Agile management jan2011
- 1. Agile Management Honey I shrunk the Manager ! … or did I ?A brief thought surf by Mahadevan L P (Dev)
- 2. Agile Management ?Agile teams are self organized and self managed by definition.So… why then do we need management and managers in an Agile delivery context ?
- 3. What is so different about Agile delivery ?Fundamentally, Agile delivery focuses on value creation by running small, time boxed PDSA cycles – The Agile PDSAPDSA means Plan -> Do -> Study -> Adapt
- 4. Who runs the Agile PDSA ?Everybody, starting at an individual to the entire enterprise
- 5. Who runs the Agile PDSA ? – Example 1 : The Agile developerPlan – Write failing testDo – Write code to pass the testStudy – Run the failing test and check result. Run regression tests and check result. Infer.Adapt – Change Code or Test based on inferenceRepeat above steps many times in the dayKey Success Factors : Attitude, Knowledge and Skills of Agile developer
- 6. Who runs the Agile PDSA ? – Example 2: The Agile teamPlan – Plan user stories to develop in a sprintDo – Implement and validate user stories during the sprintStudy – Demonstrate shippable user stories to stakeholdersAdapt – Change future approaches based on team’s learningRepeat above steps many times during a releaseKey Success Factors : Attitude, Knowledge and Skills of Agile team as a whole
- 7. Who runs the Agile PDSA ? – Example 3: The Agile ProgramThe Agile Program may consist of one or more Agile teamsPlan – Plan user stories to develop in a releaseDo – Implement and validate user stories during the release through a number of sprintsStudy – Check if features can be released to external environment for realizing business valueAdapt – Change future approaches based on team’s learningRepeat above steps many times during a release. Key Success Factors : Attitude, Knowledge and Skills of Agile team(s) as a whole
- 8. Who runs the Agile PDSA ? – The Agile EnterpriseContinuing from the previous examples , an Agile Enterprise therefore has Agile PDSA cycles running at different levels of space-time abstractions in the enterprise.The Key Success Factor at each level in the enterprise is the synergized total of the Attitude, Knowledge and Skills at that level
- 9. The Agile entity A responsive, synergized combination of Attitude (A), Knowledge (K) and Skills (S) that runs Agile PDSA cycles for creating valueAgile Entity = Σ(A, K, S) + Agile PDSAAn Agile enterprise is a collaborative system of Agile entities !
- 10. Who Creates and Supports Agile Entities in an Agile Enterprise ?The Agile Management function
- 11. The Agile Manager …….creates and supports collaborative agile entities aka Agile Value Delivery System (AVDS) at any level of abstraction in the enterprise... Maximises value creation by aligning ‘outside in’ and ‘inside out’ views
- 12. A Create – Support Model for Agile Management
- 13. The Martie modelCreated by JurgenAppelloGrow structure and Empower teams similar to Create function of Management discussed previously Energize People, Develop competence, align constraints and Improve Everything similar to Support function of Management Excellent way to symbolize the Agile Management function as flexible, having many perspectives, people oriented, firmly rooted, ….. perhaps even alien going by existing state of the practice !! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurgenappelo/5201353461/
- 14. So what is an Agile Manager ? …An integrator ?A thought leader ?An investor ?A coach ?A many tentacled hydra like JurgenAppello’sMartie ?An orchestra conductor ?Perhaps a little bit of all of these ??….Honey ! did I really shrink the Manager ?? Still wondering….
- 15. Thank you !Mahadevan L P (Dev)mahalp2@yahoo.com