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Large + successful + government + IT + Agile = Census

Large + successful + government + IT + Agile = Census. Leon Maritz. June 2014. I’m going to cover. Census Scrum Basics Census in 3 Stages Summary of Agile Successes Census Successes Census Adoption. Census Overview. Recruitment Training Distribution Online Collection Analysis

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Large + successful + government + IT + Agile = Census

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  1. Large + successful + government + IT + Agile = Census Leon Maritz June 2014

  2. I’m going to cover • Census • Scrum Basics • Census in 3 Stages • Summary of Agile Successes • Census Successes • Census Adoption

  3. Census Overview • Recruitment • Training • Distribution • Online • Collection • Analysis • Output

  4. Census is large 6.4 million census forms to 1.8 million homes

  5. Census is large About $72 million

  6. Census is large 7,000 trained collectors

  7. Census is large Large IT system

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  9. Scrum Basics

  10. IT Development in 3 StagesEarthquakes Stage 1 Apr 2009 to Sep 4, 2010 (Census 2011) Stage 2 Sep 4, 2010 to Feb 22, 2011 Stage 3 After Feb 22, 2011 (Census 2013)

  11. Stage 1 Apr 2009 to 4 Sep 2010

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  13. Daily Stand-ups

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  16. Retrospective • What went well • What didn’t go that well • Improvements • Acknowledgements

  17. What went well • Training - Scrum master and Product Owner • Agile Champion • Backlog Review • Quick feedback – thin slices • Inspect and adapt

  18. What didn’t go so well • Estimation – software upgrade, Technical debt • Over projection on Sprint Backlog • Separate seating per role • Release to UAT as definition of Done

  19. What the business thought • I like the approachability • I like the more open communication • I like the transparency

  20. Stage 2 Sep 4, 2010 to Feb 22, 2011

  21. Need Feb building pictures

  22. What went well • Co-location • Definition of Done changing to In Production • We learnt to estimate better

  23. What didn’t go so well • Multiple Product Owners • Stories bigger than 13 • Disruption due to Earthquake

  24. What the business thought • I like being at the stand-ups • I like the fact that the messenger does not influence the priority of a story

  25. Stage 3 After Feb 22, 2011

  26. Need picture of Level 3

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  29. Kanban – Visual Card • Visualize the workflow • Limit work in Progress • Manage flow • Make process policies explicit • Improve collaboratively

  30. What went well • Evolution is ok • Kanban • Team Trust • Working from home • Government Cloud

  31. What didn’t go so well • User stories over 13

  32. What the business thought • I like fast track • I like being able to propose a user story at any time

  33. Summary of Agile Successes • Transparency • Collaboration • Co-location • Continuous improvement • Multiple Product Owners • Self organized teams

  34. Remaining Opportunities • Deployments • Automate

  35. Census Success • Successful census - 5 march 2013 • Streamlined recruitment • Better training • Government cloud • Quickstats

  36. Census Agile Adoption • Census adopted Scrum for future census • Doing daily stand-ups • Census do Retrospectives • Census involved in Agile community of practice

  37. Large + successful + government + IT + Agile = CensusWe are happy to help

  38. What do we mean by benchmarking? • Investigate the two sets of Agile implementations • How we differ and why? • What should we take from the process? • How can we share our experience?

  39. Why the Government • Similar challenges • Same mandate - collaborate • We work for the same client

  40. Why is Agile a good place to start? • Continuous improvement is built into Agile • Suggests looking outward for improvements • Promotes openness and courage • Provides common ground to establish connections

  41. Long Term Vision

  42. Q & A

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