Are you remotely agile? SGFLA 2016

Are You Remotely Agile?Mark Kilby

MARK KILBYDEVELOPING SOFTWARE SINCE 1990

AGILE INFECTED - 1999 AGILE COACHING SINCE 2003

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MISSION SUMMARY:

EXPLORATORY COACH

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Sonatype: supporting millions of developers worldwide

100k30B18M

OSS USERSeasy to build

CENTRALeasy to share

NEXUS REPOSeasy to manage

NEXUS LIFECYCLEeasy to automate

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… AND WE ALL WORK

FROM HOME

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Fully Distributed Agile

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Can we boldly go?


ARE YOU SERIOUS?

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CAN THIS WORK?

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(A BETTER QUESTION)

IS IT FOR EVERYONE?

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• Why?

• Preconditions

• Principles & Practices

• More info / Q&A


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• Why?

• Preconditions


• More info / Q&A


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WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME/US?

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BHAG

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Working with the best

will UP your game

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WORK WHERE YOU ARE EFFECTIVE

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NO SOUL CRUSHING

ARE WE AGILE?

Satisfy the Customer

Welcome Change

Deliver Frequently

Collaborate Daily

Support & Trust Motivated

Teams

Promote Face-to-Face Conversations

Measured by Working Software

Promote Sustainable

Pace

Promote Technical

Excellence

Maximize Through Simplicity

Have Self-Organized

Teams

Reflect & Adjust

Regularly

Source: www.agilemanifesto.org

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ARE WE AGILE?

Satisfy the Customer

Welcome Change

Deliver Frequently

Collaborate Daily

Support & Trust Motivated

Teams

Promote Face-to-Face Conversations

Measured by Working Software

Promote Sustainable

Pace

Promote Technical

Excellence

Maximize Through Simplicity

Have Self-Organized

Teams

Reflect & Adjust

Regularly

Source: www.agilemanifesto.org

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• Why?

• Preconditions


• Bonus info / Q&A


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DON’T GO CHEAP

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T-SHAPED PEOPLE (A MUST)

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GET COMFORTABLE IN 2 WORLDS

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP FROM THE TOP

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OPEN SOURCE MINDSET

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craftsmanshipchallenging assumptionsrapid prototypingsharingtransparencyDIY

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• Why?

• Preconditions


• More info / Q&A


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EmergingPrinciples ?

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Work With

Work Open

Work Blended


Work With

Work Open

Work Blended


tempting to work

solo

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When remote…

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PRINCIPLE:WorkWith

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Get to know your crew

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Get to know your crew

• Unstructured?

• Slight Structure:

• Lean Coffee• Open Space• Constellation

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OVERLAP COLLABORATION TIME

Zen Insight

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IN THE SPRINT…

Insight Shared Zen Backlog Grooming (1-2x’s / sprint)

Sprint Planning Pt 1 – Story selection

Sprint Planning Pt 2 – tasking

Sprint Planning Pt 2 - tasking

Task Board same Jira Agile board with “sprint per team” Task Board

Design (complex stories & epics)

Code Review – Github Pull Requests (two +1s to move forward)

Daily Scrum Daily Scrum

Team Room(open to all)

Sprint Review

Retrospective

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Work With

Work Open

Work Blended



WORK OPEN / GO ANYWHERE / LEAVE NO TRACE

WORK OPEN / GO ANYWHERE / LEAVE NO TRACE

NOTE: 2 Teams share this task board for development on the same product


Shared task boards

Shared progress

“I’m done. Who needs help?”

Work Open

Multiple Open Channels Always



Is this multi-tasking?

Multiple Open Channels Always

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Backchannels

Remember this Principle? Multiple Open

Channels Always (MOCA)

BACKCHANNEL = PERIPHERAL SENSE

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A common hole to fall into …

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If we are new to a team, we tend to …

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ASK QUESTIONS IN OPEN CHANNELS

YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHO ELSE YOU ARE HELPING

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Work With

Work Open

Work Blended

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WORK LIFE

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WORK-LIFE BLEND-ing

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There are limits

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Are we meeting or hanging out?

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For Distributed MeetingsSTART EARLYFINISH LATE

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YOU’RE WORKING WHERE TODAY?

INTENTIONALLY SOCIAL(The Lounge)

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Work With

Work Open

Work Blended



Can we boldly go?


• Why?

• Preconditions


• More info / Q&A


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Is this an

anomaly?


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We are finding other habitable places

Some are closer than you think

(#SGFLA volunteers)

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#SGFLA volunteers

rocked

We worked distributed

Work With

Work Open

Work Blended

Same principles applied


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Let’s boldly go

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