STC Toronto Agile Intro - How can this possibly work?

STC Agile IntroHow can this possibly work?
Michael Sahota
Feb. 2010

Michael - 15+ years in IT
V.P. Research and Development
Enterprise Architect
Director Software Development
Architect
Senior J2EE Developer
Project Manager
Team Lead
C++ Developer
Java Developer
Researcher
M.Sc. in Computer Science
B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science

Michael - 8 years working with Agile
Agile Coach
Lean Consultant
Scrum Master

Evidence that Agile Works

Impact of agile on productivity 88% 
Dr Dobbs Journal, 2008 Survey. Data, summary, and slides downloadable from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/
Copyright 2008 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

Impact of agile on quality of systems deployed  77% 

Impact of agile on business stakeholder satisfaction  78% 

Survey of “good time” or “best time” working at Salesforce.com
Before Agile - 40%
92% would
recommend
Agile to others
With Agile - 86%

DoD prefers an Agile approach
After years of learning, identified evolutionary delivery (Agile) as the preferred approach over Waterfall
Made official policy in DoD 5000.2 (year 2000)
Largest
Procurer of
Software

Many companies
Microsoft
Yahoo
Google
Electronic Arts
High Moon Studios
Lockheed Martin
Philips
Siemens
Nokia
Capital One
BBC
Intuit
Intuit
Nielsen Media
First American Real Estate
BMC Software
Ipswitch
John Deere
Lexis Nexis
Sabre
Salesforce.com
Time Warner
Turner Broadcasting
Oce
CC Mountain Goat Software LLC

Many types of projects
Commercial software
In-house development
Contract development
Fixed-price projects
Financial applications
ISO 9001-certified applications
Embedded systems
24x7 systems with 99.999% uptime requirements
the Joint Strike Fighter
Video game development
FDA-approved, life-critical systems
Satellite-control software
Websites
Handheld software
Mobile phones
Network switching applications
ISV applications
Some of the largest applications in use
CC Mountain Goat Software LLC

Agile Values and Principles

TODO - Gerry
CC Gerry Kirk

The Agile Manifesto sets out values
Individuals and interactions
over processes and tools
Working software
over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration
over contract negotiation
Responding to change
over following a plan
Craftsmanship*
over crap
Common Sense
Enabler
While there is value in the items on the right,
we value the items on the left more
* 2008 proposal by Bob Martin

Osmotic Communication
Copyright Alistair Cockburn

Principle: Face-to-face communication is fast and effective
Copyright Alistair Cockburn

Documentation matters too!
It is important that details get stored (paper, models, images, video, etc.) to handle:
Gaps in time - What did we decide last month?
Gaps in space - Keeping off-site people in the loop
Contracts & change of personnel
Traceability

Team Rooms – ~2x productivity

Agile: The Process

Agile processes come in different flavours
RUP
Agile
Scrum
(XP)Extreme
Programming
Lean
IID
Lean
Software
(Kanban)
Crystal
Clear
Scrum, but…

Engineering Practices Matter
Version Control
Coding standards
TDD
Refactoring

Engineering Practices Matter
Continuous Integration
Automated Testing
User Stories
Shared code ownership
Pairing
CC Gerry Kirk

Where to learn more

Resources
This presentation
http://www.slideshare.net/michael.sahota
Links to articles, presentations and videos
http://www.agilitrix.com/agile-learning-resources/
GTA Agile community events
http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/

What questions do you have?

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