Agile is a philosophy or new way of thinking about software development and the managerial practices of software development. This session will be to understand at a high level what Agile is and how we may be able to apply new techniques in the workplace.

1. BA Stands for
“Being Agile”
Craig Smith
Suncorp

2. Welcome
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3. 16/12/2010
“B” is for
back
to
basics
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4. 16/12/2010
“A” is for
agile
Umbrella
term
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5. Agile Manifesto 16/12/2010
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6. Agile Pyramid 16/12/2010
Approach
Practices
Principles
Values
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7. 16/12/2010
Agile
Values
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8. Trust 16/12/2010
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9. Innovative Accountability 16/12/2010
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10. Courage 16/12/2010
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11. Honesty 16/12/2010
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12. It’s All About Culture 16/12/2010
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13. 16/12/2010
Agile
Principles
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Value - 13 -

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Collaboration - 14 -

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Speed - 15 -

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Flexibility - 16 -

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Simplicity - 17 -

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Teamwork - 18 -

20. 16/12/2010
Agile
Practices
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21. XP
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22. Scrum
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23. Agile
Approach
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24. 5%
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Concept

25. 10%
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Initiate

26. 80%
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Deliver

27. 5%
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Deploy

28. Happy Days!
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29. Speed to cool...
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30. The Agile Team

31. Technical Divide

32. Image: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/wp-content/files/2008/06/fry-lightbulb-on-forehead1.jpg
Analyst skills are important!

33. Get from
this...
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34. To this...
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35. Just not this...
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36. Cross functional team
Project
Sponsor
Project
Manager Program
Manager
Consultants
Iteration
Manager
Team
lead
Comms
Officer
Busines Core Team
Member
Owner
Team
Quality
Assurance
Bus.
SME
Project
Officer Team
Specialist Support
Other key Analyst
stakeholders
Extended
Team
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37. Image:: http://www.rejoiceministries.org/images/most_important.gif
Focus on value

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Break it down

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Backlog

40. Story cards

41. With acceptance criteria

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INVEST in your stories

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TDD & ATDD

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Given... When... Then...

45. MoSCoW
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46. Estimation
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47. Daily standup
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48. Retrospective
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49. Co-location
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50. Adaptive planning
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51. Frequent small releases
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52. Continuous feedback
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53. Automation
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Spike

55. Visualise the flow

56. Wrap Up
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57. Image: http://adriantips.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/karate-kid.jpg
Improve your craft

58. Have fun
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59. Image: http://www.aperfectworld.org/clipart/business/opportunity.png
Opportunity is knocking

60. Image: http://media.photobucket.com/image/fonz/bloodyrose2310/28007169_fonz.jpg
Heeeey! BA’s are cool!

61. Questions ??
Craig Smith
http://www.suncorp.com.au
http://www.agileacademy.com.au
craig.smith@suncorp.com.au
@smithcdau
http://www.slideshare.net/smithcdau/
Suncorp is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest diversified financial services providers,
supplying banking, insurance and wealth management products to around 9 million customers through
well-established and recognised brands such as AAMI, Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency,
Shannons, Vero, Asteron and Tyndall, as well as Suncorp and GIO. Today, Suncorp is Australia's fifth
largest bank and second largest domestic general insurance group, with over 16,000 staff. Suncorp
has representation in 450 offices, branches and agencies throughout Australia and New Zealand.
(http://www.suncorp.com.au)
The Agile Academy is the next wave in Agile learning and collaboration. Designed for IT professionals,
the Agile Academy is a knowledge hub that promotes Agile related learning, knowledge sharing and
capability development across the IT industry. We offer an integrated curriculum of leading edge
courses across the entire solution development life cycle, covering all roles at varying levels.
(http://www.agileacademy.com.au)