Once upon a time in the 90’sAgile The Origin

Projects Status

Lightweight methodologies

Agile Manifesto

4 Values

12 Principles

Focus on Values & Principles

Empirism approach

Holistic approach

“Empiricism asserts that knowledge

comes from experience and making

decisions based on what is known”

“Holism consider that the behavior of a

system cannot be fully determined by its

component parts alone.

Instead the system as a whole determines

in an important way how the system

behaves”

5 pillars of the Agile House

Agile is a way to reduce the complexity of our existing world

Frequent delivery

Fast Delivery Feed back loops

Focus on business value

& prioritization

Business Value

Communication

& Collaboration

Team Empowerment

Continuous Improvement

& Technical Excellence

Individuals and interactions

over processes and tools

Working software

over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration

over contract negotiation

Responding to change

over following a plan

The story of

the Small House in the Mountain

Expected Schedule

3 Years

4 Years

One year later

Focus on our business value & prioritize

Lead Time: 2 months

Garden Minimum Viable Product

Collaboration & Communication

Delivered Values

Summary

• MVP (minimum Viable product)

• Lead Time

• Communication & Collaboration

• Business Value

• Welcome to changes

• Simplicity

• Feedbacks

We are a community of project leaders that are highly successful at delivering results. To achieve

these results:

• Increase return on investment

• Deliver reliable results

• Expect uncertainty

• Unleash creativity and innovation

• Boost performance

• Improve effectiveness and reliability

[©2005 David Anderson, Sanjiv Augustine, Christopher Avery, Alistair Cockburn, Mike Cohn, Doug DeCarlo, Donna Fitzgerald, Jim Highsmith, Ole Jepsen, Lowell Lindstrom, Todd Little, Kent

McDonald, Pollyanna Pixton, Preston Smith and Robert Wysocki.

We increase return on investment by making

continuous flow of value our focus.

We deliver reliable results by engaging customers in

frequent interactions and shared ownership.

We expect uncertainty and manage for it through

iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.

We unleash creativity and innovation by recognizing

that individuals are the ultimate source of value, and

creating an environment where they can make a

difference.

We improve effectiveness and reliability through

situationally specific strategies, processes and

practices.

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