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1. VALUE EATING
ZOMBIES KILLED
MY AGILE
TRANSFORMATION
Decisions companies make to limit value
delivered

2. ABOUT ME
KYLE MORTON
Principal Consultant/Agile Advisory
Services
18 years Agile software development
PSM II, PSPO

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5. FAMILY HEIRLOOM
Spinning Wheel

6. SIX COMMON
VALUE EATERs
Mistakes companies make that
limit the value delivered using
Agile approaches

7. VALUE EATER #1
Felicia Fix-It
“I will pull an all-nighter this
weekend and get us caught up.
So everyone check in their
code.”

8. VALUE EATER #1
How do we lose the value?
• 2-8 people wait for 1 person
• 2-8 people don’t engage
• 2-8 people don’t learn
• 2-8 people start obeying
• 1 person gets burned out

9. VALUE EATER #1
Ideas for improving
• Honest conversations
• Enable team self-direction
• Reward top performers
• Help managers enable

10. VALUE EATER #2
Distraction Derrick
“She could split her time
between two projects and bug
fixes. She is great at multi-
tasking”

11. VALUE EATER #2
How do we lose the value?
• Myth of Multi-taking
• Task switching
• Time loss
• Increased defects
• 2-8 waiting on 1

12. VALUE EATER #2
Ideas for improving
• Start finishing, stop starting
• One task at a time
• Give shared resources time allocations
• Set sprint backlog
• Create focus time
• Educate managers and leaders on efficiency

13. VALUE EATER #3
Sherry Scramble
“I wish we had the luxury to do
planning and refinement for
every increment, but we are just
too busy for all those meetings”

14. VALUE EATER #3
How do we lose the value?
• Uncertainty reigns
• Disrupted feedback cycle
• Delivery slows
• Collaboration is hindered

15. VALUE EATER #3
Ideas for improving
• Honest conversations
• Encourage reflection
• Run an experiment

16. VALUE EATER #4
Wily Waterfall
“Good News, we got a fixed
budget to complete the project
by 2nd quarter and the business
has signed off on requirements.
Now go be Agile!”

17. VALUE EATER #4
How do we lose the value?
• Can’t respond to change
• Can’t respond to customer feedback
• Requirements go stale
• No transformation, carry old thinking

18. VALUE EATER #4
Ideas for improving
• Leaders as Champions
• Courage and transparency
• Paint a vision of transformation
• Be imperial

19. VALUE EATER #5
Muhesh Must-have
“You never get a second chance
at the first impression. We need
to deliver all the functionality at
first release.”

20. VALUE EATER #5
How do we lose the value?
• Slower to market
• Loss of customer feedback
• Slower response to changes
• More un-used features

21. VALUE EATER #5
Ideas for improving
• Distill highest product value
• Continue to deliver value
• Leaders education/coaching

22. VALUE EATER #6
Patti Product
“This product is extremely
important to me, but my
schedule is very busy. I will send
my intern who can take good
notes. That will work, right?”

23. VALUE EATER #6
How do we lose the value?
• 2-8 waiting for 1
• Slower delivery
• Waste from rework
• Working on wrong items

24. VALUE EATER #6
Ideas for improving
• Business ownership
• Honest conversations
• Delegate authority

25. Exercise
Ponder and Pontificate
• Purpose: learn from each other
• Timebox: 15 minutes
• Activity:
• Form groups of 3-5
• Exchange examples of value limiting practices you have witnessed
• Talk about how you think it limited the value
• Talk about ideas for improving

26. Challenge

27. Thank
You
Contact Info
Kyle Morton
Cardinal Solutions
Agile Advisory Services – CLT
kmorton@cardinalsolutions.com