Agile for the rest of us

Agile for the rest of us IA Summit, March 22, 2009 © Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Big Picture Traditional (Waterfall) Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Big Picture Traditional Agile (Waterfall) Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Big Picture Developers Traditional Agile (Waterfall) Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Big Picture Developers Traditional Agile (Waterfall) Us? Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

I talk to *a lot* of IA’s NYC IA Meetup, Founded 2003, 700+ Members Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Adoption Patterns Developers Traditional (Waterfall) Agile Us? UX Doesn’t seem to make sense for what we do. Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Adoption Patterns Developers Traditional (Waterfall) Agile Us? UX Doesn’t seem to Interested, not make sense sure how to for what we adopt. do. Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Adoption Patterns Developers Traditional (Waterfall) Agile Us? UX UX Doesn’t seem to Trying it, Interested, not make sense but sure how to for what we struggling. adopt. do. Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Adoption Patterns Developers Traditional (Waterfall) Agile Us? UX UX Doesn’t Yup, we’ seem to Trying it, Interested, not re Agile. make sense but sure how to for what we struggling. adopt. do. Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Adoption Patterns Developers Traditional (Waterfall) Agile Us? UX UX Doesn’t Yup, seem to Trying Interested, not we’re make sense it, but sure how to Agile. for what we struggling. adopt. do. Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

What I’ll Be Talking About o A UX Reading of the Manifesto o Agile via Waterfall o Re-Thinking Documents o The Smallest Biggest Step o Pushing Back o Looking Forward © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

A UX Reading of the Manifesto Beyond working sofware © Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

The Agile Manifesto www.agilemanifesto.org Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

The Agile Manifesto A Value Framework www.agilemanifesto.org Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Planning Poker Agile Coach Spikes Extreme Programming Backlogs Scrum Test-Driven Development Story Cards Customer Sprints Product Owner Velocity Standups Daily Standups Refactoring Burndown Crystal Methods Pair Programming Feature-Driven Development Scrum Master Adaptive Software Development Dynamic Systems Development Lean Development Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Planning Poker Agile Coach Spikes Extreme Programming Backlogs Scrum Test-Driven Development Story Cards Customer Sprints Product Owner Velocity Standups Methodology Templates Daily Standups Refactoring Burndown Crystal Methods Pair Programming Feature-Driven Development Scrum Master Adaptive Software Development Dynamic Systems Development Lean Development Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Agile via Waterfall Confronting Future Promises © Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Waterfall Initiate Design Build Test Deploy Research Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Waterfall Production (Developer Perspective) Initiate Design Build Test Deploy Research Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Waterfall Design (Our Perspective) Production (Developer Perspective) Initiate Design Build Test Deploy Research Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Waterfall Design (Our Perspective) Production (Developer Perspective) Initiate Design Build Test Deploy Research Documents Software Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Waterfall Grand Vision Design (Our Perspective) Production (Developer Perspective) Initiate Design Build Test Deploy Research Documents Software Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Reality Grand Vision Initiate Research Design Build Design Build Research Deploy Test Heroics Muddling Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Reality Grand Vision Dev: This is taking longer to build than I estimated… Initiate Research Design Build Design Build Research Deploy Test Heroics Muddling Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Reality Grand Vision Dev: This is taking longer to build than I estimated… Initiate Research Design Build Biz: Our Design competitor just released a much better product…. Build Research Deploy Test Heroics Muddling Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Reality Grand Vision Dev: This is taking longer to build than I estimated… Initiate Research Design Build Biz: Our Dev: Saving changes is Design competitor just taking 15-20 minutes(!) released a much better product…. Build Research Deploy Test Heroics Muddling Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Reality Grand Vision Dev: This is taking longer to build than I estimated… Initiate Research Design Build Biz: Our Dev: Saving changes is Design competitor just taking 15-20 minutes(!) released a much better product…. I can’t hold her Build together much Research longer Captain! Deploy Test Heroics Muddling Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Reality A “waterfall” lifecycle, big up-front specifications, estimates, and speculative plans applicable to predictable manufacturing have been misapplied to software projects, a domain of inventive, high- change, high-novelty work. – Craig Larman, Agile & Iterative Development: A Manager’s Guide Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

The Agile Response Reacting to • Planning for status quo rather than real-world turbulence. • Dividing the team into phases. • Over-reliance on documents as communication conduits. • Waiting too long to confront design with reality. © Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

One Change that Changes Everything We need to start building Developers earlier… Earliest Responsible Moment Initiate Design Build Test Deploy Research Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Many Micro-Projects Initiate Research Design Build Test Deploy Becomes Timebox Ti (Micro-project n) (I Reflect, Adjust Working Software W Timebox Timebox Timebox (Micro-project 1) (Micro-project 2) Foundation: Reflect, Core Needs Adjust Big Picture Working Software Working Software Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Many Micro-Projects Initiate Research Design Build Test Deploy Grand Becomes Vision? Timebox Ti (Micro-project n) (I Reflect, Adjust Working Software W Timebox Timebox Timebox (Micro-project 1) (Micro-project 2) Foundation: Reflect, Core Needs Adjust Big Picture Working Software Working Software Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

A Process Narrative Iteration 1 Phase Zero Foundation: Research Design Build Core Needs Big Picture Iteration 2 Working Software Research Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

A Process Narrative Iteration 1: Top Priority vs Early Win? Phase Zero Foundation: Research Design Build Core Needs Big Picture Iteration 2 Working Software Research Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

A Process Narrative Researching Ahead Designing Ahead Iteration 1: Top Priority vs Early Win? Phase Zero Foundation: Research Design Build Core Needs Big Picture Iteration 2 Working Software Research Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Re-Thinking Documents Comprehensive vs Just Enough © Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Asking a different question Comprehensive What is everything developers need to know to build the whole application? © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

Asking a different question Comprehensive Just Enough What is everything developers What is the minimum developers need need to know to build the whole to know to build the next piece? application? © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

Document Cost-Benefit Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Document Cost-Benefit Yes, you can keep doing wireframes! but… Design the delta. For conversation. As a means, not an end. © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

Dissolving Us/Them “That leak is on their side of the boat.” Us Them Design Build Test Deploy Initiate Research Documents Software © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

Dissolving Us/Them “That leak is on their side of the boat.” Us Them Design Build Test Deploy Initiate Research Documents Software vs Research Design Build Working Software Design is Production is Design © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

Beware Agile Ritual and Orthodoxy o Terminology fixation. o Just going through the motions. o Intimidating to non- technologists. From Henrik Kniberg’s Blog at blog.crisp.se © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

One waterfall Two waterfall Three waterfall…

Step Zero: You

The BigCorp Factor Deliverables model based on waterfall. Big Deliverables a security blanket for execs. One idea: shadow agile. © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

We Do A Lot More Than Software Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Sometimes Manufacturing Lines Make Sense Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Key Take-Aways o Don’t Flip The Methodology Switch o Iterate the transition o No Silver Bullet o Participate in evolving Agile © Anders Ramsay, IA Summit 2009

Methodology Templates Agile Coach Spikes Extreme Programming Backlogs Scrum Story Cards Customer Sprints Product Owner Velocity Standups Refactoring Burndown Crystal Methods Feature-Driven Development Adaptive Software Development Dynamic Systems Development Lean Development Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

Methodology Templates Agile Coach Spikes Extreme Programming Backlogs Scrum Story Cards Customer Sprints Product Owner Velocity Standups Refactoring Burndown IX? Crystal Methods Feature-Driven Development Adaptive Software Development Dynamic Systems Development Lean Development Anders Ramsay, 2009 IA Summit

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