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This week, Dan Neumann is delighted to be joined by a new guest, James Shore, the author of The Art of Agile Development and co-creator of the Agile Fluency Project with Diana Larsen. His contribution is invaluable to the Agile field.

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In this episode, James talks about the second edition of The Art of Agile Development, which was published in 2021. This edition is a fully rewritten version that shows the influence of the Agile Fluency Model, including the different zones Agile Teams can occupy, such as Focusing, Delivering, Optimizing, and Strengthening, and practices for Teams to become fluent in each area.

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Key Takeaways

\\u25cf James rewrote The Art of Agile Development for its second edition.

\\u25cb He rewrote the book around the ideas of the Agile Fluency Model.

\\u25cb It includes updated practices.

\\u25cb In the book, you can find out how to influence people to make a change, to try Agile ideas, and even advice when you are in a situation where you are not very Agile.

\\u25cf What is the Agile Fluency Model?

\\u25cb There are four different zones that teams or organizations can occupy: Focusing, Delivering, Optimizing, and Strengthening. A Team can exhibit fluency in any of these zones.

\\u25cb A behavior is fluent when you can perform it unconsciously, naturally, as a default behavior.

\\u25cb A Team can demonstrate fluency but only the Organization can make it possible.

\\u25cb It is not a maturity model, you can be fluent in one of the zones and not the others.

\\u25cf The Agile Goal:

\\u25cb For many organizations, it may be Focusing plus Delivering together.

\\u25cf James talks about the structure of the book.

\\u25cb The first part of the book is about how to introduce Agile ideas.

\\u25cb Most of the book is about the practices for the Focus and the Delivery zone.

\\u25cb Alternatives and experiences can be found at the end of every practice.

\\u25cf Learn the rules, break the rules, and then, ignore the rules.

\\u25cb After learning the rules you have to experiment because every Agile Team goes through a unique situation and process.

\\u25cf How long does it take to achieve a level of fluency?

\\u25cb It takes time to become fluent.

\\u25cb In general, it takes two to six months to reach Focusing fluency. Have under consideration that there is a one-to-four-month period of decrease in performance while people learn.

\\u25cb During two to six months, performance will be affected while trying to reach fluency in Delivering in an expected period from three to 20 months.

\\u25cb When Optimizing fluency it takes one to two months of performance affectedness and three to nine months for reaching fluency in this area.

\\u25cb It takes one or two years to deliver reliably.

\\u25cb All these time frames overlap.

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Mentioned in this Episode:

Follow James Shore.

Check the second edition of The Art of Agile Development.

Agile Fluency Project

FAST Agile

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