This page is a work in progress with all kinds of collected agile resources. See also [Publications] for business agility stories and resources by Michael Herman.

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GETTING STARTED

context

• [Bloomberg: What is Code?]
• [The Atlantic: The Winter Getaway that Turned the Software World Upside Down]
• [Why Some Developers at Some Strong Companies think Agile is Nonsense]

approaches

• Manifesto - http://agilemanifesto.org |
• Scrum - [ScrumGuide] and [Sutherland@Google] and [SutherlandOnShockTherapy]
• Scrum@Scale - [Scrum@ScaleGuide]
• Enterprise Scrum - [Beedle intro to business agility] - see also [Publications]
• Large Scale Scrum (Less) - [Website] [ShortVideo] [LarmanLaws]
• BOSSA Nova for Company-wide Agility - [the book] and [the video]
• LeanKanban - http://leankanban.com
• Enterprise Business Agility by AgilityHealth - https://agilityhealthradar.com/enterprise-business-agility-model/
• Design Thinking - [d.school@stanford]
• Open Space - OpenSpaceTechnology | [Publications] | [openspaceworld.org]
• Open Space Agility - [walmart story] | [osa website]
• Modern Agile - [modernagile.org] | [my thoughts on MA]
• FAST - http://www.fast-agile.com/home
• SAFe - http://scaledagileframework.com/ | EssentialSAFe
• DevOps - [Gene Kim: DevOps Deployments]

open space and agility

• InvitingAgility - the skillful mixing of Open Space and Agile practices.
• MakingSoftwareInOpenSpace - understanding open space and agility
• InvitingModernAgility - open space, inviting organization and Modern Agile

foundational books and stories

• Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Sutherland
• The New New Product Development Game, HBR 1986, Takeuchi and Nonaka - [link]
• [Embracing Agile] - HBR recognizes Agile, publishes Rigby, Sutherland and Takeuchi introduction, six steps
• Enterprise Scrum: Agile Management for the 21st Century, Beedle
• [Company-wide Agility] with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space & Sociocracy: Survive and Thrive on Disruption, Eckstein and Buck
• Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business, Anderson
• PersonalKanban, Benson and Barry
• Open Space Agility, Mezick and others
• RadicalManagement, Denning
• ZoneToWin, Moore
• BlueOceanStrategy, Kim and Mauborgne
• XP Explained, Beck
• TheLeanStartup, Reis
• ThisIsLean, Modig and Ahlstrom
• Continuous Improvement in a Flash, Ottinger
• Agile in a Flash, Langr and Ottinger
• LiftOff, Larsen and Nies
• Retrospectives, Larsen and Derby
• Coaching Agile Teams, Adkins
• Phoenix Project, Kim, Behr and Spafford
• TheGoal, A Process of Ongoing Improvement, Goldratt
• TurnTheShipAround, Marquet
• The OpenXP Solution, Walsh - see Inviting Requirements above (top section)
• [Top Agile Blogs of 2017] - more and current topics

facilitation and coaching

• AgileCoachesOath? - http://agilecoachesoath.org/ (agile-adapted hippocratic oath)
• OpenSpaceTechnology and [Open Space Agility]
• Lean Coffee - [quick intro] | [leancoffee.com]
• Liberating Structures - http://liberatingstructures.com
• AgileForEverybody - notes from Tim Ottinger's Agile2016 session
• CleanLanguage - quick reference and some resource links
• [Integrative Complexity] - integrating apparent opposites into larger wholes
• ParticipativeDesign - fast, elegant model for shifting from bureaucracy to self-management
• SearchConference - planning approach integrating system/environment views
• ExpertPerformance? - beliefs, strategies, behaviors - vince racciopo
• Team Health - http://www.agilityhealthradar.com/teamhealth-assessment/
• Agile+Improv - http://www.agilealliance.org/resources/learning-center/keynote-individuals-interactions-and-improvization
• Agile Coaching Institute - http://agilecoachinginstitute.com/
• Agile Coaching Lessons - http://newtechusa.net/agile-coaching-lessons/
• Agile Alliance Video Center - https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/videos/

user groups, coach camps, and coaching

• APLN Chicago - http://www.meetup.com/APLN-Chicago/
• Agile Angle (Chicago) - http://www.meetup.com/Agile-Angle-Chicago/
• Chicago Agile Open Spaces -http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Agile-Open-Space/
• Lean and Agile Learning Network - https://www.meetup.com/Lean-and-Agile-Learning-Network-Chicago/
• Agile Coach Camps - http://agilecoachcamp.org/

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SCRUM

introduction(s) to scrum

• Jeff Sutherland, TEDx Talk on Scrum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4thQcgLCqk
• Jeff Sutherland, HBR podcast - https://hbr.org/ideacast/2016/04/understanding-agile-management
• Jimmy Janlen, plan-driven vs. agile adaptive iterative approach - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-lavaMkxU
• Henrik Kniberg, Product Ownership in a Nutshell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE
• Ken Schwaber, What comes after Scrum? - https://kenschwaber.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/what-comes-after-scrum/
• Jeff Sutherland, Scrum Your Kanban - https://www.scruminc.com/how-to-optimize-your-kanban/
• Scrum PLoP - a pattern language for hyperproductivity - [conference home] and [published patterns]

stories, mapping, and discovery

• [Skills for Great Product Owners] - Lowell Lindstrom at Scrum Alliance
• RequirementsStoriesBacklog - collected notes
• Deep Dive Method, IDEO Shopping Cart, Nightline - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM
• Jeff Patton, Won’t get fooled again - evolving from self-deception to learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4lIeNJx3QI
• Jeff Patton with Luke Hohmann, User Story Mapping at Scale - [Scrum Alliance Webinar]
• [Clean Language Questions for Story Mapping]
• Jeff Patton, Dual Track Development - http://jpattonassociates.com/tag/dual-track-development/
• Gabrielle Benefield - [If Agile's So Good, Why are Products so Bad?] - targeting value, building the right thing
• [3D Kanban] - capture full breadth before breaking down products into epics, features, scenarios, stories

no estimates

• [Six software experts weigh in on No Estimates] - a good introduction to no estimates movement
• [Ron Jeffries on No Estimates] - the inventor of Story Points supports -- and challenges -- the No Estimates movement
• [Vasco Duarte on youtube] - strong case for No Estimates and focusing on Value, Estimates vs. Forecasts, 7-steps to No Estimates
• [No Estimates in Action] - five ways to rethink software projects, how to get started

advanced

• [SpotifyEngineeringCulture - Part I] and [Part II] - blog post summaries with Henrik Kniberg narrated video animation
• [ShockTherapy] - scott downey's rapid scrum dojo approach, advanced metrics (pdf) => 240% improvement
• [Everything I Need to Know about Agile (in Organization) I Learned from Pair Programming] - Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson keynoting WHILE programming together
• [Why do we work?] - greg bryant's reflections on autonomy, self-organization and imposing scrum as a system
• [NYTimes: What Google Learned from its quest to build the perfect team] - two keys: airtime and empathy [OR... these five]
• [High Performing Teams need Psychological Safety] - HBR on six keys learned at Google

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BUSINESS AGILITY

agile enterprise

• [Agile at Scale] - HBR Podcast, Jeff Sutherland and Darrell Rigby
• [What do Agile and Electricity have in Common?] - useful perspective on the magnitude of change that's underway, and required
• [Reinvention: To Hold On, Let Go] - Nadya Zhexembayeva at TEDxNavesink
• [Strategic Agility Part 1] [Part 2] and [Mindset] - Steve Denning in Forbes
• [Culture for a Digital Age] McKinsey? Quarterly, July 2017
• [PMI 2012 Report on Organization Agility] - what defines OrganizationalAgility?
• [Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate] - HBR article in support of Inviting, June 2017
• [Agility is Key to Digital Transformation] - a short list of key points for agilizing and digitizing the enterprise via forbes.com
• [What is Business Agility?] - Steve Denning’s three laws that sustain business agility: law of customer, law of small team, law of network (video and slide deck)
• OpenSpace Agility at PayPal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=147&v=oycgIzUgzNc
• Beyond Budgeting - http://www.agilealliance.org/resources/learning-center/keynote-beyond-budgeting-agile-management-model-new-business-and-people-realities-statoil-implementation-journey
• [Learning Consortium for the Creative Economy] - collected case studies, via Scrum Alliance, 2015 report
• [How to Create an Agile Organization] - McKinsey? global survey and white paper
• [Business Agility Startups] - presentation by Jay Goldstein at Enterprise Scrum Business Agility Global Conference 2017
• [NYTimes, Enterprise Agility]

agile and human resources

• [Agile People] - A Radical Approach for HR & Managers (That Leads to Motivated Employees)
• [Agile 4 HR] - Thinking about HR from an agile practice perspective, the project and the book (also the animal farm game)
• [Agile HR with SAFe 4.0] - applies SAFe’s version of Lean-Agile to people operations

agile marketing

• [Agile marketing case studies]
• [Santander adopts agile approach in marketing] - another case study, featured at marketing week

principles - idea meritocracy

• [Ray Dalio interviewed on Bloomberg] - committing to finding the best ideas
• [Ray Dalio TED talk] - origins and how the Bridgewater system works in practice
• [PrinciplesListed] - 2011 excerpt from Dalio’s book

agile in government and community organizations

• CivicAgilityProject - adapting os/agile (inviting agility) for community benefit

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EVOLUTION OF PRACTICE

scaling

• [Johanna Rothman on scaling agile across the organization]
• [Johanna Rothman on leveraging small world networks] - a lightweight alternative to S_Fe scaling, cut through the silos
• LeanEnterpriseLargeScaleAgileDevelopment, Jez Humble

agile fluency

• Larsen, Agile Fluency - http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/02/agileindia-larsen-fluency
• Larsen/Fowler?, Agile Fluency - http://martinfowler.com/articles/agileFluency.html
• LeanKanban leader David Anderson on [Agile Fluency and Organization Maturity]

grows method

• GROWS - http://growsmethod.com/ ...see also [deck] and http://effectiveagileteams.com/
• GROWS podcast - http://ryanripley.com/afh-042-the-grows-method-for-adopting-agile-software-development-podcast/

culture

• Agile Dress Code (inviting good decisions) - https://work.qz.com/1242801/gms-dress-code-is-only-two-words/
• Martin Fowler, Agile Imposition - http://martinfowler.com/bliki/AgileImposition.html
• Culture and Mindset - http://snip.ly/r4pjd#https://www.cio.com.au/article/609763/more-agile-need-mindsets-change/

programmer anarchy/microservices

• Fred George, ProgrammerAnarchy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIxHmsWCd7g
• Fred George, MicroServices? Challenges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPf5MfOZPY0
• Martin Fowler, Microservices - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgdBVIX9ifA
• Fred George, Secret Assumption of Agile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Efy4RB_kw

agile in school

• [Agile Classrooms] - John Miller's work, agilizing work in schools
• [Agile Transformation at School] - video shows John Miller's work at Hope School
• [Agile Transformation at Hope High School] - Ron Quartel interviews John Miller and others on the Hope School experience

learning

• [The Hole in the Wall], [The Future of Learning] and [School in the Cloud] - Sugata Mitra (videos), supporting self-organized learning
• [Just like riding a bike] - understanding brain's challenge in learning to ride a backwards bike (video)

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ADAPTATION AND TOOLS

canvases

• [EnterpriseScrumCanvases] - googlesheet with many different ES canvas templates (view only - contact me for download)
• [LeanCanvas] - ash maurya's alternative to business model canvas
• [BusinessModelCanvas] - alex osterwalder's business model generation canvas
• [90-Day Micro Strategy Model with Dave Logan] - (video) simple canvas for naming and achieving desired outcomes
• [simple action planning canvas] - alternative to 90-day microstrategy canvas
• [stakeholder inverview canvas] - adapted from [Peter Stevens'] interview canvas

distributed agile teamwork

• AgileBill? - http://www.meetup.com/agile3d/?scroll=true
• Mark Kilby - https://mckilby.wordpress.com/remotely-agile/
• Jesse Fewell (intro) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odiuP1LUfLE&feature=youtu.be
• Jesse Fewell (w/ Lisette Sutherland) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mqxN_Ms2s&feature=youtu.be
• Jesse Fewell (timezones) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpZmoqpwlUE&feature=youtu.be
• Notes - DistributedAgileTeamwork

web tools

• video - http://zoom.us
• co-working - http://sococo.com

• collaborative docs - http://drive.google.com | http://dropbox.com/paper
• lightweight collaborative docs - http://etherpad.com | http://hackpad.com
• online canvases - http://conteneo.com (weave)
• chat - http://slack.com | hipchat.com

• scheduling - http://doodle.com
• scheduling - http://vyte.in

• planning - http://trello.com | http://cardboardit.com
• scrumboard (whiteboard with cards) - http://scrumblr.ca/
• stickies/photos wall (e.g. scrumboard or ost marketplace) - http://linoit.com
• online meeting agenda, timing, notes - http://www.meetopia.us
• timers - [google timer] or [online-stopwatch]

• roadmapping - http://aha.io
• presentations - http://prezi.com
• testing - http://usertesting.com