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    {"title" :"Foundations of Agile, Part I","deck" : "with Alan Atlas and Alan Brouilette","summary" : "This is the first of two sessions that will explore the fundamentals of the Agile methodology.","date" : "2019-11-04T13:30:00-05:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","start_date" : "2019-11-04T13:30:00-05:00","end_date" : "2019-11-04T14:30:00Z",
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  "" },"content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\n\u003ca\n    href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/static/Foundations-of-Agile-Part-I.pdf\"\u003eView the slides (PDF, 23.1 MB, 40 pages)\u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgile is a way of thinking and a way of attacking problems, and it is central to how modern, digital teams attack problems and respond effectively to the inevitable change that arises when working on digital products.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"about-this-session--foundations-of-agile-part-i\"\u003eAbout this session — Foundations of Agile, Part I\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgile methods, particularly Agile software development methods, have become the de facto approach to modern software development. Many people find themselves on “Agile teams” doing “Agile development” without understanding the fundamental underlying principles. This is the first of two sessions that will explore the fundamentals of Agile methodology. Major topics covered will include the need for Agile, the Agile Manifesto and Principles, and Iterative development.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"more-talks-in-this-series\"\u003eMore talks in this series:\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/11/04/foundations-agile-i/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoundations of Agile, Part I\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e — Monday, November 4, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, ET \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/11/05/foundations-agile-ii\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFoundations of Agile, Part II\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e — Tuesday, November 5, 3:30 - 4:30 pm, ET \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/11/08/basic-scrum-i/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasics of Scrum, Part I\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e — Friday, November 8, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, ET \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/11/12/basics-scrum-ii/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasics of Scrum, Part II\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e — Tuesday, November 12, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, ET \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/11/13/intro-kanban-i/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntro to Kanban, Part I\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e — Wednesday, November 13, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, ET \u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/event/2019/11/14/intro-kanban-ii/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntro to Kanban, Part II\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e — Thursday, November 14, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, ET\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"about-the-speakers\"\u003eAbout the speakers\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan Atlas\u003c/strong\u003e is currently the Agile Coach for \u003ca href=\"https://login.gov\"\u003elogin.gov\u003c/a\u003e, and has been with \u003ca href=\"https://18f.gsa.gov\"\u003e18F\u003c/a\u003e for nearly four years. During that time, he has primarily delivered various kinds of Agile training, coaching, and management consulting. He began his Agile career as Scrum Master for the team at Amazon.com that build Amazon S3. Before coming to 18F, he spent over ten years consulting and coaching privately for Agile teams at various private sector companies.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan Brouilette\u003c/strong\u003e is the Chief of Staff for \u003ca href=\"https://www.18f.gov\"\u003e18F\u003c/a\u003e. He came here in 2015 to be an Agile coach and found himself learning Operations by doing, developing processes for staffing, agreements, travel, and other bits and pieces that make 18F function (e.g. meeting facilitation, and putting out fires). Prior to 18F he worked in the financial industry, news and sports radio, and taught processes and collaboration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box \"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"what-is-agile\"\u003eWhat is Agile?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you take nothing else from all these words, take this — Agile is not a checklist, or a methodology, or a series of rituals. Agile is a way of thinking and a way of attacking problems. Embrace mistakes, learn, and keep trying. Mess up, and learn again and again and again. Cut your losses. Fail forward fast. It’s okay. You won’t get fired. You’re always improving.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we put it in the \u003ca href=\"https://agile.18f.gov/modern-software-product-development/\"\u003e18F Guide to Agile\u003c/a\u003e —  \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are three basic approaches to software development: Waterfall, Agile, and Chaos.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChaos is when you don’t really have a methodology, and you don’t really learn anything, but everybody’s super busy all the time. Chaos is often characterized (or justified, if you want to be more critical) as “firefighting,” and it is suggested that there is no time to plan or learn because there is just so much to do.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaterfall is when you lay out The Plan in full before you start: every detail, every feature, every meeting, every benchmark, and then you’re wrong on most of them but forge ahead anyway, secure in the knowledge that following The Plan gives air cover in the likely event that the thing you’re building doesn’t work the way you expected it to when you made The Plan.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgile is different. In Agile, you build big things a baby step at a time. You are motivated and engaged because you are empowered to make your own decisions about how you accomplish your work. Agile has an end result in mind, and maybe a timeframe, but it only gets into the details as needed, which allows for change in response to new information.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"related-links\"\u003eRelated Links: \u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://agile.18f.gov/\"\u003eThe 18F Guide to Agile\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://agile.18f.gov/agile-fundamentals/\"\u003eAgile Fundamentals\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://agile.18f.gov/agile-lexicon/\"\u003eGlossary: Agile Terms, Phrases and Concepts\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://agilemanifesto.org/\"\u003eThe Agile Manifesto\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/12/29/is-your-project-using-agilefall/\"\u003eHow to check if your team is using Agile\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"want-to-talk-to-others-in-government-who-are-using-agile\"\u003eWant to talk to others in government who are using Agile?\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoin the \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/communities/agile-lean/\"\u003eAgile/Lean Community of Practice »\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoin the \u003ca href=\"https://digital.gov/communities/devops/\"\u003eDevOps Community of Practice »\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearn more about how 18F can support your team at \u003ca href=\"https://18f.gsa.gov/\"\u003ehttps://18f.gsa.gov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this event or future events? Send them to \u003ca href=\"mailto:digitalgov@gsa.gov\"\u003edigitalgov@gsa.gov\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n",
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