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Agile
A view from the top
Colm O’hEocha – AgileInnovation Ltd
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do? J.M Keynes
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AGILE IS DIFFERENTAgile – A View from the Top
What is agile?
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DifferentPerspectivesCopyright © 2010 AgileInnovation
Process Control ModelsCLOSED-LOOP
Empirical - AdaptiveOPEN-LOOP
Analytical - Predictive
Controller Controller
Inspect
Set TargetSet Target
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The Parts and the Whole
Controller
Inspect
Set Target Adapt
• Clean Design & Code• User Stories - Late Elaboration • Shared Code Ownership• Test Driven Development…..
• Iteration Plan• Daily Stand-Up
• Pair Programming• Customer Reviews &
Feedback• Retrospectives• AutoTest…..
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Not so eXtreme…Copyright © 2010 AgileInnovation
The Life of an Iteration
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Software Development as Sport
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BENEFITS OF AGILEAgile – A View from the Top
Painpoints
Ouch!Long Cycle Tim
es
Productivity Qualit
y
Responsiv
eness
Complexity
Brittle Code
Your Favorite!
Transparency
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What we really needed was a good hammer…
Generate Value36%
Rarely used19%
Never used45%
Standish Group CHAOS Study
Valu
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eliv
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Time
Agile
Resources
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tinue…^Z
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“Tell me how you will measure me and I’ll tell you how I’ll behave” – Eli Goldratt
Beware of Metrics
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Transparency
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“Prediction is hard – especially when its about the future”
Niels Bohr
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Why Predictability is a big deal
1. INVESTMENT DECISIONS
2. COORDINATION
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Cycle Time
ProductivityQuality
Cost
Predictability
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The Innovation Dilemma
Embrace change, rich interaction,
continuous learning – great for innovation!
Innovate? A customer looking over my shoulder
and a deadline every 2 weeks!…
TheAgile Innovation
Dilemma
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AGILE IS MAINSTREAMAgile – A View from the Top
AdHoc31%
Iterative21%
Wa-terfall13%
Ag-ile36%
Gaining Traction…
Data Source: Forrester/Dr. Dobbs Global Developer Technographics Survey Q3 2009
Gartner 2010: 80% of Software Development will use Agile by 2012
Gartner 2008: 15%-25% of Organisations have Implemented Agile
Capgemini 2009: Agile is no. 4 of the Top 5 IT Priorities for 2010
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Hard Evidence…
Productivity
Quality
Time To Completion
Responsiveness
Visibility
73%
63%
64%
90%
83%
82%
77%
Dr. Dobbs/Ambysoft 2008 VersionOne2010QMSA 2009
16%
*4
37%
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14% 384%88%
David Rico 2008
10%
Salesforce.com
Source: Greene, Steve, and Chris Fry. 2008. Salesforce.comCopyright © 2010 AgileInnovation
61,000 Certified ScrumMasters
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ADOPTION SUPPORTAgile – Adoption
It depends…
Scientific Theory
Project, Team and Organisational Context
Business Imperatives
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Agile Values & Principles
Training is necessary but insufficient…
ScrumAlliance – CSM, CSD, CST, CSP…Scrum.org – PSD, PSM, PST…
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Learning &Innovation
TechnicalPractices
Teamwork
Organisation& Culture
Requirements Planning
BusinessValues
Seven Assessment Dimensions
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AssessmentDimensions
BusinessDrivers
Assessment
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Coach
Facilitate
Educate
SupportNotice
Feedback
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About the Presenter
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Colm O’hEocha,AgileInnovation [email protected]
Colm is an IT industry veteran, with over 20 years design and development experience. His interest in Lean Thinking began when automating Just-In-Time production lines in the 1980s. Implementing early agile software methods in 2001, Colm has extensive hands-on experiences across teams, organisations and technologies. In varied roles of developer, architect and Director of R&D, he has seen Lean and Agile from a variety of perspectives. More recently Colm has partnered with LERO, the Irish software engineering research institute, investigating how agile and lean methods influence innovation in software development.
AgileInnovation offers agile advisory and coaching services. Pre and post adoption assessments, coaching services to help teams get the most from agile, developing a agile business case, and targeted workshops on specific agile practices.
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