AgileMidwest2018-Kryvko-JumpStartRelationshipsWithBusinessAgility

1. JUMP-START
YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER
RELATIONSHIPS
WITH MODERN AGILE

2. AGENDA
Business Partners
Activities
Modern Agile
Q&A

3. 2001 2018

4. You must aim to make
users awesome at
whatever they're using
your software to do.
-- Kathy Sierra, Badass – Making Users
Awesome
People are not afraid of
failure, they are afraid of
blame.
-- Seth Godin
The real measure of
success is the number of
experiments that can be
crowded into 24 hours.
-- Thomas Edison
If you don’t deliver
regularly, you delay
learning about what
delights customers.
-- Josh Kerievsky

5. Kathy Sierra
Customer
Collaboration
over Contract Negotiation
Individuals &
Interactions
over Processes and Tools
Working
Software
over Comprehensive
Documentation
Responding to
Change
over Following a Plan

6. Kathy Sierra
How can I help these
people be more
awesome than when
they arrived at work
today?
What is between
where we are and
where we want to
be?
What’s the simplest
experiment that I can
do to find out if I’m on
the right path?
What is most
valuable in this
equation, and how
are we protecting
it?

7. Why Modern Agile?
• Addresses the foundation to success: safety
• Simplicity
• Relatable outside of IT
• Holistic approach to agile organization
http://www.modernagile.org/

14. Approaching Business Partners
• Leave assumptions at the door
• Develop a rich partnership
• Be humble
• Listen
• Speak their language
• Let go of frameworks
• Yes, and
• Involve the team

15. What is entrusted to
you?
What is the risk if you
lose it?
What is the next step
you will take?
Where are your
disagreements?
What do people want
to know?
Who is the big bad
wolf?
What is the most
valuable thing you did
today?
What is the least
valuable thing you did
today?
What is your vision for yourself?
What is your vision others have
for you?
Who are you and why are you here?

16. MASTER CHEF!
Vision: Automated Chef
Part 1: Overall design
Part II: Vote
Part III: Make Better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKCVol2iWcc

17. EXERCISE
G Auditorium WebEx
You need: two index cards + pen
Address the email to: Kryvko, BarbaraPartner with someone you don’t know
Open a new email
Write your name at the top of each card Subject: Modern Agile Exercise
Discuss with your partner which of the
Modern Agile principles you’d like to
focus on in your life first.
Think about your day to day activities,
and decide which of the Modern Agile
principles you’d like to focus on first.
Exchange one card with your partner Send the email

18. SCRUM CITY
• 1 Story Building
• 1 Story Building
• 2 Story Building
• Shop
• School
• Park
• Restaurant
• Bus Stop
• Intersection
• Bridge
• River
• Attraction

19. Questions?