Agile Fundamentals One Step Guide for Agile Projects(Handout).pdf

Agile Fundamentals: One
Step Guide for Agile
Projects
Soumik Das
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AGENDA
What is Agile
Common Agile misconceptions and mistakes
Major advantages and disadvantages Q & A
Overview of SCRUM
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Agile is an iterative approach to project management that helps
teams deliver value faster and with fewer headaches. Instead of
betting everything on a big launch, agile teams deliver work in
small, consumable increments. There are numerous widely used
agile methodologies, including Scrum, Extreme Programming, and
the Dynamic Systems Development Method.
WHAT IS AGILE?

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Agile Manifesto values and focuses on:
Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools
- Key actors in any project are the people
Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation
- Focus on delivering business value to the customer
Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation
- Customers to be seen as collaborators because Agile believes in
shared value approach
Responding to Change over Following a Plan
- Product Development to be approached in an adaptive manner
AGILE MANIFESTO

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The declaration of interdependence is a set of six management principles intended for project managers of
software development projects. The principles are:
“We …
• increase return on investment by — making continuous flow of value our focus.
• deliver reliable results by — engaging customers in frequent interactions and shared ownership.
• expect uncertainty and manage for it through — iterations, anticipation and adaptation.
• unleash creativity and innovation by — recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value and creating
an environment where they can make a difference.
• boost performance through — group accountability for results and shared responsibility for team effectiveness.
• improve effectiveness and reliability through — situationally specific strategies, processes and practices.”
DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE

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1. The twelve Agile Principles are:
2. Early and continuous delivery of valuable software
3. Welcome changing requirements
4. Deliver working software frequently
5. Business people and developers must work together
6. Build projects around motivated individuals
7. Face-to-face conversation
8. Working software
9. Sustainable development
10. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design
11. Maximizing the amount of work not done
12. Self-organizing teams
13. Team reflection on how to be more effective
AGILE PRINCIPLES

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1. Agile development’s primary goal is speed, to churn out applications quickly – Speed comes secondary to quality. To
continuously deliver software that provides value at regular intervals, good quality assurance practices must be part of the
process.
2. Agile doesn’t work for fixed deadline projects – Quite the contrary, it works best in fixed deadline projects.
3. Agile development only requires new tools – To be successful, Agile development requires cultural, process, and tools
changes.
4. Agile adoption only involves developers – Agile requires changes and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
5. Agile means no planning – Some upfront planning is required for Agile development projects and should include details such
as development principles, an estimate of the work and tasks involved, priorities, and overall budget to act as a guide for
decisions during development. The key here is that it is a “guide” and open to change rather than a rigid plan. Planning
continues throughout development and is the work of everyone involved.
6. Agile needs no architect or project management – Agile is commonly combined with Scrum to provide the needed structure
and control points in the development process.
10 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT AGILE
DEVELOPMENT

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7. Individual developers get to do what they want – Agile requires the development team to work together and be disciplined.
What gets done and when is lead from a designated role and agreed upon by the team as a whole.
8. Documentation is bad – When there are distributed development teams or a high rate of turnover in teams, key knowledge
needs to be documented to supplement face-to-face communication. Documenting key decisions and rationale also helps
teams from repeating mistakes. The key to documentation is that it needs to be created when truly needed and contain
details that will be used going forward.
9. Realizing the benefits of Agile only takes a couple of months – New to Agile development teams often take years, not
months, to fully implement Agile in an organization.
10. Agile “out of the box” is good for every project – When applying Agile to large projects and distributed development teams
or very large teams, some modifications and care need to be taken to provide for their unique needs and requirements.
10 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT AGILE
DEVELOPMENT

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Scrum Flow for one Sprint
Scrum is one of the most popular Agile methodologies. It is an adaptive, iterative, fast, flexible, and effective
methodology designed to deliver significant value quickly and throughout a project. A key strength of Scrum lies in
its use of cross-functional, self-organized, and empowered teams who divide their work into short, concentrated
work cycles called Sprints.
SCRUM

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SCRUM PRINCIPLES
Scrum principles are the core guidelines for applying the Scrum framework and should mandatorily be used in all
Scrum projects. The six Scrum principles are:
• Empirical Process Control
• Self-organization
• Collaboration
• Value-based Prioritization
• Time-boxing
• Iterative Development

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SCRUM ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

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1. Represents the stakeholders
2. Is responsible for ensuring that the Scrum Team delivers value
3. Writes the business requirements in the form of User Stories
4. Manages the Prioritized Product Backlog
5. Is responsible for ensuring clear communication of product functionalities tothe Scrum Team
6. Is commonly called the Voice of Customer.
1. Ensures that Scrum processes are correctly followed by all Scrum Core Team members, including the Product Owner
2. Oversees Release Planning Sessions and convenes other meetings.
CORE ROLE: PRODUCT OWNER
CORE ROLE: SCRUM MASTER

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CORE ROLE : SCRUM TEAM
A group or team of people who are responsible for understanding the business requirements specified by the
Product Owner, estimating User Stories, and creating the project deliverables
Scrum Team Characteristics:
1. Self-organized
2. Cross-functional
3. Colocation and face-to-face communication
4. Iterative product delivery

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Self-organized
T
eam membersare
involved in all decisions
related to the delivery
of the project and
choose how best to
accomplish work
Cross-functional
The team model in
Scrum isdesigned to
optimize flexibility and
productivity, and to
enable the team to
focusmore on a
common goal
SCRUM TEAM - CHARACTERISTICS (CONTD.)

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Scrum of
Scrums
1. What has your team
been working on since
the last meeting?
2. What is your team
going to get done by the
next meeting?
3. What are your
impediments and can
other teams help you?
4. What are the
decisions made in your
team which could
impact other teams?
SCRUM TEAM
Large projects require multiple Scrum teams working in parallel. Maintaining coordination and collaboration
among these teams is the responsibility of Chief Scrum Master through the Scrum of Scrums (SoS) Meeting.

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DECIDING BETWEEN WATERFALL AND AGILE FOR YOUR
PROJECT
There are a number of factors that should be considered before a methodology is adopted – we’ve summed them up to help
you decide which is more suitable for your project.
1) Many Initial Product Requirements & Strict Regulatory Requirements: If your project has strict regulatory requirements
and there is little room to make changes, this will push you toward a Waterfall software development methodology. ✅
Waterfall
2) Few Initial Product & Regulatory Requirements: If your project has few initial requirements and doesn’t need to meet
strict regulations, an Agile development methodology will result in project creativity and decreased time to market. ✅
Agile
3) Strict Processes in Place: If you’re in an organization that has strict processes that they have to adhere to, trying to
introduce Agile processes cross-functionally could be challenging, and so the Waterfall methodology will be more suitable.
✅ Waterfall
4) Lenient Processes in Place: If your organization doesn’t have strict processes to follow and you have the luxury of being
able to work flexibly, then Agile offers enough benefits to introduce the methodology. ✅ Agile

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PROJECT
5) High Product Owner Involvement: If the product owner wants to be more hands-on, an Agile development methodology
allows for the product owner to be deeply involved. The product owner is a member of the team and is the owner of the
product requirements. The product owner ultimately makes all decisions on the scope and the functionality of the product.
✅ Agile
6) Greenfield Product: If your team is trying to build something innovative that does not exist in any form today, these types
of projects are served well by an Agile software development methodology. It allows the product owner to discover the
project’s features and requirements in an iterative way. ✅ Agile
7) Fixed & Firm Timeline: If the project timeline is fixed and can not be moved, Waterfall will offer a more predictable
outcome. ✅ Waterfall
8) Short, Flexible Timeline: If you need to get the project delivered in a short amount of time, Agile is the appropriate
choice here where action and getting things built is more important than documentation and process. ✅ Agile

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PROJECT
When to Use the Waterfall Methodology
The Waterfall methodology prevails when the project is constrained by cost and/or time, and the
requirements and scope are well understood. In these cases, the Waterfall methodology provides a set of
processes that are built on the principle of approval of the previous phase.
The bottom line is that the Waterfall methodology does a better job at providing a well-defined feature set
within a constrained budget or timeline.
When to Use an Agile Methodology
Agile wins the day when the product team is unsure at the onset what needs to be built or they wish to
discover what should be built based on adjustments they make along the way. Agile will produce more
features in a shorter period of time and also gives the team more flexibility throughout the process so that
they can take advantage of opportunities as the project unfolds.

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