We host intimate conversations with startups and independent workers gathered to have "campfire-style" information exchange sessions as a part of a video series we call WeGab. This session we gab with Alexander the Agile Coach (https://vimeo.com/90798539) If you're interested in attending or headlining a WeGab, contact us at info@weleet.co

1. Hi, I’m Alexander.
• 15+ years of project management
experience
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
certification
• Team enablement and
organizational transformation
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2. Agile Manifesto
• Individuals and Interactions over
processes and tools
• Working software over
comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over
contract negotiation
• Responding to change over
following a plan
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3. Definition of Terms
• What is Agile?
• How does Scrum relate to Agile?
• What is Scrum?
– Scrum Roles
– Scrum Artifacts
– Scrum Events
• What is a Scrum Master?
• What is an Agile Coach?
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4. Scrum Theory
• Iterative
• Incremental
• Inspection
• Adaption
• Transparency
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5. Roles
• Scrum Team
–Development Team
–Scrum Master
–Product Owner
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6. Scrum Artifacts
• Product Backlog
• Sprint Backlog
• Sprint Progress
• Increment
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7. Events
• Sprint
• Sprint Planning
• Daily Scrum
• Sprint Review
• Sprint Retrospective
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8. Scrum Master
• Owns the
Scrum Process
• Guards and
supports team
• Facilitates team
decision making
• Establishes platform for
team maturity
• Removes impediments
• Servant leader
• Is not the
project manager
• Does not estimate
– Work
– Size
– $
• Does not commit
to dates
• Is not the
decision maker
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9. Agile Coach
• Assists in defining an action plan for
the successful adoption of Agile
practices
• Review of existing Agile practices
• Delivers mentoring on best practices
• Guides the cultural shift to adopt
Agile practices
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10. What’s Organizational
Transformation?
• A new way of thinking about time
• A new way of delivering value
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11. What does this mean to me?
• Promote efficiencies
• Product ideation and
development
• Empowerment
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12. Agile Myths
• If we use Scrum for our projects, won’t we work
faster?
No. Teams will deliver value sooner
• Agile won’t work for the types of projects we
have.
Yes. Agile frameworks prescribe both adaptive and
reactive planning
• Scrum is only used for software development
No. Agile frameworks can be applied from product
ideation through development
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13. Thanks!
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