This presentation was given to a client at the start of an assessment phase to explain to the staff why Agile is of value and briefly explain how it works. We also explained the typical approach to transition and what would happen during the assessment. The presentation was given to Engineering and related groups. This was prepared and delivered jointly with Gerry Kirk. Please email us if you would like a download.

1. A Brief Introduction to Agile & Transition Approach Michael Sahota Gerry Kirk December 2009

2. About us...

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

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

5. Meet Gerry

6. Evidence that Agile Works

7. 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/

8. Impact of agile on quality of systems deployed  77%  Copyright 2008 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

9. Impact of agile on business stakeholder satisfaction  78%  Copyright 2008 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

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

13. Yahoo

14. Google

15. Electronic Arts

16. High Moon Studios

17. Lockheed Martin

18. Philips

19. Siemens

20. Nokia

21. Capital One

22. BBC

24. Nielsen Media

25. First American Real Estate

26. BMC Software

27. Ipswitch

28. John Deere

29. Lexis Nexis

30. Sabre

31. Salesforce.com

32. Time Warner

33. Turner Broadcasting

34. Oce CC Mountain Goat Software LLC

36. In-house development

37. Contract development

38. Fixed-price projects

39. Financial applications

40. ISO 9001-certified applications

41. Embedded systems

42. 24x7 systems with 99.999% uptime requirements

44. FDA-approved, life-critical systems

45. Satellite-control software

46. Websites

47. Handheld software

48. Mobile phones

49. Network switching applications

50. ISV applications

51. Some of the largest applications in use CC Mountain Goat Software LLC

52. Agile Roots: Values

53. TODO - Gerry

54. Agile: The Process

56. Engineering Practices Matter Version Control Coding standards TDD Refactoring

57. Engineering Practices Matter Shared code ownership Pairing Continuous Integration Automated Testing User Stories

58. Agile Transition & Assessment

59. Assessment-driven

60. Assessment (3-4 days) Product Mgr Management Infrastructure, IT, & office BA/SME DEV DEV DEV DEV DEV QA Lean Workshop Everybody Interviews with 3-5 people 5-9 people cross-functional Results and Transition Plan Transition Team

61. What questions do you have?