BA Stands for “Being Agile”
Craig SmithSuncorp
Welcome
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“B” is for
back
to
basics
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“A” is for
agile
Umbrella
term
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16/12/2010Agile Manifesto
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16/12/2010Agile Pyramid
Practices
Principles
Values
Approach
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Agile
Values
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16/12/2010Trust
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16/12/2010Innovative Accountability
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16/12/2010Courage
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16/12/2010Honesty
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16/12/2010It’s All About Culture
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Agile
Principles
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Value
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Collaboration
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Speed
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Flexibility
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Simplicity
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Teamwork
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Agile
Practices
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XP
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Scrum
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Agile
Approach
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Concept
5%
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Initiate
10%
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80%
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5%
Happy Days!
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Speed to cool...
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The Agile Team
Technical Divide
Analyst skills are important!
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Get from
this...
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To this...
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Just not this...
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Core Team
Extended Team
Project Manager
SupportAnalystOther key
stakeholders
BusinesOwner
Consultants
Iteration Manager
Teamlead
Team Member
Bus.SME
Team Specialist
Project Officer
Quality Assurance
CommsOfficer
ProgramManager
Project Sponsor
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Cross functional team
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Break it downImage:: http://www.lbc1.org/salvation/split.gif
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Story cards
With acceptance criteria
INVEST in your stories
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MoSCoW
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Estimation
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Daily standup
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Retrospective
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Co-location
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Adaptive planning
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Frequent small releases
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Continuous feedback
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Automation
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Visualise the flow
Wrap Up
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Have fun
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Opportunity is knocking
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Questions ??
Craig Smith
http://www.suncorp.com.au
http://www.agileacademy.com.au
@smithcdau
http://www.slideshare.net/smithcdau/
Suncorp is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest diversified financial services providers,
supplying banking, insurance and wealth management products to around 9 million customers through
well-established and recognised brands such as AAMI, Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency,
Shannons, Vero, Asteron and Tyndall, as well as Suncorp and GIO. Today, Suncorp is Australia's fifth
largest bank and second largest domestic general insurance group, with over 16,000 staff. Suncorp
has representation in 450 offices, branches and agencies throughout Australia and New Zealand.
(http://www.suncorp.com.au)
The Agile Academy is the next wave in Agile learning and collaboration. Designed for IT professionals,
the Agile Academy is a knowledge hub that promotes Agile related learning, knowledge sharing and
capability development across the IT industry. We offer an integrated curriculum of leading edge
courses across the entire solution development life cycle, covering all roles at varying levels.
(http://www.agileacademy.com.au)
