ignite: improving performance on federal contracts using scrum & agile
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Improving Performance on Federal Contracts Using Scrum & AgilePaul Williams,GeocentTRANSCRIPT
Improving your service offering to the military
with Scrum and Agile
Paul Williams SOA Cer(fied Architect Cer(fied Scrum Master
METOC Systems
Problems with IT Projects
• 62% Failure Rate • 49% budget related • 47% higher than an(cipated costs
• 41% failed to provide value
Success 38%
Failed 62%
IT Projects
Success
Failed
Data from www.cio.com
Shiny Toys
One of our smart techies trying out his new iPhone 4.
45%
19% 16%
13% 7%
Actual usage of Successfully delivered features
Never
Rarely
Some(mes
OQen
Always
Adapted from Rally’s ScrumMaster training.
Another way
• 82% success rate • 44% difference
Agile Success Rates
Success
Failure
0
20
40
60
80
100
Waterfall Agile
Success Rates
Success Rates
What is Scrum & Agile?
• Scrum/Agile • Backlog/User Stories • Sprints/Standup • Chickens, Pigs, Product Owners, Delivery Team
• Poker Planning • Quality First
Pigs
• Product Owner • Delivery Team • Scrum Master
Chickens
• Stakeholders
Lifecycle
Ability to change direc(on
Only concentra(ng on the sprint
Transparent
Customer Partnership
• Daily interac(ons with the customer
• Customer sets the priori(es
• The customer sees results every sprint (2-‐4 weeks)
Visit to the USS Makin Island with our customers for a week of finding out what mission our end users are trying to accomplish.
Scrum Thermometer
Status
Quality Deliveries
Done!
Automated Tes(ng
Con(nuous Integra(on
Team Centric
• Every member is “Responsible”
• Storm on big problems, parallel tasking on easy ones
• self-‐organizing The USA team line up. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Gejy Images
Addi(onal Informa(on
www.scrumalliance.org www.scrum.org
Required Reading
Web Resources
Contact Informa(on
Paul Williams
228.688.1269 [email protected]
www.geocent.com
SOA CerCfied Architect CerCfied Scrum Master
METOC Systems Specialist