living with agile by karl fast (now what? conference 2015)
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Living with AgileKarl Fast Director of Information Architecture Normative @karlfast
—1994 Standish Group CHAOS Report on IT projects
31% were canceled before completion 53% had cost overruns of 180% or higher 16% succeeded
Plan Develop Finish
6 months 12 months 6 months
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right,we value the items on the left more.
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Agile views planningas the real villain
Waterfall separates planning from execution Agile integrates planning and execution
Agile is a reaction to process but is not itself a process
or techniques or methods or tools
In 2010 Forrester found that35% of organizations were using Agile
In 2013 Actuation Consulting reported over 70% were using Agile
Software is eating the world
Agile is eating software development
so how can you live with agile
Understand Intent
Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery
of valuable software
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customer - user - stakeholder
Because agile methods assume that in a changing world up-front plans are a waste of time, they tend to denigrate any sort of up-front planning or design activity. It is not apparent to them that end-user work practice is quite stable — that how people do their jobs and the goals they must accomplish change very little over time. It is not apparent [to developers] that fundamental requirements are stable in consequence.
User-Centered Agile Methods, by Hugh Beyer
Help Reduce Risk
—1994 Standish Group CHAOS Report on IT projects
31% canceled before completion 53% had cost overruns of 180% or higher 16% succeeded
We build our computers the way we build our cities — over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.
— Ellen Ullman, The Dumbing Down of Programming
Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a
preference to the shorter timescale.
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kanban boards wip limits sprints standup meetings daily builds …
sketching guerilla usability
heuristic evaluation card sorting
affinity models …
Plans are worthless,but planning is everything — President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957
Respect the Practice
The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within
a development team is face-to-face conversation.
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accomplishments commitments roadblocks
in < 60 seconds per person
Commit to the team Respect the practice Evolve from intent
Align with Cadence
Welcome changing requirements,even late in development. Agile processes
harness change for the customer's competitive advantage
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align with a cadence that is iterative focused messy
Close Feedback Loops
Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery
of valuable software
agilemanifesto.org
UsersCustomers
Stakeholders
Software is eating the world
Agile is eating software development
align with cadence with respect for practice
to reduce the risk from an understanding of intent to help close feedback loops
… and then work to create change
