Thoughts on working agile in an agency

THOUGHTS ON WORKING

AGILEIN AN AGENCY

TARIQ KHANHEAD OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

BY

ENVIRONMENT

THERE ARE REASONS ITS TAKEN LONGER FOR AGILE TO EMBED IN AGENCIES…

1. MAKE SURE

THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT

IS YOUR AGENCY ABLE TO

COMMIT TO CHANGING

THE WAY THEY WORK ?

THERE ARE REASONS ITS TAKEN LONGER FOR AGILE TO EMBED IN AGENCIES…

1. MAKE SURE

THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT

IS YOUR AGENCY CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO SAY

THEY DON’T KNOW

THE ANSWER YET ?

THERE ARE REASONS ITS TAKEN LONGER FOR AGILE TO EMBED IN AGENCIES…

1. MAKE SURE

THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT

IS YOUR CLIENT

EMPOWERED ? IS THEIR COMPANY CULTURE RIGHT?

THERE ARE REASONS ITS TAKEN LONGER FOR AGILE TO EMBED IN AGENCIES…

1. MAKE SURE

THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT

DOES YOUR CLIENT EVEN

WANT

THE BEST SOLUTION ?

THERE ARE REASONS ITS TAKEN LONGER FOR AGILE TO EMBED IN AGENCIES…

1. MAKE SURE

THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT

2. TERMS LIKE ‘MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT’

DO NOTEXCITE YOUR CLIENTS

UTILIZE YOUR SENIOR ACCOUNT

MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO

HELP SELL THE PROCESS

3. YOU STILL NEED

SOME

4. THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO AGILE

IS ALSO THE BIGGEST

CHALLENGE

MANAGEMENT OF FLEXIBILITY AND CHANGE IS CRITICAL

5. INDIVIDUALS & INTERACTIONSOVER PROCESSES AND TOOLS

..GREAT RESULTS IN AN AGENCY

DONE CORRECTLY AGILE CAN HELP TO DELIVER…

"U S I N G A N AG I L E M E T H O D O LO GY G AV E U S T H E A B I L I T Y A S A C L I E N T

T O B E C O M E T R U LY PA RT O F T H E D E V E LO P M E N T P R O C E S S .

B E I N G A B L E T O I T E RAT E , T E S T A N D A DA P T A S W E W E N T A LO N G M E A N T W E W E R E A B L E T O B U I L D S O M E T H I N G

T O G E T H E R A S A T E A M A N D R E M OV E I N E F F I C I E N C I E S BY W O R K I N G C LO S E LY W I T H T H E D E V T E A M O N I S S U E S

A S T H E Y E M E R G E D .

I T A L S O M E A N T W E H A D R E A L C L A R I T Y O N O U R V I S I O N F O R T H E S I T E .

T H E P R O C E S S D O E S R E Q U I R E T R U E PA RT N E R S H I P W I T H YO U R AG E N CY B U T T H E R E S U LT S A R E W E L L W O RT H I T”

OLIVER SHAYER , P R O D U C T O W N E R / M A R K E T I N G I N N O VAT I O N M A N A G E R ,

D I A G E O

" " I A M S O H A P PY W I T H T H E B A R. C O M , V E RY I M P R E S S E D A N D P R O U D

O F T H E R E S U LT A N D I T H I N K T H AT YO U S H O U L D B E T O O.

I T H I N K YO U H AV E TA K E N T H E A M B I T I O N A N D D E L I V E R E D I T T O H I G H Q U A L I T Y S TA N DA R D S A N D W I T H D E L I G H T F U L

S U R P R I S E S F O R T H E U S E R. I A M I N S P I R E D BY W H AT T H I S T O O L C A N U N LO C K F O R

C O N S U M E R S A N D F O R T H E B U S I N E S S . ”

LOUISA LORAN H E A D O F T E C H N I C A L I N N OVAT I O N ,

D I AG E O

QUESTIONS?