War for Agile

War for Agile Alimenkou Mikalai [email_address] http://agilecoaching.com.ua 28.06.2008

Stop and think!
To start or not to start?
Your team already has good enough process
You don’t have any practical experience in Agile
It is your temporary project
You are only one person who like and understand Agile principles

Why to start?
You don’t like
Overtimes
Buggy code
External plan
Tons of documentation
…
You like
Work for fun
Team collaboration
Build useful software/product
Improving yourself
… .

Fixed price projects
Make initial estimations more Agile
Reduce time to first deadline
Use Agile internally to predict failures
Introduce internal releases
Show benefits of Agile process
Try to use popularity of Scrum

Hourly paid projects
Use team as interface with Agile based implementation
Introduce internal process and make it company standard
Make proxy for external dependencies
Reduce overtimes

Distributed projects
Move to separate teams approach
Often mix teams
Extend communication environment
Use special Agile tools

Internal projects
Find person suitable for customer role
Take part in initial project planning
Proxy customer
Make internal demos and deadlines

Common best practices
Hide team from external pressure
Use all engineer practices
Experiment and let team to make decision
Reuse team members for different roles
Build the trust
Be ready to any questions

Adoption issues
No other Agile project exists
Don’t use word Agile
Ask for a chance
Start with engineering practices
Find holes in existing process
Low authority to make changes
Be an example
Show benefits to team members
Find support from management
Be reliable and get the authority

Adoption issues
Unfriendly environment for Agile
Adopt practices for yourself and share results
Make job done with highest quality
Show hidden issues
Bad previous experience with Agile
Don’t use word ‘Agile’
Try to include only some practices
Have answer to each question

Any questions?

War for Agile

by Mikalai Alimenkou on Dec 15, 2009

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