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Elephants in the Agile Room
Reflections on 10 Years of Agility
Todd LittleSr. Development Manager
Landmark Graphics
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiationResponding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
Kent BeckMike Beedle
Arie van BennekumAlistair CockburnWard Cunningham
Martin Fowler
James GrenningJim HighsmithAndrew HuntRon Jeffries
Jon KernBrian Marick
Robert C. MartinSteve Mellor
Ken SchwaberJeff SutherlandDave Thomas
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiationResponding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
Kent BeckMike Beedle
Arie van BennekumAlistair CockburnWard Cunningham
Martin Fowler
James GrenningJim HighsmithAndrew HuntRon Jeffries
Jon KernBrian Marick
Robert C. MartinSteve Mellor
Ken SchwaberJeff SutherlandDave Thomas
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The Mirror at Snowbird February 12th, 2011
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The Retrospective and the Look Into the Future
“There’s an Elephant in the
Room”
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What does Community Leadership Look Like?
A Group of 15 Decided to Hunt Elephants
Erik Huddleston
Jeff Patton
Andrew Shafer
Phillipe Krutchen
Ghennipher Weeks
David Andersen
Kay Johansen
Kay Johansen
Todd Little
Russ Rufer
Ryan Martens
Not Pictured
Tracy Bialik
Mike Hugos
Zhon Johansen
Nate Jones
Janice Linden-Reed
The Elephant Hunters
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Some Elephants
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Pretending Agile is not a business
• Commercial interests censoring failures
• Failure to dampen negative behaviors
• Dogma sells• Hypocrisy
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Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools
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Anarchism in the community
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Managers are bad
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Self Organization
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Collaboration is great, but can lead to groupthink
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Elitism as an Excuse for Failures
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Distributed Teams are a Reality
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Context gets in the way of Dogma
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Politics are a huge cultural issue
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Many people would rather be wrong than uncertain
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Perception Trumps Reality
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Agile needs to adopt to culture as much or more
than culture needs to adopt to agility
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The Voice of THE Customer
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Business Value
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Technical Excellence over Technical Debt
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Certification (the “zombie elephant”)
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Agile Successes!
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Heightened Focus on Unit Testing and Automation
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Transparency, Reporting and Tracking
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Emphasis on Shipping and Feedback
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Software Development is a Team Sport
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Teams are Enjoying Developing Software
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Global Spread – 91 Countries
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It’s OK to be Agile
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To Agility and BeyondFour Value Propositions
• Demand Technical Excellence• Promote Individual Change and Lead
Organizational Change• Organize Knowledge and Improve Education• Maximize Value Creation Across the Entire
Process
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Relevant Blog Postings from the 10 Year Event
• http://pkruchten.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/the-elephants-in-the-agile-room/
• http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/Blog/reflections_on_10_years_of_agile/
• http://www.dennisstevens.com/2011/02/13/whats-next-for-the-agile-manifesto/
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• Join us as we continue the conversations
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Synerzip in a Nut-shell1. Software product development partner for small/mid-sized
technology companies• Exclusive focus on small/mid-sized technology companies, typically venture-
backed companies in growth phase• By definition, all Synerzip work is the IP of its respective clients• Deep experience in full SDLC – design, dev, QA/testing, deployment
2. Dedicated team of high caliber software professionals for each client
• Seamlessly extends client’s local team, offering full transparency• Stable teams with very low turn-over• NOT just “staff augmentation”, but provide full mgmt support
3. Actually reduces risk of development/delivery• Experienced team - uses appropriate level of engineering discipline• Practices Agile development – responsive, yet disciplined
4. Reduces cost – dual-shore team, 50% cost advantage5. Offers long term flexibility – allows (facilitates) taking offshore
team captive – aka “BOT” option
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Our Clients
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Call Us for a Free Consultation!
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Hemant Elhence [email protected]
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