This document discusses agile development practices and how communities can grow through sharing stories. It provides an overview of agile practices like iterations, standups, retrospectives, and continuous integration. The document suggests forming communities through chartering and using tools like personas and story maps. It asks the reader to reflect on their journey and practice beginner's mind to avoid expertise traps. The overall message is that agile methods are tools to deliver value iteratively while connecting as a community in discovery and growth.

1. How did you get here?
The Dude
Where are we going?

2. How Did You Get Here?How Did You Get Here?
( what’s your story )( what s your story )

3. My story starts here …

4. My Time Coaching Musicians
Teacher Producer
Partner MemberPartner Member

5. Little Shop of Codersp
- little ceremony, big delivery -

6. Big Shop of Horrorsg p
- big ceremony, little delivery -

7. Extremely Familiary
- practical and pragmatic -

8. A New Form of Producingg

9. A Community in Discoveryy y

10. A Community in Growthy
- coaching and connecting -

11. The Agile Movement Todayg y

12. WWe grow as a community
by telling our storiesby telling our stories
My story and your storyMy story and your story
become our story

13. How Did You Get Here?How Did You Get Here?
( what’s your story )( y y )

14. Where Are We Going?Where Are We Going?
( dogma free evidence )( g )

16. "It's what you don't know youIt s what you don t know you
don't know that gets you into trouble."

17. DevJam Agility (today)
Creating Community and Common Vision
Form Communities (Chartering)
Composing a Product (Backlogs - Personas – Story Maps)
Create an Eco-System (Iteration 0 – Common Workspace)
Prioritizing and Planning
Product Releases (Releases - Priorities - Estimates)
Iterative Delivery (Iterations – Stories/Tasks - Estimates)
Iterative Delivery of Tangible Value
Staying Connected (Daily Standup – Common Workspace)
Tracking Progress (Task Wall Burnchart Velocity)Tracking Progress (Task Wall - Burnchart - Velocity)
Technical Agility (Continuous Integration – Test Driven)
Delivering Value (Acceptance Test - Story Sign Off)
Tuning and ImprovingTuning and Improving
Validating Progress (Reviews – Product Presentations)
Reflect and Improve (Retrospective)

18. Emergent EvolutionEmergent Evolution

19. Evolving Our Practiceg
E ti ti St P i tEstimation Story Points
Iterations Stand Ups
Retrospectivesp
- valuing “why” over “how” -

20. Chartering: Building Community
- who is involved and how? -

21. Learning Design Thinkingg g g

22. Pragmatic Personas
- who’s buying or buying in & why? -

23. Story Maps Connect Communities

24. A Clever Variation

25. New Lo-Tech, Hi-Fi Tools,

26. Other Valuable Emergenceg
test driven
(everything)(everything)
&&
more automatedmore automated
testing tools

27. S Wh A W G i ?So Where Are We Going?

28. - agile methods are tools not solutions -

29. Practice Beginner’s Mind
- beware the expert trap -

30. Where are you going?Where are you going?
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Coaching and Developing Agility
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