agile for girls' - rachel picken, mpad
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Agile for GirlsRachel Picken, MPAD
www.mpad.co.uk @RachelPicken
How did this happen?
Why do I find this Agile
stuff interesting?
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Is there a more
sensible way to plan?
Why do I find this Agile
stuff interesting?
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Excellence theory
Best laid plans…
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Why do I find this Agile
stuff interesting?
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Is there a more
sensible way to plan?
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CIPR research project
PR planning for a digital age
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Everyone wants to use Agile nowadays(Reaction via tutor)
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Conclusion:
Some people plan, some don’t.
How I now use AgileUse the manifesto as a guiding principle
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1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2. Working software over comprehensive documentation
3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
4. Responding to change over following a plan
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Individuals and interactions over
processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
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Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
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Responding to change over following a plan
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Be prepared for your plan to go out of the window.Higher Newham Farm & Village
Adventures with Value Stream Mapping.
–Why did we do this?
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What did we do?
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What did we discover?
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• Overproduction
• Waiting & Delays
• Inventory
• Movement of people
• Transport of Materials
• Defects & Rework
• Inappropriate processing
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Overproduction
Just good enough is sometimes OK to get a feel for written or design work.
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Waiting and delays
How can you work with your clients to
minimize waiting for sign off? Build it into
your ts and cs
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Inventory
Staff not being used to capacity
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Movement of people
Your office/work base compared to your
client base
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Transport of materialsDeliver to us or direct
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Defects and rework
The briefing and presentation process
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Inappropriate processing
Overdoing the paperwork
What have we learnt?
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There’s nowhere to
hide!
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Customers still want
some sort of plan.
Clients need to be nurtured and managed
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Half of the job of effective consultancy is not
necessarily the quality of the work, but how it’s
delivered.
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Focus on clear objectives -
What are the measures of
success? Rather than the details of how you are going
to get there. www.mpad.co.uk @RachelPicken
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A balance between beard-stroking and
bish bash bosh
Easy ways to introduce Agile to your creative consultancy business
today
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1. How can you work more collaboratively with your
customers?
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2. How can you cut down on waiting time?
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3. How can you streamline paperwork?
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4. How can you make workstreams more visible?
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Thank you.Your questions are welcome
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