A quick lightening talk on Agile in Local Government

1. Tim Nolan, Collin County, Texas
@plotboy

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3. Collin County, Texas
 Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex
 Population ~1 Million
 Highly Educated, Affluent
and Mobile
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4.  CIO Suggested
 Joined local Meetups
 Agile Management Overview – 1 Day
 Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) Training
 Fist of 5
Agile @ Collin County
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5.  DFW Scrum – Jim Highsmith
 Open Invitation – Lance Dacy
 Observed Sprint Review
 Observed Sprint Planning
 Kicked out of Retrospective
 Took lots of pictures
Field Trip
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6.  County Clerk Call
 School Census Records Online
 Genealogy Conference in 6 months
 Email Project Management
 Forgot about the request
 Angry Elected Official
“You have 2-Weeks!!!”
Business as Usual
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7. Sprint by Fire
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8. Lance’s Wisdom
•Curb your Enthusiasm
•Scrum is about
exposing impedances
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9. Backlog Development
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10. April
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
1 2 3 4 5
Sprint 01 Ends
Sprint 01 Review
Sprint 01 Retro
Sprint 02 Planning
Start Sprint 02
8 9 10 11 12
Sprint 03 Refinement
15 16 17 18 19
Sprint 02 Ends
Sprint 02 Review
Sprint 02 Retro
Sprint 03 Planning
Start Sprint 03
22 23 24 25 26
Sprint 04 Refinement
29 30
Sprint 03 Ends
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11. The Backlog
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12.  Development Team
 Scrum Master
 By Committee
 Revolving
 Always a DEV
 Product Owner – Business Analyst
Scrum Roles
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13. Monopoly Board
Culture
Courage
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14. Daily Scrum (Stand-ups)
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16. Agile Teams
Team Process Duration
AppDev Scrum 2-Week Sprints
GIS Scrum 2-Week Sprints
HR Scrum 2-Week Sprints
Records kanban On-Going, WIP
Security Khan-bahn TBD
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17.  Team Culture
 Middle Management
 Departmental Culture /
Resistance
 CIO Wants Agile
 Individual’s Stories
 PFPs
Challenges
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18. More work than expected – Management
Visualize Progress – Customers
Focus - Team
Observations
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19.  Don’t let perfection be
the enemy of good
 “Next Sprint”
 Clear & Concise direction
 Daily praise
 Daily progress
Encouragement
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20. Tim Nolan, Collin County, Texas
tnolan@co.collin.tx.us
972.548.4588
nolantim
@plotboy
TimNolan3
Did I leave
the oven on?
Contact Info
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