Have we crossed the chasm

Have we crossed the chasmDEEPAK GURURAJAAGILE COACH @ SOLUTIONSIQ

About Me…

Agile Coach with 12 + Years of Experience Coach by Choice Foodie Love to travel Have worked in a variety of industries – from

inbound call centres to Server hardware Create Experiential learning sessions CSM / CSP / CSPO / KMP / ICP / ACC / CLP / SA

Crossing the Chasm

Adoption Lifecycle

Time

Adop

tion

Rate

Breaking the Chasm

What we will intend to learn today

Where we are on the On the curve of Agile Adoption What are some of the early trends Based on these trends, what does the future look like What skills should we acquire, for us to be future ready

Would this be worth your time?

Agile Transformation

Agile Transformation

For Some, its a leap of faith

As a group Discuss – With respect to the agile adoption curve across the industry, where do we

stand Innovators Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards

Why do you think so?

Where are we with Agility?

Where are we with Agility?

Lets look at the general adoption trend

Time

• E Commerce• R&D

• Innovators• Cutting Edge• Startup • Services

• Large Sized Org

• Legacy• Cautious• Banking• Finance

• Healthcare• Defence• Insurance

Bulk of transformation needs

Banking Insurance Finance …

What does this trend tell you about where we are on agile transformation?

Surveys and trends

Version One State of Agile Surveyhttp://stateofagile.versionone.com/

Ambysoft survey http://www.ambysoft.com/

Have you seen awareness in people

What these tell us

We have crossed the Chasm Awareness of Agility is more We have more CSM’s and PSM’s than ever before There is one Agile meetup happening every week in Bangalore

Oh.. Wait a minute

If we have crossed the Chasm… it means

We are here

So the need for agile coaching will start to go down???

I just decided to become an Agile Coach

But Wait…..

Career survey says that the top skill to have is Agile Devops Scrum

Top 10 Technology Skills in Demand for 2016http://

www.itcareerfinder.com/brain-food/blog/entry/top-10-technology-skills-in-demand-for-2016.html

Where are you going with this???

So here are my thoughts….

Agile adoption has largely picked in the last decade More companies are Agile today Market and competitors are pushing agility Agile consulting is a huge industry today But, where do we see ourselves in the near future?

A closer look at these survey

What practices have you adopted

Some Obvious missing items

Continuous Integration Dedicated Product Owner Single Team ( No Separate Dev and Test Teams ) Coding standards Continuous Deployment Collective Code Ownership Pair Programming TDD/BDD

From Ambysoft Survey

What’s the pattern you see

Though we have crossed the Chasm, Our adoption is only at a practices level Very little in-principle adoption Teams are still struggling with going beyond the ceremonies

Top Reasons for failure of Agile Projects

Let’s take a poll

Based on your experience, what are some of the areas of challenge during the process of transformation

Based on my experience

Major Chunk of challenges revolve around Cultural transformation Scaling Handling distributed teams Leadership Agility Sustaining Agile Culture Code Agility

So, what do you think are the areas where coaching needs would come up next?

What new coaching skills should you acquire?

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How about the idea of a T or a Pi Shaped Skillset for a Coach

Coaching Skills Facilitation Skills Agile Coaching Framework Knowledge

Scaling Disciplines

Leadership Coaching

Leadership Agility

Technical Coaching

Personal Coaching Agile Gaming

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