Busting myths around whether agile can be used for fixed date and fixed scope projects and also busting the myth that agile means no planning is required,
3. “I can’t commit to a date
because I’m doing agile.”
“I don’t know when that feature
will be ready.”
“We’re taking a value stream
approach where we don’t need to
plan, we just work through tickets
in value order until we complete
the backlog.”
“Agile can’t be used for fixed date
projects”
“Agile is about changing
requirements - there’s no point
being Agile if the scope is fixed”
“We can’t plan in agile because
software development is complex
with lots of unknown risks”
4. Agile Mindset
1. The complexity belief
2. The people belief
3. The proactive belief
4
Business
Agility
Inter-team
Processes
Value
Streams
Culture
Agile
Leadership
Strategy,
Investment,
Funding
Mission,
Vision,
Intent
EBM
Employee
Experience
Performance
Management
Business
Structure
Team Agility
Cross-
functional
teams
Single-function
teams
Working
Groups
Empowered
Autonomous,
Self-Organising
Individual
Agility
Individual
Mind-set
Values
T-skills Continuous
Learning
32. Summary
1. Software projects are complex adaptive
problems
2. Agile Mindset useful for all types of project
3. Aim to fix resources and time, vary scope
4. Reduce project risks
5. Planning in agile is crucial