
evolve
experimentally

30. CREATEEXAMPLESOF
WASTE,BOTTLENECKSAND
VARIATIONINYOURPROCESS

31. REQUIREMENTS

32. USERSTORIES
Independent (of all others)
Negotiable (not a specific contract for features)
Valuable (or vertical)
Estimable (to a good approximation)
Small (so that you can fit several in an iteration)
Testable (in principle, even if there isn’t a test for it yet)

33. SCRUMPROCESS

34. OURPRODUCT

35. AGILEESTIMATING

36. AGILEESTIMATING

37. AGILEESTIMATING

38. AGILEESTIMATING

39. SETTINGVISION

40. Attention Interest Desire Action
Follow
up/retention
USERSTORYMAPPING

41. LET’S
CHANGE
THINGS
TOGETHER
MANIFESTO
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