Notes from the meetup
Discussion topics
- The pros and cons of using the word Agile – Claire Ashcroft
- The in-house team who build the product say Agile, the agency helping with the product says Agile (me), but the in-house management money holders still say waterfall and critical path. Ideas for getting through this without harming anyone – Stephen Walker
- How do we encourage people to overcome their fear of “damaging the metric” when they’re breaking down work items (e.g, “that’s not big enough to be a story”)? – Lawrence Weetman
- what is an agile BA and how is it different to a traditional BA – Emily Webber
- “Pure Agile” “Agile Purist” are these a thing and should we embrace them? – Nicola Burns
Topics we didn’t get a chance to discuss
- How to shrink orgs when they have prematurely scaled too many teams – Adrian Howard
- Delivery Manager/ Agile Coach, where do you go from there? – Ian Ames
Some additional links to things that were mentioned during the call
If anyone wants to read more about governance – inc goverance of agile delivery, and things on the impact of governance in the wider organisation on agile delivery, I’ve pulled together a reading list: https://medium.com/@mcleanonline/governance-as-a-service-b8c16b34f1ed