The document provides an introduction to agile methodology, describing key concepts like the agile manifesto, teamwork, releases, stories, backlogs, iterations, standup meetings, and retrospectives. It emphasizes valuing individuals, interactions, working software, and customer collaboration over processes, tools, documentation, and contracts. Standup meetings are daily status updates where team members share what they completed yesterday, will complete today, and any blockers, with today's work being a commitment. Retrospectives are held at the end of each iteration for the team to evaluate and improve the process.

1. INTRODUCTION TO AGILE
UsingXP

2. ABOUT ME
Software
Developer
Agile
Member
Team Lead
Agile
Advocate
SDLC
Implementer

3. AGILE MANIFESTO
 Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
 Working software over comprehensive documentation
 Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
 Responding to change over following a plan
Although there is value in the items on the right, we value items on the left more.

4. TEAMWORK

5. BASICS AND KEYWORDS
 Release
 Client deliverable
 Stories
 Work items required to complete the release
 Backlog
 Unfinished stories for the release
 Iterations
 The current stories picked to work on
 Standups
 Daily status from all
 Retrospective
 Group therapy?

6. RELEASE
 Planned
 Work required for completion is published
 Accepted by the team
 Scheduled
 Delivery estimate given by the delivery manager (or team)

7. STORIES
 Level of detail dependent on organizational delivery scheme
 Fixed-Price Contracting
 Variable-PriceConsulting (hourly or bulk hours)
 In-house development for retail sales
 In-house development for internal use
 Stories build your Backlog

8. BACKLOG

9. ITERATIONS
 Based on previous velocity

10. ITERATION
 Stories picked on backlog priority
 Get the hard stuff done first!
 Client dependencies
 Images and styling validation
 Publish the burn down
 The iteration is a commitment

11. STAND UP MEETINGS
 Must stand up
 No comfort allowed
 Only three topics allowed
1. What you completed yesterday
2. What you are completing today
3. What is blocking you (if anything)
#2 is a COMMITMENT

12. RETROSPECTIVES
 At the end of each iteration
 Good/Needs Work/Picked to Work on
 Continue/Stop/Should
 Everyone’s chance to change the process
 Make changes!

13. PREDICTIONS

14. PREDICTIONS 2

15. PREDICTIONS 3