digital agile communities at hmlr ddat conference 2017

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#digital #agile #communitiesBELINDA WALDOCK @BELINDAWALDOCK #BEINGAGILE

@AGILEONTHEBEACH @SWCORNWALL#KERNOWTECH


agile: beyond code

Software

Teams

Practices

Products

Business


digital agile communities

#digital #agile #community


agile community – collaborative networks


knowledge, experience, understanding of systems, expert in doing, designs and builds, comfortable with data, business smart, competitive smart, user smart, new ideas, new perspective, curious creative, questioning, overbearing, risky creative, not afraid to fail, self directed, can ignore direction, open creative, collaborative, thorough, communicative, funny, charismatic…

“how google works”

the Smart Creative


61% Jobs Growth Truro & Redruth3rd fastest growing cluster in UK

Plymouth in 8th with 33% growth

versus17% UK average growthtechnation 2017


why agile?


Shared / common purpose

Self organising and managing

Outcome driven – resourced by value creation

Focused on purpose and value creation

Open and collaborative

Innovative and test driven approach

Collaborative networks


digital agile communities


businesses, professionals, educators, teachers, students, volunteers

committed to helping develop the tech sector and community in Cornwall


community of interest


www.softwarecornwall.org

@swcornwall

Recruitment and Careers Development

Visibility and awareness of community

Skills and Knowledge transfer

Collaboration and Networking

Business Development and Support

Infrastructure and Environment

shared interests


Lack of students taking computer science as an option

Skills learnt in courses not relevant to local companies

Lack of awareness of career opportunities

Fix the broken pipeline


test driven development


building agile communities

VALUE

ACTIONSRESOURCES

MVPMINIMUM

VIABLE PRODUCT


continuous delivery and improvement

Sprint Sprint Sprint Sprint

validate and deliver value to gain funding and scale


test driven


TecademySupporting our teachers


Tech Jam2nd Saturday every month


Connect EventsMeet our Community


awareness

career fairs

online / social media

word of mouth

engagement

code clubs

tech jams

missions

self-learning

learning

meetups

college/uni

programmes

tecademy

summer huddle

employment

apprenticeships

graduates

freelance entrepreneurs


Redefining ‘active in the community’

Direct and indirect benefits

Impact on internal culture for teams

Value of connecting with wider community

Being agile…

digital agile community at work?


AGILE TEAMS


#digital #agile #communitiesBELINDA WALDOCK @BELINDAWALDOCK #BEINGAGILE

@AGILEONTHEBEACH @SWCORNWALL#KERNOWTECH

digital agile communities at hmlr ddat conference 2017

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