How To Overcome Threats When Implementing Agile In a few short years Agile has become the new reality in IT project management. It has led to new business models, driven by increasing demand for flexibility, closeness with clients, and better overall results with the methodology. This webinar provides insight into our experiences with Agile, and describes how best to apply Agile in companies and projects. We’ll go through the threats that a project faces during the implementation and use of Scrum, with suggestions on how to minimize them. We’ll provide real life examples provided by our QA Director, Mónica Colombo, and our Scrum Masters, Alejandra Roitman and Matías López. If you’re wondering whether you have robust or weak Agile processes, we’d like to present you with a tool to help you understand your Agile maturity. Download the tool before or after the webinar, and find out where you stand compared to your peers.

1. Agile Is The
New Black

2. Mónica Colombo
QA Director
Matías López
CSM & Team Leader
Panelists
QUESTIONS
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3. Agile has become the current reality in IT project management
Flexibility
Closeness to clients
Increase development speed
Increased team motivation
QUESTIONS
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5. Overcoming common threats in Agile
QUESTIONS
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6. Threat 1
There are no defined requirements backlog
QUESTIONS
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7. Requirements prioritization is key to success
QA engineer can work as an information analyst
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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8. Threat 2
Client does not share their vision or
roadmap with the team
QUESTIONS
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9. Provide the team with at least the “big picture”
so they know what they are building
Use a roadmap to ensure the backlog focuses
on tactical issues
Ensure there is a deadline
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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10. Threat 3
No one knows how the project is performing
QUESTIONS
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11. Add data methodically to the tool, day after
day.
Backlog data reports must be used, interpreted,
tracked
Scrum Master must help the team solve
problems and internal conflicts
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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12. Threat 4
There are no good planning sessions
QUESTIONS
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13. Team empowerment
Product owner (PO) prioritizes tasks
Invest time in Sprint Zero
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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14. Threat 5
There is very little Agile experience
QUESTIONS
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15. Team empowerment and Scrum Master
involvement
Appropriate team size – ideally 8-9 members
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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16. Threat 6
Feedback and evaluations are not
taken into proper consideration
QUESTIONS
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17. Apply “brutal honesty” to the retrospective
Develop a highly productive environment, and
be capable of self-evaluation and improving
performance
Avoid “destructive” feedback
Individual feedback
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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18. Threat 7
There’s little experience in virtual or remote work
QUESTIONS
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19. Use proper (and different) tools for formal and
informal communication
Maintain an empathetic attitude
Agree on the concept of “done” during Sprint Zero
Definition of “done” needs to be list of clear and
easy to understand requirements
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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20. Threat 9
When the company mixes different
Agile methodologies
QUESTIONS
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21. Analyze each project individually to determine
what is best
Use a brainstorming session at the beginning of
the project
TIPS
QUESTIONS
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22. Conclusive points
1. Change our traditional thinking
2. Understand Agile as setting up an environment to work
3. Work in our communication
4. Identify the agile best practices
5. The right agile methodology adds values
QUESTIONS
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23. Self-assess your Agile maturity with
Belatrix’s free tool
QUESTIONS
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24. Q & A
QUESTIONS
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25. Mónica Colombo
mcolombo@belatrixsf.com
Matías López
mlopez@belatrixsf.com
Contact us!