10+2 Reasons for going Agile

Andreas Hägglund

Andreas Hägglund

andreas.hagglund @systemvaruhuset.se

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10+2 Reasons for going Agile

1. Better forecasts

2. Business in control

3. Saves costs

4. Productivity

5. Flexibility

6. Time to market

7. Transparency

8. Sustainability

9. Empiricism

10. Quality

• Low tech

• Fun

1. Better forecasts

• By using short term planning horizons

• By using velocity and historical experience

• By involving the team

2. Handing the map to the business

• By having the business set the priorities

• By having the business define the opportunies

• By involving the business

3. Simplicity saves costs

• By avoiding unnecessary functions

• By increasing quality

• By finding faults early

• By building skill

4. Increased productivity

• By minimizing waiting

• By minimizing hand-offs

• By building skills

• By working together

5. Flexible planning creates value

By focusing on what’s important NOW

6. Quicker to the market

By deploying early

By focusing on through-put

7. Increased transparency

• By reporting actual progress

• By visualizing plans and metrics

8. Keep running, indefinitely

Quality decreases after 8 hours...

9. Judgement based on facts

10. Increase Quality

• By testing early

• By refactoring

• Through simplicity

• By building skills

• By working together

+1 one more reason...

It’s Low-tech

It’s easy to start

it’s easy to adjust

And most importantly - It’s more fun!

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Andreas Hägglund

andreas.hagglund @systemvaruhuset.se

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andreashagglund

@ahab1972

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