This presentation introduces some of the most common reasons why organizations choose to adopt Agile approaches. It presents high level statistics on software development project success to demonstrate why the traditional project management approach may not be suitable for all projects. The presentation introduces what Agile is and the reasons justifying its adoption. Once the Agile concepts have been presented, the material introduces the Scrum approach by giving a walk through of a typical process. The presentation ends with the main impacts on people managers within organizations who are adopting Agile.

1. Agile for managers Introduction to Agility Challenges, operation, and impact on leaders

3. Let’s get acquainted

7. Results Are you an Agile manager? © Copyright 2010 Pyxis Technologies inc. Number of answers (out of 9) where you chose ‘ False ’ Your Agility level 9 Congratulations! You got a perfect score! If you already master the theory of Agile approaches and apply it to your daily activities, you could teach this training course.  5 to 8 You are almost there! You will feel at ease with most concepts presented during this training course. During the next 3 hours, you will have the opportunity to revise fundamentals on which your management approach is based. 1 to 4 You are up to a good start towards a more Agile management style. Concepts and fundamentals of this training course should help you become a more Agile manager. 0 During the next 3 hours, you could ask yourself many questions arising from the course content. Your current paradigm will most probably be harshly tested but you could be really surprised.

8. Why transition from a traditional approach to an Agile one?

16. What are Agile approaches?

17. Agility: 4 simple values… © Copyright 2010 Pyxis Technologies inc. Individuals and interactions Working software Customer collaboration Responding to change processes and tools comprehensive documentation contract negotiation following a plan over over over over

18. Agile approaches are offered in a variety of forms © Copyright 2010 Pyxis Technologies inc. Lean approach Agile Project management (Scrum) Development practices

22. How do Agile approaches work?

24. Agile approaches require a change of paradigm Constraints Flexibility © Copyright 2010 Pyxis Technologies inc. Traditional approach Requirements (functionality) Budget (cost) Deadline (schedule) The plan leads to estimates relating to cost and schedule. Agile approach Requirements (functionality) Budget (cost) Deadline (schedule) The vision leads to estimates relating to functionality. A traditional approach relies on the PLAN. An Agile approach relies on the VISION.

26. Using an iterative and incremental approach to increase ROI © Copyright 2010 Pyxis Technologies inc. Improves the ability to meet the change challenge Reduces total project cost Increases the project ’ s ROI The use of an iterative and incremental approach: Reduces planning time Helps define requirements Helps determine the added value of new requests Reduces development time Delivers business value more rapidly

28. The Scrum approach

46. Synthetized Srcum approach © Copyright 2010 Pyxis Technologies inc. Every day: 15-minute scrum 2 to 4 weeks

50. What will change?

53. How managers are being supported?