Am I Agile Now?Tobias Fors, CiterusNovember, 2006

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Am I Agile Now? Who cares?

ShuHaRi

Go over the basics again. And again. And again, in a

different way.

But what about plans?

”Responding to change over

following a plan”

Plan

DoCheck

Act

Trial-and-error

The scientific method

Plans

Planning!(to maximize learning)

Never plan alone.

The Learning Organization

Agile Software Development

Doing Learning

The iteration retrospectives are key to learning. Use

-This was not so...

+It was really

effective to...

Make commitments to each other to act on what you

discover.

TODO: Work with management to reduce the

burden of written reports

TODO: Dedicate 10 minutes every morning to learning

how to TDD

But what about the

technology?

”[The use cases] are developed in tandem with the system architecture. That is, the use cases drive the system architecture and the system architecture influences the selection of use cases. Therefore, both the system architecture and the use cases mature as the life cycle continues”

The Unified Software Development Process

Use CasesArchitecture

SOFT-ware!

Practice thinking in terms of possibilities.

”This can’t be done!”

”What would it take for this to be possible?”

But what about organization?

Organize to maximize learning.

We use cross-functional teams to create learning

experiences.

Arrange a cross-functional learning workshop.

And if I’m a (project)

manager?

”You cannot manage them the same way”Russell Ackoff

1900 2000

Be a role model when it comes to balancing listening and talking.

Listen Talk

Sounds good, but we have no time!

Knowledge: static

Learning: dynamic

Best practices, One Best

Our way (so far)!

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