Many Agile adoption fail to achieve their promised benefits and those that do often lose momentum after some time. In this session, Jose Casal, talked about why companies considering adopting Agile need to establish a vision for change, how to approach this change and, finally, what methods can be used for change.

1. Agile Adoptions
that Work…
…and Last
Why, How and What
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2. WHY
DO WE
ADOPT AGILE?
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3. Organisational Waterfalls
ANALYSE
ANALYSTS
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS
DESIGN ARCHITECTS
BUILD DEVELOPERS
COMPONENT TEAMS
TEST TESTERS
DEPLOY OPERATIONS
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4. Pass the Bucket
http://catholicstudentleadership.com/2013/01/04/day-7-the-build-day-2/dsc02432/
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5. Process Complexity Diagram
Far from
Agreement
Chaos
Requirements
Complex
Close to
Agreement Simple
Close to Technology
Far from
Certainty Certainty
“The Stacey Matrix”. Prof Ralph Stacey.
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7. INDIVIDUALS & INTERACTIONS
OVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS
WORKING SOFTWARE
OVER COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION
CUSTOMER COLLABORATION
OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION
RESPONDING TO CHANGE
OVER FOLLOWING A PLAN
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8. DO YOU HAVE
A COMPELLING
VISION
FOR CHANGE?
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9. POSSIBLE BENEFITS
OF AGILE
1. REDUCED TIME-TO-MARKET
2. INCREASED QUALITY
3. REDUCED WASTE
4. BETTER PREDICTABILITY
5. BETTER MORALE
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“The Truth About Agile Processes” Carey Schwaber. Forrester Research Analyst. 2007

10. HOW
DO WE
ADOPT AGILE?
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11. Change is not Easy
The Satir Change Model. http://blogs.interfacett.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/001-PMP-J-curve-Leading-Change.png
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12. A BEGINNER WHO HAS
LEARNED A NEW LANGUAGE
ALWAYS TRANSLATES IT BACK
INTO ITS MOTHER TONGUE
KARL MARX
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13. DO YOU HAVE
AN AGILE
CHANGE
PROGRAMME?
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15. WHAT IS THE MOST
DIFFICULT
THING TO CHANGE
IN YOUR ORGANISATION?
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16. Personal Change is Hard
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/agile-pm/agile-adoption-across-the-organization-31698
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17. ESSENTIAL
TRANSFORMATION
ENABLERS
EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION
PEOPLE & CULTURE
COLLECTIVE JOURNEY
EXPERIENCED COACHING
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18. EVOLUTION
OVER REVOLUTION
PEOPLE DON'T RESIST CHANGE.
THEY RESIST BEING CHANGED.
PETER SENGE
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19. Distance, Resistance & Fragility
Water-Scrum-Fall. Forrester Report
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21. NOT AN
ADOPTION,
BUT A DEEP
TRANSFORMATION
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22. LEAN KANBAN
APPROACH TO CHANGE
START WITH WHAT WE DO NOW
AGREE TO PURSUE INCREMENTAL CHANGE
INITIALLY RESPECT ALL CURRENT ROLES
ENCOURAGE ACTS OF LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS
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23. START FROM
WHERE YOU ARE
NOW
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24. PEOPLE & CULTURE
CHANGE COMES FROM THE PEOPLE.
THEIR BEHAVIOURS FORM THE CULTURE.
CHANGE NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE-CENTRIC.
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25. Business Cultures
“The Reengineering Alternative”. William Schneider
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26. Agile-Friendly Cultures
“The Reengineering Alternative”. William Schneider
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27. The Journey Towards Agility
“The Reengineering Alternative”. William Schneider
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28. The Vehicle for Cultural Change
KANBAN
KANBAN
“The Reengineering Alternative”. William Schneider
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29. WHAT
DO WE USE TO
TRANSFORM TO
AGILE?
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30. USE FRAMEWORKS,
TECHNIQUES &
PRACTICES THAT
SUIT YOUR
CONTEXT
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31. BEWARE THE
SCRUMDAMENTALIST
(...AND EVERY OTHER PROCESS FUNDAMENTALIST)
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32. DO NOT JUST
ADOPT THE PRACTICES,
TRANSFORM
EVERYTHING
ONE SMALL STEP
AT A TIME
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33. ESSENTIAL
DELIVERY
ENABLERS
UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
ROBUST TESTING
SOFTWARE CRAFTSMANSHIP
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34. ESSENTIAL
TRANSFORMATION
ENABLERS
EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION
PEOPLE & CULTURE
COLLECTIVE JOURNEY
EXPERIENCED COACHING
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35. radtac.co.uk & agile.bcs.org
@jose_casal
@radtacltd
@bcs_agile
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