The Agile Pocket Guide: A Quick Start to Making Your Business Agile Using Scrum and Beyond

Chapter 16

Wash, Rinse, Repeat, Win!

The sounds of celebration are wafting through the jungle. The melodic beats of the drums rise and fall as if the jungle is alive with one heart and one breath. The leaders in the business are popping their heads out of their windows and doors, all in the direction of your Agile Team. Something is brewing in the jungle, and an atmosphere of healthy anxiety is permeating the landscape like a thin fog. Early reports say that the Agile Team now has all the elements necessary for a successful rollout of Scrum, and some of the Tribes in the business are getting excited about the possibility of productivity increases and better communication and collaboration, as well as a unification of production throughout the different Tribes in the jungle. The gears of change are meshing, and it all began with you.

Agile management can be as simple or complex as you desire. Some things to think about include the following:

• Define as a Team which particulars of an Agile framework will be implemented into your culture.
• Define rules, processes, procedures, guidelines, and standards for your teams (i.e., standard meeting guidelines, estimation standards, communication channels).
• Define project members' roles and responsibilities (i.e., who is responsible for what). (See Figure 16.1.)
• Define goals and plans for measuring the success of a project (i.e., what makes a product rollout successful).
• Define and promote iteration standards that are necessary for your company's ...