Sharing 5 Key Practices of Successful Agile Teams, based on my experiences and observations. There are many more but these really help teams move forward, faster!

1. 5 Key Practices of Successful Agile Teams
Asheesh Mehdiratta @amehdiratta
Dec 2023

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Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer
through early and continuous delivery of
valuable software.

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1- KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER !

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We are ALL Product Managers!

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START: CustomerJourney& User Story Maps

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Continuous attention to technical excellence
and good design enhances agility.

12. 2 - EXCEL TECHNICALLY !

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EXAMPLE:
Software Dev
COMMITMENT

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START : COMMITMENT TO TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
- Aristotle

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Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile processes promote sustainable development.
HIGH
QUALITY

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3 - QUALITY INFECTED !

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START : ‘QUALITY as a HABIT’ for WHOLE TEAM
Best ROI of Testing

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We are constantly reading old code as part of the
effort to write new code.
Indeed, the ratio of time spent reading versus
writing is well over 10 to 1.
- Uncle Bob / Robert Martin

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Deliver working software frequently, from a
couple of weeks to a couple of months, with
a preference to the shorter timescale.

28. 4 - OPTIMIZING PIPELINES !

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There should be two tasks for a
human being to perform to
deploy software into a
development, test, or production
environment:
to pick the version and
environment and to press the
“deploy” button.”
― David Farley

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START: OPTIMIZING INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINES
Credits: Google MLOps

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At regular intervals, the team reflects on
how to become more effective, then tunes
and adjusts its behavior accordingly.
every possible

36. 5 - INCREASE SYSTEMIC AWARENESS !

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“A bad system will beat a good person every
time.”
― W. Edwards Deming

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START : INCREASE SYSTEMIC AWARENESS
DevOps Success and Failure modes

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START :
➢ KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER
➢ EXCEL TECHNICALLY
➢ QUALITY INFECTED
➢ OPTIMIZING PIPELINES
➢ SYSTEMIC AWARENESS

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A man is but the product of his thoughts.
What he thinks, he becomes.
― Mahatma Gandhi
Go LEAD the CHANGE !

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