Introduction to Agile

Session to introduce the principles, values and practices of Agile. This will include a short interactive exercise to demonstrate some of the key agile practices we use in iterative delivery.

Slides

The latest version of slides for the session are available here

• If possible; bring in boards showing Burn down, feature & task level breakdown, estimation ladders etc
• Download the Henrick Video for offline playing incase of WiFi issues.

Facilitation Materials Needed

• Teams in table size of 4 to 6
• Sticky Notes - set of the following on each table
  • Small Rectangular - lots of one color
• Sharpie Pens on each table
• Flip chart paper
• Flip chart pens
• Ping pong balls (100-150 in total for a group of 24)

Facilitation Guidelines

• Present the slides to introduce Agile values, principles and practices
• This includes the 15 minute video by Henrik Kniberg, Product Ownership in a Nutshell. After playing this, a group discussion about what some of the memorable messages were
• Run the Ball game as described on the slides:
  • 4 sprints in total
  • Radiate and capture estimates vs actuals
  • Look for trends in improved accuracy of estimation and increased overall velocity
• At the end of Sprint 2, suggest each team does a review of other teams to see if they can learn new techniques from watching others in action
• At the end of Sprint 3, calculate the team's overall velocity. Challenge them to triple this. Ask what would help bring up the overall velocity (answer is smaller teams). Run a 4th sprint where group can self organise into smaller teams (agree a team is more than one person)
• Debrief the learnings