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Agile Methods
© 2009 – 2010 UNLEASHING PERFORMANCE, INC.™ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Your Host
Todd W. Ruopp
A speaker, facilitator and coach
who promotes understanding
and integrated teamwork
Co-founder & President of
Unleashing Performance, Inc.™
Todd empowers professionals
to develop the knowledge & ability
to drive personal, professional
and organizational growth.
www.unleashingperformance.com
Today’s Guest
John Goodpasture, PMP
Program manager, system engineer,
author and coach
Managing Principal of
Square Peg Consulting, LLC
John specializes in applying technology
across a broad spectrum to achieve
business goals.
www.sqpegconsulting.com
Author of
Quantitative Methods in Project Management (2003)
John’s new book
• Agile in the enterprise
• Multiple methodologies
thoroughly explained
• From business case
to benefit capture
PUBLISHED BY J. ROSS PUBLISHING
What do you say to those
waiting to see the benefits
of agile methods?
Agile works! And it works really well
Essential Points
Leadership & Management
Drives real time decision making
Matches short agile cycles
Inspires & compels action
Attracts beneficiaries
1 “People are led;
things are managed”
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
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Embrace change —
rather than fight it
Accept incremental
progress and results
Respect short delivery cycles
Keep value proposition
current and relevant
Leadership & Management 1
Embracing change
is a big shift
Orient best value to the customer or end-user
Deliver the most bang as seen through the customer’s eyes
Best Value Method 2
3
Deliver frequently & incrementally
Respect urgency and the importance
conveyed by the customer
Frequent & Incremental
No big bang
at the end
Six to twelve people
Self-managed
Performance oriented
Small Teams 4
Focus relentlessly on outcomes, not activities
Knock down barriers to team success
Communicate to sponsor and beneficiaries
Coach for success 5
Drive innovation
Convey a compelling mission tied to an inspirational goal
Be current, relevant, and involved
Leadership
In touch with the cycle time of agile
Be an involved visionary
Keep up with incremental success
Be aware of market reaction
Leadership Success
Not a lot of details at the outset,
so it’s important to get the vision right
Management
Manage according
to feedback from
each deliverable
Feedback drives change
Expect that planned
outcomes will change
Accept that requirements
cannot be known well
enough in the beginning
Communicate
Organize
Measure
Coach
Clear Obstacles
Coach intra-team behavior
Make it safe for the project nemesis
Management
Safety is most important
Team members must attack problems, not each other
It must be safe to speak and act to break up group think
Safety
Leadership makes
the project compelling
Management makes it practical
Team work makes it possible
PUBLISHED BY J. ROSS PUBLISHING
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Todd W. Ruopp
Unleashing Performance, Inc.
Today’s Guest
John Goodpasture, PMP
Square Peg Consulting, LLC
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