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The CallPlus
Agile JourneyBernard O’Leary,
Applications Development Manager.
Why Did Agile Succeed at CallPlus…
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Why Agile?
• Initial impressions of Agile
• The CallPlus Development Team
• Revisiting Agile, and the Scrum “Formula”
• Executive approval
• And we’re away…
First Attempt at Scrum…
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We needed professional help
Bill of materials
• Post-It notes.
• Whiteboard & markers.
• Created spreadsheet templates for:
– Product Backlog.
– Sprint Backlog.
• Standard directory structure, Sprint output.
• Standard spreadsheet versioning.
• Pivot charts, post-Sprint analysis/reporting.
• KISS!
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Success!
It Wasn’t Easy
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Breakthrough – 100% Sprints!!
Evidence…
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Electrification (TFS)
Other Agile Adventures
Scrum Worked at Worked Because…
• We had a “blank canvas”.
• We were willing to “give it a go” - risk failure.
• We do/did research and invested in training.
• We recognised the benefits of coaching.
• We had the buy-in of the business.
• Our developers are/were keen.
• We had a monumental whiteboard.
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