building better agile processes

Gil Zilberfeld, Product Manager

Build Better Agile Development Processes

26-Oct-2011

Happy 10th AnniversaryAgile Manifesto!

Agile Adoption

Agile from the Bottom

• Fighting upstream• Prove you’re right• Guerilla agile• The optimal place

Agile from the Top

• Organizational decision• Backing• Proper(?) training• Leave dev teams for later

Start to Improve

• Results• Communications• Feedback• Visibility

Results

• Working software• Deployed• On somebody else’s computer!

Results

• Iterative development• Demo every iteration• Testing is iterative too

Communication

• The other side of the project• Product goals• Politics

Communication

• Talk to people outside your group• Developers• Project manager• Product managers• Tester team• Release team• Compliance team• And the list goes on…

Communication

• Individuals over processes• Even agile processes!

Feedback

• Code review • And even better: Pair programming

Feedback

• Automatic build server • Automatic build• Run unit tests• Run integration tests

Feedback

• Demo to customers• Show internally• Show to real users• Listen and prioritize

Visibility

• Estimations• Real • With buffer• Match expectations

Visibility

• Plan on the wall• Everyone can see• Everyone can ask• Don’t start with the big tools

Visibility

• Stand ups• The ceremony• Near the wall• Listen and help

Visibility

• Retrospective• For everyone• Schedule appropriately• Action items• Review the next time

Summary

• Most of the world is going agile• It’s hard but it’s worth it• Do both technical and process

practices

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