1. Am I Agile
Now?
Tobias Fors, Citerus
November, 2006

2. We help companies succeed in
software development

3. Am I Agile Now?
Who cares?

6. Shu
Ha
Ri

9. Go over the basics again.
And again. And again, in a
different way.

10. But what
about plans?

11. ”Responding to
change over
following a plan”

12. Act Plan
Check Do

13. Trial-and-
error

14. The
scientific
method

16. Plans
Planning!
(to maximize learning)

17. Never plan alone.

18. The Learning
Organization
Agile Software
Development

19. Doing Learning

21. -
This was
not so...
+
It was really
effective
to...
The iteration retrospectives
are key to learning. Use

22. TODO: Work with
management to reduce the
burden of written reports
TODO: Dedicate 10 minutes
every morning to learning
how to TDD
Make commitments to each
other to act on what you
discover.

23. But what about
the
technology?

24. ”[The use cases] are developed in tandem
with the system architecture. That is, the
use cases drive the system architecture
and the system architecture influences the
selection of use cases. Therefore, both
the system architecture and the use cases
mature as the life cycle continues”
The Unified Software Development
Process

25. Architecture Use Cases

26. SOFT-
ware!

27. ”This can’t be done!”
”What would it take for
this to be possible?”
Practice thinking in
terms of possibilities.

28. But what about
organization?

29. Organize to
maximize
learning.

30. We use cross-functional
teams to create learning
experiences.

31. Arrange a cross-functional
learning workshop.

32. And if I’m a
(project)
manager?

33. 2000
1900
”You cannot manage them the
same way”
Russell Ackoff

34. Listen Talk
Be a role model when it
comes to balancing
listening and talking.

35. Sounds good, but we
have no time!

36. Knowledge:
static
Learning:
dynamic

37. Best practices, One Best
Our way (so far)!

38. Invest 5 minutes.