Using Agile Practices in the Enterprise to Feed and Shelter the World

Nugget #1 – Music

Chad HoldorfJohn Deere’s Agile Evangelist

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HoldorfChadR@JohnDeere.com@chadholdorfwww.chadholdorf.com

AwakeAliveAware

Problem

9,000,000,000

30% MORE mouths to FEED

Double Output

Source: Simmons (2009)

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Results?

#WINNINGField Issue Resolution Time 42%

Warranty Expenses 50%

Time to Production 20%

Employee Engagement 13% (71->84)

First to Market 20%

If the decision were solely up to you, would your team continue using Scaled

Agile?

97%

2%

Yes No

128 surveyed

http://bit.ly/Up5q5E

| John Deere Media and Analyst Day June 201225

Culture of Innovation: Going Agile

ISG Director Tony Thelen said,

“In many ways the company's

software development had

been mirrored to the way we

develop tractors and

combines and construction

equipment.“

Computer World, “John Deere Plows Into Agile” 26 Jan, 2012

How?

Enterprise Aligned Cadence

100% Leadership Support

What is a hackathon?

A hackathon is a time to allow the organization time to fix/improve/try something that could be improved.  

A time allowed for the organization to fix/improve/try something that needs improvement.

Nugget

Key to Life Videohttp://bit.ly/XVU4td

Running & Reading

Research

1. Lifehacker.com2. Tim Ferris - http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/3. Hacker Chick - http://www.hackerchick.com/4. Scaled Agile Framework - http://scaledagileframework.com/blog-2/5. Google Alerts – Chad Holdorf

Free

http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html

http://search.creativecommons.org/

Fizz Buzz - http://bit.ly/Vb9O5y

Pair Programming

http://bit.ly/10jKguw

http://www.christopheravery.com/responsibility-process

Boats &Hats

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Negotiation with Managers

Option 1 – Bad IdeaOption 2 – What you wantOption 3 – Crazy Idea

Thank You!