First Steps: A Quick Guide to Starting a Team on the Path to Agility

First Steps: A Quick Guide to Starting a Team on the Path to Agility

This is a common problem whether you're a small company wanting to "go agile" or a large company starting up a new team. What are the first steps you need to take to ensure the team succeeds? What are the first steps the teams need to take for themselves? Is this "agile thing" even a good idea at your company?

This decidedly GROWS-centric discussion will walk you through the basics of spinning up a new effort, and help you provide a framework for your teams to thrive.

Bio:

Principal consultant and a member of the core team at Agile Artisans (AgileArtisans.com (http://agileartisans.com/)), Jared Richardson is a process coach who works with software teams to help them build excellent software. He sold his first software program in 1991 and has been immersed in software ever since. He helped create the GROWS methodology and has authored a number of books, including the best selling Ship It! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects and Career 2.0: Take Control of Your Life. He is a frequent speaker at software conferences and user groups. Jared lives with his wife and children in North Carolina where they, quite by accident, became backyard chicken farmers.