Download - Agile Mythbusters
45 mins Structure
• 10 Mins - Collect and short list facts from the participants
• 30 Mins - Trial of each fact (as many as we can cover in 30 mins)
• 5 Mins - Declare the busted or confirmed status against each fact
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5 mins - Collect top 5 facts about Agile
According to the Team• Agile requires high discipline - True
• It works better if all departments compliment Agile - True
• Collocation works better - True
• Agile = No Documentation - False (minimal documentation as per your context)
• Scrum of Scrum is most effective way to scale - False (its a pretty centralised, top-down approach. There are more distributed approaches which work better.)
• Distributed Agile does not work due to timezone differences - True (but works better than waterfall style distributed projects)
According to the Team…• Scrum in practice today is very stressful - True (most
often Scrum is mini-waterfalls and hence very stressful)
• Velocity is killing Agility -TRUE (we seemed to have completely missed the point of value delivery.)
• Agile does not mean faster delivery - True (but often leads to faster delivery as we eliminate lots of wastage)
• Pair programming does not require two people to work on the same task - False (two people working on the same task is important to get the value)
According to the Team…• Agile works well in fixed-price, fixed-scope and fixed
timeline projects - False
• Agile is 80% hype and 20% fact - True (as it stands today, its mostly hype, as we seem to have lost the Agile mindset and value-system.)
• For distributed projects, proxy PO & SM is the best thing to do - False (depends on your context.)
• Agile Tools and Process are more important than anything else in life - Clearly False
According to the Team…• PM is the best SM - False (PM can be a good SM if they
have the servant leadership skills.)
• Cross skilling is difficult in Agile - False (Generalising specialists is extremely important part of Agile)
• In Agile, everyone is accountable = no one is accountable - False (Agile is about team ownership and accountability, not individual accountability. We want to move away from heroism culture.)
• Scrum meetings are very productive use of time - False (ceremonies are good, but only in very limited dosage.)
Final Verdict!
