My presentation at Innovation Games 2013. Did not include all slides.

1. Using Agile Practices in the Enterprise
to Feed and Shelter the World

2. Nugget #1 – Music

4. Chad Holdorf
John Deere’s Agile Evangelist
HoldorfChadR@JohnDeere.com
@chadholdorf
www.chadholdorf.com
Awake
Alive
Aware
4

5. Problem

6. 9,000,000,000

7. 30% MORE mouths to FEED

9. Double Output

11. Source: Simmons (2009)

18. http://bit.ly/UDGwfJ

19. http://bit.ly/UDGwfJ

20. http://bit.ly/UDGwfJ

21. http://bit.ly/WY0OjS

22. Results?

23. #WINNING
Field Issue Resolution Time 42%
Warranty Expenses 50%
Time to Production 20%
First to Market 20%
Employee Engagement 13% (71->84)

24. If the decision were solely up to you,
would your team continue using
Scaled Agile?
2%
128 surveyed 97%
http://bit.ly/Up5q5E
Yes No

25. Culture of Innovation: Going Agile
ISG Director Tony Thelen
said, “In many ways the
company's software
development had been
mirrored to the way we
develop tractors and
combines and construction
equipment.“
Computer World, “John Deere Plows Into
Agile” 26 Jan, 2012
25 | John Deere Media and Analyst Day June 2012

26. How?

27. Enterprise Aligned Cadence

28. 100% Leadership Support

29. What is a hackathon?
A time allowed for the organization to fix/improve/try something that needs improvement.
A hackathon is a time to allow the organization time to
fix/improve/try something that could be improved.

31. Nugget

33. Key to Life Video
http://bit.ly/XVU4td
Running & Reading

36. Research
1. Lifehacker.com
2. Tim Ferris - http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/
3. Hacker Chick - http://www.hackerchick.com/
4. Scaled Agile Framework - http://scaledagileframework.com/blog-2/
5. Google Alerts – Chad Holdorf

38. Free

39. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html

40. http://search.creativecommons.org/

41. Fizz Buzz - http://bit.ly/Vb9O5y

42. Pair Programming
http://bit.ly/10jKguw

43. http://www.christopheravery.com/responsibility-process

44. Boats &
Hats
http://bit.ly/WjQQx8

45. Negotiation with Managers
Option 1 – Bad Idea
Option 2 – What you want
Option 3 – Crazy Idea

46. Thank You!