Building Successful Agile Teams (White Nights St.Petersburg 2016)

1. BUILDING SUCCESSFUL
AGILE TEAMS

2. Hello!
I am Sabrina Carmona.
I have worked in 5 different
countries with people from over
20 nationalities in different agile
methodologies.
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3. An Intro to Agile.
Do or do not - there is no try.

4. “
Intelligence is the ability
to adapt to change.
- Stephen Hawking

5. What is Agile?
■ Alternative to project management
■ Incremental and interactive work
■ Multi-functional teams
■ Process divided in phases
■ Tackle complex software work

6. Why Agile?
Incremental
deliverables with
an iterative
process.
Breakdown of
complex products
in backlog stories
and tasks.

7. Individuals and interactionsover processes and tools
Working softwareover comprehensive documentation
Customer collaborationover contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
The Agile Manifesto

8. SCRUM
vs
KANBAN

9. Scrum:
➔ Process framework
➔ Cross-functional teams
➔ Roadmap flexibility
➔ Incremental
deliverables
Kanban:
➔ Less structured
➔ Work states
➔ WIP limit
➔ Tool for agile teams
SCRUM vs. KANBAN

10. HOW DOES IT
REALLY
WORK?
Seriously, let’s talk examples. Real ones.

11. The general SCRUM process:
Planning Daily SCRUM
Review Retrospective

12. General Agile Methodology
RELEASE
DEFINE
EVALUATE
DEVELOP
Choose sprint objective and
estimate and assign stories
and tasks.
Planning
Development of the objective
with iteration and priorities.
Sprints
Process analysis with
constant feedback and
improvement for next cycle.
Retrospective
Presentation of the
incremental deliverable.
Review

14. http://manifesto.co.uk/

15. PLANNING
SESSIONS
DYNAMIC
BACKLOG
PROCESS
FEEDBACK
No process is easy!

16. Planning Sessions
Clear team
roles
Define sprint
objective
Empower
the team
Good
moderation
Ask
questions
Be specific

17. Dynamic Backlog
Prioritize Add stories
on the fly
Keep it
updated
Easy access
to everyone

18. Process Feedback
Open
dialogue
Process
focused
Good
mediation
Keep it
professional
Take culture
into account
Language
gap

19. DIALOGUE
Some tips:
COMMITMENTOWNERSHIP

20. WHAT MAKES A
SUCCESSFUL TEAM?

21. “
It’s better to have a great
team than a team of greats.
- Simon Sinek

22. Common elements of a successful team:
PEOPLE
LEVELS
OF XP
VISION
GOALS ADAPT

23. COMMUNICATION

24. TEAMWORK
You show me yours, I show you mine.

25. TEAMWORK
You show me yours, I show you mine.
OWNERSHIP
With great power comes great commitment!

26. TEAMWORK
You show me yours, I show you mine.
ALIGNMENT
One language to rule them all!
OWNERSHIP
With great power comes great commitment!

27. OTHER
TIPS
➔ 1 - 1s with everyone;
➔ Team lunch / events;
➔ Knowledge sharing;
➔ Game jams;
➔ ¨Team wall¨;
➔ Facilitate team dialogue.

28. ADAPT
TEAM
PROJECT

29. Спасибо!
Any questions?
You can find me at:
@sa_carmona / sabrina.carmona@king.com

30. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and released
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