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Welcome to OpenAgile - the Open Source Agile Method!
OpenAgile is a simple agile method designed to be broadly applicable to many different types of work. It includes a basic definition of a process, roles, artifacts, and basic practices as well as a glossary and comparisons to other methods of working. We will also develop documentation for applying OpenAgile in ISO, CMMI, SOX and other process regulatory frameworks, and applying OpenAgile in various industries such as Resources, Health Care, Information Technology, Business Management, and others.
As this is a wiki, contribution is open to anyone who wishes to help out. The types of contributions we are looking for include:
- case studies of people using agile approaches in various industries or unusual situations
- examples of other agile methods such as Scrum or Extreme Programming or Lean and how they have been adapted to a specific situation
- case studies of people using OpenAgile directly and the challenges and benefits encountered
- links and references to other sites, articles, studies, and data that provide support or challenge aspects of the OpenAgile system
- edits or additions or opinions about the material that is already here
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Interesting News and Links
Comparison of OpenAgile and Scrum: http://www.agileadvice.com/2010/02/01/uncategorized/comparison-of-openagile-with-scrum/
Science and Scrum: http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/luKa/archive/2009/12/12/science-scrum.aspx
Agile Law Community: http://dlxalf.ning.com/
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General Not-for-Profit Incorporator's Handbook: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/nfpinc/
OpenAgile Method Overview
The OpenAgile Process
OpenAgile is an extremely simple framework that is based on three foundations: Truthfulness, Consultative Decision-Making and the Learning Circle. The full Process Overview encompasses additional structural aspects to ensure that effective delivery and learning is done about Product, Process and People. See [1] for details of the basics of the OpenAgile Process.
The OpenAgile Roles
There is only one Required Role in the OpenAgile method, that of the Team Member. There are also several paths of service that are part of OpenAgile: Process Facilitation, Growth Facilitation, Mentoring, Tutoring, Catalyst. There may also be other people involved outside of these roles in the general category of Stakeholders.
The OpenAgile Artifacts
OpenAgile has four Required Artifacts: the Goal Statement, the Cycle Plan, the Prioritized Value Drivers and the Delivered Value.
The OpenAgile Practices
The Core Practices of OpenAgile are used throughout the Learning Circle steps in order to connect the process to the work being done. There are seven Core Practices as well as a number of Optional Practices.
The OpenAgile Benefits
Early Learning, Improved ROI, Satisfied Stakeholders, Participant Satisfaction, Responsive to Change.
Stories about OpenAgile
Success Stories, Failure Stories, Industry Stories, Other Stories.
see: http://stories.openagile.org/
The above link allows anyone to create an account and submit a story. Stories do not need to be about OpenAgile specifically, but rather can be about any use of agile methods outside of their traditional use in software development. The stories may be as short as a few sentences to say something to the effect of "We're using agile to run our household. We have daily sprints and our planning is combined with our demo and retrospective." It is also acceptable to provide a link to a blog article where the story is told more completely elsewhere.
OpenAgile Glossary
The Glossary contains a list of terms and definitions used in the OpenAgile Primer
OpenAgile and other Work Methods
Agile Methods
Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean Software Development, Lean Manufacturing, Dynamic Systems Development Method, Agile Unified Process, Feature Driven Development, Crystal, Getting Things Done, Pomodoro Technique.
Personal Productivity
Getting Things Done, Seven Habits, Pomodoro.
Team Productivity
Core protocols, wisdom of teams.
Project Management
PMBoK, Prince2.
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