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Agile Governance: Is this a contradiction or does it allow agile to thrive?

Explore the concept of agile governance and how it can enhance the effectiveness of agile methodologies. Discover practical strategies and tips for achieving successful agile governance. Join us for this informative presentation.

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Agile Governance: Is this a contradiction or does it allow agile to thrive?

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  1. Agile Governance:Is this a contradiction or does it allow agile to thrive? Keith Richards www.agilekrc.com #agilegovernance

  2. Presentation Structure • Introductions • What is governance? • What is agile? • Do we need to combine these two? • What does it look like? • How is it done? • Three things to take away today that will make a difference • Further information • Close and questions. #agilegovernance

  3. Introductions • Chief Executive of KRC • KRC is a pioneering company at the forefront of agile thinking • Specialising in all things agile (Scrum, DSDM, AgilePM, everything!) • Consultancy, training, coaching and mentoring • Focusing on improving Agile capability at any scale • 20 years of experience • Detailed knowledge of combining PRINCE2 with agile • IAF Accredited / APMG Certified Facilitator • Author of ‘Agile Project Management’ (TSO) • Voted ‘Most Valuable Agile Player’ UK Agile Awards. #agilegovernance

  4. Let’s start with a puzzle! #agilegovernance

  5. “Governance” – what is it? Helps with: • Looking after your investment • Will it be worthwhile? • Is it going ok? • Am I being told the truth? Ownership Responsibilities Reporting Decision making #agilegovernance

  6. “Agile” – what is it? • Very broad term • Surrounded with hype • Poorly understood? • Poorly defined • ...but it is here to stay • ...and everyone has to change! #agilegovernance

  7. Agile – hard to define? • Methods? • e.g. Scrum, DSDM, Lean, SAFe, XP • Techniques? • e.g. User Stories, Stand-up meetings, Timeboxes and Sprints • Behaviours? • e.g. Collaboration, Self-organising, Minimalism • Context? • e.g. BAU, Projects, IT only, Non-I.T., Programme, Organisation. #agilegovernance

  8. Are you agile? • Is there autonomy and empowerment? • Will people collaborate? • Will communication be good? • Is there flexibility with the scope? • Can you build iteratively and incrementally? • Do you have a productive environment? • Is the agile philosophy accepted? ...if the prevailing feeling is ‘yes’... ...then you are agile …well, at least agilish!

  9. Why everyone has to change! • Life has moved on! • The world is a different place • We need to be quick (or timely?) • Quality needs to be high • We need to be responsive • We need to understand opportunity cost.

  10. So do we need good governance for this? Stable Agile 100% YES! #agilegovernance

  11. What does ‘Agile Governance’ look like? • Looking after a flexible business case • Accepting that not everything will be delivered • Different funding mechanisms (e.g. drip feed) • Is procurement an energiser or an energy-sapper? • Timely decision making • ‘The honest protection of the quality level’ • Well tested, well documented and well designed • Checking (even auditing) the behaviours • A clued-up and switched on sponsor or ’exec’ …and a clued-up and switched on assurance function. #agilegovernance

  12. We need to handle the contrast? • It may look like we are trying to mix oil and water? …but in truth we aren’t! • Instead, we need to look for the synergies? #agilegovernance

  13. Traditional Project Management/Waterfall World • Lighten up a bit! • Move away from: • Fixed and detailed requirements • Fixed and detailed estimates • Inflexible ‘contractuals’ • Command and control • Keep going with: • Business case driven • Stages • Manage by Exception • ‘good old project management’ .....and Project Managers!

  14. The Agile World • Don’t go crazy! • Do this: • MoSCoW prioritisation • Timebox and feel the pain! • Visualisation • Self-organise • Enjoy! • But go careful with: • ‘The Product Owner’ • Starting with a backlog/Scrum • ‘Happy clappy’ • ‘Techie led’.

  15. You need to be organised to make this a reality • Where are you and where do you want to be? • What is realistic? • What is the role of agile at your organisation? • This is a journey • How are you set up? • How do you want to be set up? • Do you have a plan? #agilegovernance

  16. Three things to start doing now (or someone else will!) • Put flexing the scope centre stage • Timebox for real, fail fast! • ...and if you really want to deliver more... ...deliver less! But without good governance, this may well be too risky. The Monty Hall Problem – counter-intuitive but true!

  17. Further Information / Next Steps • Next Webinar: May 9th, 12:30pm - MoSCoW prioritisation • http://agilekrc.com/agile-training-webinars • KRC help organisations with their transition to Agile • KRC offers a variety of Agile coaching, training and support services • Next public scheduled AgilePM course: May 19th, London • Next public scheduled ScrumMaster course: May 1st, London • Free downloads, including today’s slides and whitepapers at: http://agilekrc.com/agile-downloads • White papers on Distributed Agile (6000 words) and using PRINCE2 with DSDM (one of APMG’s ‘most downloaded’) • Join ‘The DSDM Group’ on LinkedIn • Follow us on Twitter @agilekrc

  18. Agile GovernanceThank you! k.richards@agilekrc.com c.robinson@agilekrc.com www.agilekrc.com #agilegovernance

  19. Bonus Slide: This is different; very different! Traditional Approach DSDM Approach Time Cost Features Fixed Quality Quality Time Cost Features Variable

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