A Group of Agile Teams Organizational Agility

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1 A Group of Agile Teams Organizational Agility Angela Johnson, PMP, PMI-ACP, CST Certified Scrum Trainer & Agile Transformation Coach

2 Angela Johnson PMP, PMI-ACP, CST 19+ years Information Technology with traditional SDLC and Scrum/Agile Scrum Alliance Trainer Approval Committee Team Member Volunteer Facilitator PMI-MN Agile Practitioner Community Based in Minneapolis, MN 2

3 Why Agile? Any Agile Adoption should start out by asking, Why do we want to use Agile? Being Agile is not the Goal! Agile is about delivering Business Value 3

4 2013 VersionOne State of Agile Survey 4

5 Organizational Agility A group of agile teams does not an agile organization make 5

6 Organizational Agility The new goal for the organization must be to delight the customer. Making money is not the goal Being agile is not the goal. Working software is not the goal Agile, Scrum & working software are means to achieving the goal 6

7 What is Organizational Agility? The capacity of a company to rapidly change or adapt in response to changes in the market A high degree of organizational agility can help a company to react successfully to the emergence of new competitors, the development of new industrychanging technologies, or sudden shifts in overall market conditions 7

8 Shared Vision or Current Reality? Adapted from The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge 8

9 Shared Vision or Current Reality? Adapted from The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge 9

10 Paradigm Shift Source: Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM or RAD) 10

11 Paradigm Shift 11

12 Paradigm Shift 12

13 Paradigm Shift 13

14 Paradigm Shift 14

15 Paradigm Shift New Quality Practices Testers are part of the team Tests drive coding Testing a user story is done within an iteration not after Quality is not a role, a person or a department it s everyone s job Testing is not something performed by a tester Test automation is critical to long-term effectiveness 15

16 Paradigm Shift Personnel Considerations Focus is on Cross Functional Teams Delivery is Value Based on the Customer What support or training do our teams need to make the paradigm shift in collaboratively working in a cross functional way? What happens to our individual incentives in asking people to work in teams? What happens to our hiring practices in asking for cross functional behavior and skills? What about career path considerations? 16

17 Confronting Current Reality 17

18 Inclusive, Collaborative Flexible, Adaptive Possibly-Oriented Facilitative Self-reflective Courageous Observant Shift in Leadership Characteristics Adapted from Leadership Agility, Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs and Action Inquiry, William Torbert 18

19 How Long Does this Take? It Depends Size of the Organization Organization Culture Flexibility and Adaptability Commitment of Organization Leadership Commitment to Automation 19

20 Change is Hard 20

21 Change is Hard We tried Agile and it didn t work We tried Scrum and it didn t work We tried baseball and it didn t work 21

22 Questions 22

ISTQB Agile Tester in a Nutshell ISTQB Marketing Working Group

ISTQB Agile Tester in a Nutshell ISTQB Marketing Working Group May 2014 WHAT IS THE ISTQB? ISTQB : International Software Testing Qualifications Board (www.istqb.org): Non-profit association Founded in