1. Commonwealth of Massachusetts MassIT Agile Transformation Initiative Rich Highland

2. 2 OGIO: What We Are Doing Scrum Master Training Product Owner Training Coaching Gathering Lessons Learned; React and Pivot

3. Status to Date 108 people trained (or scheduled) - Certified Scrum Master 25 people trained - Product Owner Coaching: – Auditor’s Office Performance and Transparency Initiative – Provider Data Management (PDM) – Capital PMO – E-licensing – Energy and Environmental Information and Public Access System (EIPAS) and others 3

4. Lessons Learned: Ideal Agile Project Characteristics Entire team trained (CSM); everyone on same page (including vendors) Business sponsor trained (PO); understands time requirements Leadership on board, sets expectations, executive buy in, governance board Projects in trouble can be revived using agile Show by doing – use agile for meetings and walk throughs (expose and convince) Coaching is critical – objective third party to address blockers and reinforce training 4

5. Resources Internal Wiki https://wiki.state.ma.us/confluence/display/act/Home Scrum Inc. site: http://www.scruminc.com/ 5