Agile Adoption in China-Challenges & Opportunities

Agile在中国 - 挑战与机遇并存

Main Content

• Challenges to Effective Agile adoption in China（挑战）

• Opportunities of Agile adoption in China（机遇）

• Conclusion（结论）

• OutSofting （关于我们）

General Challenges

• Lack of understanding of the philosophies, foundations and true benefits of Agile methods.

（对Agile方法的基础和其实际益处缺乏了解）

• Difficulties of change management and insufficient usage of experienced agile coaches.( 变化管理的困难 .没有充分利用有经验的Agile教练资源 .)

• Business side AND development side should BOTH have good understanding of Agile.

（业务和技术部门都需要对Agile有所了解）

• Businesses practices (contracts, RFP…) not yet adapted. （缺乏商业实践）

Challenges of Agile in China (1/2)

• Agile methods are more and more used but it is still a minority and critical mass is not reached yet.

（Agile方法的使用人数逐年增加，但尚未形成主流）

• Because of the high employee turnover and difficulty to find and keep suitable talents, it is safe to consider developers as “plug compatible programming unit” (as used by Martin Fowler).

（ “人员的高流动率导致公司更多的将开发人员视为 随时可”替换单元 ）

Challenges of Agile in China (2/2)

• Why to improve ? （缺乏改进的动力）– Low perceived added-value of business software. （软件的附加值相对较低）– Low cost of software developers. （开发人员的人力成本不高）

• Adaptability of the Agile management concepts to Chinese

communication style and company culture? （Agile管理理念能否和中国式沟通模式和公司文化兼容？）– Self-expression VS self-restrain. （自我表现 /谦虚）– Coaches VS Managers. （教练 /经理）

Opportunities of Agile in China (1/3)

• Unprecedented speed of change in business and used technologies in China.

（商业机会和技术使用方面的快速发展）

• The main concepts of Agile are not really foreign to China

（ Agile 的理念对中国并不陌生）– “Responding to change over following a plan”

（计划没有变化快）– “Customer collaboration over contract negotiation”.

（客户的合作重于合同磋商）

Opportunities of Agile in China (2/3)

• Software industry is relatively new （软件是一个相对新的行业） :

– a lot of companies did not YET put in place comprehensive heavy-weight processes,

（相当数量的公司尚未采用复杂的管理方法）

– Transition from “code and fix” to light-weight processes should be easier

（从没有方法到采用简单的方法相对比较容易）

Opportunities of Agile in China (3/3)

• Intellectual Property protection becomes more and more important in China.

（知识产权的保护受到重视）– The entire software industry will be boosted, （整体软件行业得到发展）– Competition will be even fiercest and innovation, quality

and delivery methods will become ever more important （竞争愈加激烈，创新和品质的要求更高）

• Talented people will be looking more and more for working environments that maximize learning.

（软件人才寻求更好的学习成长平台）

Conclusions

• Despite the challenges, future usage of Agile methods is promising in China. （道路漫长，前途光明）

• For a company adopting Agile methods, it is important to create an internal culture that is strong enough to resist to the current challenges in China. （公司内部文化的塑造非常重要）

• Promote Agile methods to both the business side and development side. （取得业务和开发部门的共同认可和支持）

About OutSofting

• OutSofting is a software development consulting company with presence in Canada and China that provides Agile software development training and consulting as well as advisory services for Agile offshoring to China.

• We are providing public Certified ScrumMasterTM trainings in Beijing (China), in June and September.

• See your brochures for more details and www.outsofting.com

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