Thursday, April 19, 2018

Agile in 160 Billion Gallons: When Agile Principles Occur During A Disaster

While the Agile concepts may sometimes be easy, the why's and how's are a little trickier to wrap your head around.   I’ve unfortunately participated in three recent rising flood water events in Houston over the last three years. Employing my agile skills has had a profound impact on the "success of the project".  

Their are some agile principles that are naturally occurring during a disaster. The "product" is protecting your home by saving your possessions.  The backlog is all of your possessions and it is prioritized by how you plan on attacking it. Some examples might be most expensive to least, or from the floor to the counters.

Some agile principals, like self organized teams or iterations are partially present. And some principals are rarely applied at all.

The  demo, retro, and sprint planning, tend to fall away during a crisis, but I assert that those are most important for a successful product, as they are core to the agile principles of transparency, inspection, and adaptation.

Here are the full slide decks.
Houston Tech Fest ( 10/14/2017 )
Agile Leadership Network Conference ( 04/21/2018 )
Houston Tech Fest - Spring (05/05/2018)
Project Manager's Institute - Houston Conference (06/05/2018)
* Houston Tech Fest - Fall 2018 (9/30/2018)
* Houston Scrum Masters Alliance (1/28/2019)
* Agile Shift Conference (04/12/2019)
Houston Agile Leadership Network (7/18/19)
Houston Tech Fest (9/14/19)
Houston PMI October Meeting (10/9/19)
* Houston PMI August Meeting (08/19/20)
* Vivit-Worldwide Virtual Community Days - Agile, DevOps, and Testing Conference (12/2/20)


Video recording:
http://usergroup.tv/videos/agile-in-160-billion-gallons-when-agile-principles-occur-during-a-disaster


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