Agile lecture at Agile Practitioners 2015 http://apilconf.com/agile-the-missing-lecture/ I want to share with you the missing lecture. This one lecture I’ve missed. An important lesson no one has told me several years ago when I’ve jumped into the agile world. The one-hour insight I believe everyone in the software industry should hear. While trivial to me in retrospect, nothing was obvious back then when I’ve made my first agile baby steps.

1. the
LECTURE
Uri Nativ
#unativ
AGILE PRACTITIONERS 2015

2. uri nativ
vp engineering & Site manager
16+ exp.
7+ agile
start-ups
us corporates

3. AGILE ROCKS!

4. AGILE ROCKS!
but getting there wasn’t easy

5. my journeys

6. changing an
organization
my journeys
1

7. water
fall
from
to
agile

8. scrum
experimenting agile

9. failware
crums

10. MY VIEW
empowerment
transparency
high quality
teamwork

11. empowerment
transparency
high quality
teamwork
MY VIEW
mgmt unaccountable
micro-management
LOW quality
inter-team tension
TEAM’s VIEw

12. wrong???what
went

13. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
based on the Kübler-Ross model

14. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
shock

15. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
denial
shock

16. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
frustration
shock
denial

17. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
depression
shock
denial
frustration

18. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
experiment
shock
denial
frustration
depression

19. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
decision
shock
denial
frustration
depression
experiment

20. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve integration
shock
denial
frustration
depression
experiment
decision

21. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve
shock
denial
frustration
depression
experiment
decision
integration

22. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve I’m here

23. ENERGY
TIME
the change curve I’m here
my team

24. ENERGY
TIME
the big gap
I’m here
my team

25. it’s not a change of methodology
it’s a culture change

26. company culture isn’t something
you can just get overnight…“

27. company culture isn’t something
you can just get overnight…
it usually takes about a week
to ship that ping pong table”
“
@PHP_CEO

28. • CEREMONIES
• ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• AGILE PRINCIPALS
• PEOPLE, VALUES
& CULTURE
agile foundation

29. • CEREMONIES
• ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• AGILE PRINCIPALS
• PEOPLE, VALUES
& CULTURE
agile foundation

30. scruMistakes

31. endlessssss

32. people vs. stories
standups

33. demo
smoke & mirror

34. retrospective
talking vs. learning

35. scrumbut

36. ceremonies
WHYless

37. • CEREMONIES
• ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• AGILE PRINCIPALS
• PEOPLE, VALUES
& CULTURE

38. ?what the testers are doing
in the beginning of the sprint?
who approves vacations?
which tool to use?

39. ?what the testers are doing
in the beginning of the sprint?
who approves vacations?
estimate using story points?
which tool to use?
digital boards or sticky notes?
potentials
shippable product?

40. ?
what is the definition of done?
what’s the optimal
sprint length?
what the testers are doing
in the beginning of the sprint?
who approves vacations?
estimate using story points?
stabilization sprints?
which tool to use?
digital boards or sticky notes?
potentials
shippable product?
feature teams or
component teams?

41. what is the definition of done?
what’s the optimal
sprint length?
what the testers are doing
in the beginning of the sprint?
who approves vacations?
estimate using story points?
stabilization sprints?
which tool to use?
digital boards or sticky notes?
potentials
shippable product?
feature teams or
component teams??

42. what is the definition of done?
what’s the optimal
sprint length?
what the testers are doing
in the beginning of the sprint?
who approves vacations?
estimate using story points?
stabilization sprints?
which tool to use?
digital boards or sticky notes?
potentials
shippable product?
feature teams or
component teams?
technical
aspects of scrum

43. agile is a mindset
more than a methodology

44. teamwork
trust
transparency
short feedback loops
priority
value to customer
agile is continuous improvement

45. • CEREMONIES
• ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• AGILE PRINCIPALS
• PEOPLE, VALUES
& CULTURE
agile foundation

46. creating an
organization
my journeys
2

47. from nothing to awesome

48. rails
scrum
TDD
BDD
CI
CD
agile
ATDD
JavaScript
webcloudrwd
scale
singlepageapp
mobileCDD

49. rails
scrum
TDD
BDD
CI
CD
agile
ATDD
JavaScript
webcloudrwd
scale
singlepageapp
mobileCDD

50. culture
driven development

51. when in doubt
focus on the
you can delegate the rest
culture

52. • CEREMONIES
• ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• AGILE PRINCIPALS
• PEOPLE, VALUES
& CULTURE
agile foundation

53. • CEREMONIES
• ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• AGILE PRINCIPALS
• PEOPLE, VALUES
& CULTURE
lead the change
from the
base of the
pyramid

54. teamwork
trust
transparency
short feedback loops
priority
value to customer
agile is continuous improvement

55. culture first
the rest will follow

56. @
uri nativ #unativ
tocodeishuman.com
uri.nativ@gmail.com

57. credits
photos
Near [13 of 52] by Chris Isherwod - https://flic.kr/p/dBQKiZ
The lonely hiker by David Craig - https://flic.kr/p/iGn4bW
icons – the noun project
Dinosaur by Ruth Miller
Triceratops by Dactrtr
Cheeta by kesaryvamshi
World by Ted Grajeda
Waterfall by Luis Prado
Scrum by Björn Andersson
Wrench by Bram van Rijen
Superhero by Juan Pablo Bravo
Mirror by Cornelius Danger
Teamwork by Yazzer Perez
Delete by useiconic.com
Arm Wrestle by Luis Prado
Lightning by Ryan Oksenhorn
Stop by Michael Rowe
Protest by Chris Kerr
Erlenmeyer Flask by Emily van den Heever
Sad by Dani Rolli
Mortar Board by Stephen JB Thomas
Gears by Sebastian Wiercinski
Team by Ahmed Trochilidae
Flag by Chris Robinson
User by Wilson Joseph
Compassion by Scott Lewis
Camera by Stanislav Levin
Magnifying Glass by Diego Naïve
Lightning by Renee Ramsey-Passmore
Explosion by Renee Ramsey-Passmore
Light Bulb by Pascual Bilotta
Magic by Natalia Błaszczyk
Dialog by Reed Enger
Question-Mark by Bradley Wilton