Agile @Skyscanner : From Theory to Practice

Chris Downey

@chrisjdowney

Hyper-growth

No Secret Sauce. Here’s what helps…..

Products : Focus on Traveller & Partner Needs

Rich Culture : Continuous Learning & Improvement

Purpose : Inspire & Simplify Travel Search

Learning

Master, Teach, Learn

Learning from failures

Fail Fast

Learn Fast

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work”

Thomas Edison

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Short iterations

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The Growth Mind-set

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Don’t Build a

Death Star

Small slices

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Stop Starting, Start Finishing

Focus

Kanban in Action

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Average Cycle Time

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80% Reduction in Average Cycle Time

Visualise

Limit Work In Progress (WIP)

Team Goal

Making Time To Improve

Want to find out more

Growth blog: https://medium.com/@Skyscanner @SkyscannerGrwth

Engineering blog: http://codevoyagers.com/ @CodeVoyagers

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Thank You