agile pathologies: backyards of agile shops
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Behaviors are fairly predictable. It doesn’t help to
blame people, Rajeev
OMG! Did he say “Pathologies”?
Is Agile:
The best way to run a project? OR
The way best people choose to run a project?
People are more valuable, but other things are more valuable
MANAGEMENT
Lack of courage it often demonstrates
ORGANIZATION
Strengths that sometimes become their weaknesses
TEAM
Struggles they constantly have but do very little about
INDIVIDUAL
Problems people often don’t know of and ignore
MANAGEMENT
• Squirrel Agile • Lack of Team Design • Cherry-Pick Agile
• Misguided Command and Control • Struggle with New Metrics • Agile without Agility
ORGANIZATION
• Instant Agile • Strong Identity
• Corporate Policies and Structures
TEAM
• Issues repeat in Retrospectives • Increase Iteration Length • Homework in Iteration Planning
• Regular Hangovers • Extending Iterations • Incorrect Accounting of Velocity
INDIVIDUALS
• Uninterested in ‘Why’ of Agile • Estimation Scales • Neuro-linguistic Tendencies
• Behaviors that Block Acceptance • Lone Wolf Syndrome • Broken Window Syndrome
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SOLUTION
NOVICE EXPERT
Dunning Kruger
Memorize Understand Reflect Question
Stroll Transformation
Best Practices
Chasm of Curiosity
We have daily standups
Yes, PO can participate
Our standups are long
Do we need a daily standup?
Scope Schedule
Value
Quality (Reliable, Adaptable Product)
Constraints (Cost, Schedule, Scope)
Value (Releasable Product, Continuous Improvement)
Recipe for Continuous Improvement?
People development backlog
Everybody please clean your calendars
Bias for conventional
Success
“Misguided” Command
and Control
Stigma
Holy Grail?
Social Identity Autonomy
Self-Efficacy
Mindset Methods Media
Socratic Inspect, adapt, vary
Tools contribute, not drive
WINTER Template
SECRET SAUCE
Fou
nd
ation
of A
gility
Self Direction / Org.
12/Year
Learning
Balance Shock and Maintenance
Estimates
Demonstrate “Why”
Wasteful but not Useless
Artifacts
Beware of Tool Trap
Where and How Fast
Excel
Continuous Integration
Collective Ownership
Frequent and small Releases
Adaptive Planning Methods
Customer Involvement
Empowered Teams
Minimal Documentation
TDD
Refactoring Simple Design
Enables
Enables Requires
Requires Allows
Allows
Produces
Triggers
Automated Testing
Allows
Enables
Allows
Deep Down
TDD Pair
Programming Refactoring Simple Design
In the Middle
Collective Ownership
Coding Standards
Continuous Integration
Sustainable Pace
Adaptive Planning
On the Surface
Minimal Documentation
Planning Game Daily Standup Frequent and
Small Releases
Process Fanatics
Unsatisfied and demotivated people
Weak at addressing people issues
Is Agile:
Best way? OR
Best people?
