Agile 101
Ability to move quickly and easily.
What is Agile?
When a team comes together to verify they have enough prioritized work in the backlog (input queue) so that the work queue is not starved.
What is weekly Replenishment?
Ensures that the team is following Agile Principles and Practices at all times?
Who is Everyone?
A new way of working which includes new roles and responsibilities, it includes new way of work intake and how the work gets prioritized and also how the work gets decomposed and assigned to underlying teams.
What is an Op Model?
Agile values this over "Following a Plan".
Responding to Change
The number of task items that a team is currently working on. It frames the capacity of your team's workflow at any moment.
What is Work In Progress (WIP)?
Responsible for defining the service area’s vision and for achieving its mission and OKRs - oversees multiple service families.
Who is the Service Area Lead (SAL)?
Where shared strategic objectives are agreed upon by VPs of IS, Cyber and EA.
What is CTS 360/BT Strategic Planning?
Agile processes harness THIS for the customer's competitive advantage.
What is change?
This meeting drives a team to prioritize the work on hand, and address questions like who’s is the owner of a card, who needs help, what is blocked and needs immediate actions from the team.
What is a Huddle or Stand Up?
Drives the career and performance management process for the chapter.
Who is the Chapter Lead?
It measures the time it takes for work to move from one stage on the Kanban board to another stage. For ex: from “ready for work” to “build and test”.
What is Cycle Time?
A thought process that involves understanding, collaborating, learning, and staying flexible to achieve high-performing results
What is an Agile Mindset?
Expedite, Fixed Date, Standard and Intangible.
What are Classes of Services?
Responsible for end to end execution/delivery of the service using the right technical resources to deliver quality outcomes.
Who is the SFM?
A format is written in straight forward sentences, typically one to three sentences that says precisely what the work is (What), (When) and (Why) is it needed.
What is a Technical Story?
Agile values these over processes and tools.
Individuals and interactions
Visualize the workflow, Limit Work in Progress (WIP), Explicit policies, Manage flow, feedback loops and Collaborate & Evolve
What are Kanban 6 Key Principles?
Help train corporate teams on the agile methodology and oversee the development of agile teams to ensure effective outcomes for the organization.
Who is an Agile Coach?
Measures the total time it takes for work to move through the Kanban board, from the time of request being received to the time it gets delivered. It includes both cycle and wait (queue) time.
What is Lead Time?