Elephants in The Agile Room - by Todd Little
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The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss. What are some of the Elephants in the Agile Room? An “Elephant in the room” is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes unaddressed. Read more from the original copy at https://www.synerzip.com/webinar/elephants-in-the-agile-room/
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- 3. Manifesto for Agile Software Development We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. Kent Beck Mike Beedle Arie van Bennekum Alistair Cockburn Ward Cunningham Martin Fowler James Grenning Jim Highsmith Andrew Hunt Ron Jeffries Jon Kern Brian Marick Robert C. Martin Steve Mellor Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutherland Dave Thomas
- 4. Manifesto for Agile Software Development We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. Kent Beck Mike Beedle Arie van Bennekum Alistair Cockburn Ward Cunningham Martin Fowler James Grenning Jim Highsmith Andrew Hunt Ron Jeffries Jon Kern Brian Marick Robert C. Martin Steve Mellor Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutherland Dave Thomas
- 5. www.synerzip.com The Mirror at Snowbird February 12th, 2011
- 6. www.synerzip.com The Retrospective and the Look Into the Future
- 7. “There’s an Elephant in the Room”
- 8. www.synerzip.com What does Community Leadership Look Like?
- 9. A Group of 15 Decided to Hunt Elephants
- 10. Erik Huddleston Jeff Patton Andrew Shafer Phillipe Krutchen Ghennipher Weeks David Andersen Kay Johansen Kay Johansen Todd Little Russ Rufer Ryan Martens Not Pictured Tracy Bialik Mike Hugos Zhon Johansen Nate Jones Janice Linden-Reed The Elephant Hunters
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- 13. www.synerzip.com Pretending Agile is not a business • Commercial interests censoring failures • Failure to dampen negative behaviors • Dogma sells • Hypocrisy
- 14. www.synerzip.com Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools
- 18. www.synerzip.com Collaboration is great, but can lead to groupthink
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- 20. www.synerzip.com Elitism as an Excuse for Failures
- 21. www.synerzip.com Distributed Teams are a Reality
- 22. www.synerzip.com Context gets in the way of Dogma
- 23. www.synerzip.com Politics are a huge cultural issue
- 24. www.synerzip.com Many people would rather be wrong than uncertain
- 26. www.synerzip.com Agile needs to adopt to culture as much or more than culture needs to adopt to agility
- 27. www.synerzip.com The Voice of THE Customer
- 32. www.synerzip.com Heightened Focus on Unit Testing and Automation
- 34. www.synerzip.com Emphasis on Shipping and Feedback
- 35. www.synerzip.com Software Development is a Team Sport
- 36. www.synerzip.com Teams are Enjoying Developing Software
- 37. www.synerzip.com Global Spread – 91 Countries
- 38. www.synerzip.com It’s OK to be Agile
- 39. www.synerzip.com To Agility and Beyond Four Value Propositions • Demand Technical Excellence • Promote Individual Change and Lead Organizational Change • Organize Knowledge and Improve Education • Maximize Value Creation Across the Entire Process
- 40. www.synerzip.com Relevant Blog Postings from the 10 Year Event • http://pkruchten.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/t he-elephants-in-the-agile-room/ • http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/Blog/re flections_on_10_years_of_agile/ • http://www.dennisstevens.com/2011/02/13/wh ats-next-for-the-agile-manifesto/
- 41. www.synerzip.com • Join us as we continue the conversations
- 42. www.synerzip.com Contact • Todd Little – tlittle@lgc.com – www.toddlittleweb.com
- 43. www.synerzip.com 4343 43 Questions? www.synerzip.com Hemant Elhence hemant@synerzip.com 469.322.0349
- 44. www.synerzip.com Synerzip in a Nut-shell 1. Software product development partner for small/mid-sized technology companies • Exclusive focus on small/mid-sized technology companies, typically venture- backed companies in growth phase • By definition, all Synerzip work is the IP of its respective clients • Deep experience in full SDLC – design, dev, QA/testing, deployment 2. Dedicated team of high caliber software professionals for each client • Seamlessly extends client’s local team, offering full transparency • Stable teams with very low turn-over • NOT just “staff augmentation”, but provide full mgmt support 3. Actually reduces risk of development/delivery • Experienced team - uses appropriate level of engineering discipline • Practices Agile development – responsive, yet disciplined 4. Reduces cost – dual-shore team, 50% cost advantage 5. Offers long term flexibility – allows (facilitates) taking offshore team captive – aka “BOT” option
- 46. www.synerzip.com 4646 46 Call Us for a Free Consultation! www.synerzip.com Hemant Elhence hemant@synerzip.com 469.322.0349 Thanks!