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Salah Elleithy
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The 3 Key Ingredients to Enabling Agility
Salah Elleithy ! Managing Consultant and Trainer at SparkAgility
! Over 15 years of experience; financial analysis, business analysis, project management, team facilitation & development, process improvement and agile coaching
! Bachelors in Business / Accounting and Masters in Information Systems & Financial Management
! Driven by helping individuals and teams reach their full potential
! Passionate about spreading agility to the community (PMI Agile Community of Practice, PMI local chapter and Meetups)
! Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching & Facilitation (ICP-TC), Certified Trainer in Training from the Back of the Room
@selleithy [email protected]
“If you want to make
Significant improvements,
work on paradigms, if you want to make small improvements,
work on behaviors and attitudes”.
Steven R Covey Living the 7 habits
Why agility?
Learning agility
Practicing agility
Source: #AgileDC2012. Jim Highsmith. Adaptive leadership: Accelerating Enterprise Agility.
Why AGILITY?
flexibility to get the most value as quickly as possible.
Agility is
to navigate the constraints of your project
- Ahmed Sidky, PhD. (Dr. Agile)
the
Learning Agility
SHU Follow the
Rule “Obey”
Stages of Learning
RI Be the Rule “Separate”
HA Break the
Rule “Detach”
Source: Alistair Cockburn
- Avoid failure - Look smart - Stick to what I know - Failure means lack of talent - Criticism is personal
- Not afraid to fail - Exert effort to learn - Continuous learning - Embrace challenges - Ask for feedback - Criticism is about capabilities
Fixed Growth
Mindset Inherent and staBc Can grow
Source: Mindset. Carol Dweck. h;p://blogs.hbr.org/2012/01/the-‐right-‐mindset-‐for-‐success/ Agile Mindset. Ahmed Sidky, PhD.
Source: Peter Bregman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuPfbTAVBP4#t=15
Discuss the “Undiscussables” (Get comfortable with the uncomfortable)
Ownership
Commitment
Trust
Morale Responsibility
Community At
titu
de
Courage
Process and tools Individuals and interactions
Following a plan Responding to change
Source: www.agilemanifesto.org
Comprehensive documentation
Working software Contract negotiation
Customer collaboration
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
Understand the Agile Manifesto We are uncovering beHer ways of developing soJware by doing it and helping others
do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Source: www.agilemanifesto.org
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
Maintain Balance
Individuals and interactions Working software
Customer collaboration
Processes & tools
Responding to change
Comprehensive documentation
Contract negotiation
Following a plan
Bring ‘Silos’ together
Project Management Business Analysis Stakeholders
Sponsorship
Development Testing
End Users
TEAM
User experience (UX)
DevOps
Architecture
Slow down to speed up
Learn to Unlearn
“what is measured
improves!” Peter Drucker
Measure
Explore knowledge & competency based certifications
Accredited training organization
Practicing Agility?
Source: Agile Alliance,h;p://guide.agilealliance.org/subway.html
Guide to Agile Practices
Source: Mike Cohn. Mountain Goat Software
Adopt a framework then evolve
Guide (Teach, Facilitate,
Mentor, Coach)
Example (Frameworks/Practices)
Relationships (Structure / Incentives)
Lead by Example
Why Agility • Vision (Define purpose, desired outcomes & SMART goals)
• Iden)fy Stakeholders • Assess Readiness
PracBcing Agility • Adapt a framework then evolve • Use common language • Lead by example
Learning Agility • Stages of Learning (ShuHaRi) • Understanding Agile manifesto (Values & Principles)
• Promote a culture openness and trust • Encourage collabora)on and con)nuous improvement
• Develop metrics to measure progress • Inspect & Adapt
