Agile and Agriculture An Unlikely Pairing Presented By

Agile and Agriculture: An Unlikely Pairing Presented By: Malcom B. Mathis II Monsanto Co 2015 National BDPA Conference Washington D. C.

Monsanto: A Global Company Quick Facts Canada Headquarters: St. Louis, MO, USA EME: Europe and the Middle East-largest footprint in terms of technology Global Employees: 22, 000 United States Global Locations: >400 (67 countries) Africa: WEMA Project Latin America North (LAN) China: Corn & Vegetables Net Sales (FY 14): $15. 8 billion Latin America South (LAS): Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia Brazil: HUGE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY India: cotton, corn and vegetables Asia Pacific: Australia’s key crops are corn, cotton and wheat

Our R&D Engine Is Evolving To Deliver Tomorrow’s Products As Systems Applied On-Farm PRODUCT CONCEPTS BASED ON FARMERS’ NEEDS R&D ENGINE Biotechnology Breeding Agronomic Integrated IT Solutions Platform & Enabling Technologies GENES, GERMPLASM, CHEMISTRIES PRODUCTS SEED + CROP MANAGEMENT

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Agriculture is at the Center of Global Changes RISING CHANGING 9. 6 B+ population climate 7. 1 B 4. 4 B 1980 TODAY 2050 DECLINING arable land 1990 CHANGING economies & diets 9% 1 ACRE person in 1961 2012 less than 1/3 ACRE person in 2050 in 1965 14% in 2030 DIETARY PERCENTAGE OF MEAT Source: The World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-STAT), Monsanto Internal Calculations

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The average farmer makes more than 40 key decisions for each field they farm! Planting Data Observation Data Genomic Data Soil Data Geospatial Data Field Devices Streaming Harvest Commercial Data Weather Data

Scientific Method for Agile experimentation… Ask a Question Report Results Background Research Analyze Data Construct Hypothesis Experiment

Waterfall Methodology Requirements documentation Use Cases Design Software architecture Implementation Code software Data storage & retrieval Verification Test and debug Maintenance Check errors Optimize

Agile Manifesto over processe s and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Individ uals and interac tions Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Respo nding to chang e over followi ng a plan Agile

Scrum light-weight agile process tool Split your time into a series iterative sprints. A of

How Scrum Works

= Epic Practical example of scrum = User Story = task Remodel main bathroom As a bathroom user, I would like gold-plated vanity to make me look better As a bathroom user, I would like ceramic tiles for finished look As a bathroom user, I would like door to reduce noise for outside rooms Determine shape of vanity Tile Color Type of door Decide carat of gold Placement of tiles Door size Which type of cabinets? Individual tile size What type of lock?

IT Value is proportional to competitive advantage DEVELOP COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FUTURE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Value OPERATE THE BUSINESS Predictive Prescriptive Making it Happen What will happen? Diagnostic Why did it happen? Descriptive What Happened? Difficulty

PROCESS PEOPLE TECHNOLOGY Continuous Delivery Microservices Open Source Dev. Ops Agile 3 GA

Benefits. Improving of Agile in. Lives Agricrulture “…This competition means almost everything to me. I love participating in it every year. I have learned so much…” 10 Years with BDPA 2 Top Ten Finishes at National Competition Over 1000 Volunteer Hours Over 65 High School Students • IT now a partner • Increased customer “…This competition has given me many satisfaction opportunities like working on our • More comprehensive schools intranet site, and a site for software solutions The Morse Group, and Chesterfield Arts… " • Meet Global Challenges

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