The document discusses various challenges that can arise when working in an agile way and provides diagnoses and recommendations for addressing them. It presents several "illnesses" that teams may experience such as waterfallitis severa, bipolar disorder, and roallercoasteritis. For each, it lists the symptoms and provides advice from "Dr. David Bonilla" on how the team can improve their process, for example by limiting work in progress, getting commitment from the team, and avoiding external deadlines. The overall message is that adopting an agile mindset and continuously improving processes can help teams to work better and overcome challenges.

1. Agile Forensics
David Bonilla
Stress
Depression
Productivity
Teamwork
Anxiety
Fatigue
Visibility
Collaboration
Boredom
Loneliness
45’

2. Your Doctor!
David Bonilla
Atlassian Ambassador
dbonilla@atlassian.com

4. Medicine (mɛdsɨn)
is the field of applied science
related to the art of healing by
analysis, diagnosis, treatment
and prevention of disease.

5. S YM PT O MS

6. ME TR I C S

7. ENTER THE METRICS
(Do you REALLY want to know the truth?)

8. VALUE
MOOD
SATISFACTION
LEAVES
DEFECTS
TIME
PERFORMANCE
VELOCITY
COST

9. D I A G N OS I S

10. CHARTS

11. BURNDOWN CHART

12. Di
ag
STAIRS ILLNESS
no
si
s

13. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Nick Muldoon (Twitter)
Address 1355 Market St. (San Francisco)
Name
Split your Stories in smaller chunks.
Plan again.
For the personal use of the patient only

14. Di
ag
AGILE ALZHEIMER
no
si
s

15. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Otogami.com
Address General Gallegos 1, Bajo D (Madrid)
Name
Hire one Scrum Master or nominate
one member of the team.
Be committed, not involved.
For the personal use of the patient only

16. Di
ag
BIPOLAR DISORDER
no
si
s

17. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Atlassian
Address 1098 Harrison St. (San Francisco)
Name
If you can’t work in just one
project, try to avoid the context
changes.
Work in just one project at the
same time during the Sprint.
For the personal use of the patient only

18. CUMULATIVE FLOW

19. Di
ag
COLDFINGER SYNDROME
no
si
s

20. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Target Process
Address 1325 Millersport Hwy (Amherst, NY)
Name
Put more effort into testing of User
Stories that are more complex in
nature.
For the personal use of the patient only

21. Di
ag
BLOCKER TRAUMA
no
si
s

22. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Thoughtworks
Address 200 Randolph St (Chicago)
Name
Identify the blocker.
Dedicate all your efforts to resolve
the impediment before continuing
with the rest of the work.
For the personal use of the patient only

23. Di
ag
WATERFALLITIS SEVERA
no
si
s

24. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
A newbie Agile Team
Address Everywhere
Name
Limit your WIP (Work in Progress).
Hire an Agile Coach.
For the personal use of the patient only

25. VELOCITY TREND

26. Di
ag
no
ZERO VARIATION ANOMALY
si
s

27. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Vibrant Media
Address 565 5th Avenue (New York)
Name
Estimate the whole backlog as one
entity.
Don’t Estimate before the start of
each Sprint.
Don’t estimate in hours!
For the personal use of the patient only

28. Di
ag
ROALLERCOASTERITIS
no
si
s

29. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Atlassian (JIRA Agile Team)
Address 1098 Harrison St. (San Francisco)
Name
Look for the differences between
the Sprints and try to identify a
pattern.
Get a minimum commitment from the
team. Iterate. Improve.
For the personal use of the patient only

30. Di
ag
HOLIDAY PARALYSIS
no
si
s

31. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Embark
Address 1 Embarcadero Center (San Francisco)
Name
Get the commitment of the team to
self manage their holidays with a
maximum number of leaves at the
same time.
For the personal use of the patient only

32. Di
ag
DEATH BY DEADLINE
no
si
s

33. David Bonilla M.D.
18-3892 Main St.
Madrid, SPAIN 28033
Unknow Patient
Address Everywhere.
Name
Try to avoid external deadlines.
If not possible, plan in advance and
book some stage time to check all
features, as security net.
Less is more!
For the personal use of the patient only

34. ^
KEEP
CALM
AND
REPORTS

35. DEF E CT D ASH B OARD

36. RO L LO AD CH ART

37. S CO PE BU RN U P

38. P EO PLE EF F ORT

39. P REDICTABI L I T Y I N DE X

40. MOOD C H ART

41. C O VERAG E T RE N D

42. DEFECT ST AT U S

43. N
CAN WE
REALLY
SAVE LIVES?

44. WE ARE JUST DOCTORS NOT
GODS

45. WE ARE JUST DOCTORS NOT
GODS

46. Grazie!
Do you want more medicine?
http://bit.ly/agileforensics
( @david_bonilla )
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