Sneaking Agility In The Door. Tom Ned Nedwek Daugherty Business Solutions

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1 Sneaking Agility In The Door Tom Ned Nedwek Daugherty Business Solutions

2 The Big Idea: 11/14/ MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 2

3 Small Batches Have lower risk Are less expensive Produce faster results Accelerate learning 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 3

4 IT s Job: Deliver The Right Solution 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 4

5 Some Characteristics Of Agile Organizations 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 5

6 1. Provide Frequent Demos and Releases Demonstrate working software early and often Release productionready software on short timelines A release doesn t have to be deployed, but it s clean enough to be 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 6

7 1. Provide Frequent Demos and Releases Why? How? Decrease time spent going down the wrong path Increase customer s confidence that you are building what they need Break work into chunks of 2 4 weeks (prod-ready) Demonstrate chunks at least as they are completed Evaluate how you re doing after each release 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 7

8 Integrate the parts of your solution on a regular basis Integrate regularly no matter what your platform Perform non-functional testing regularly, too 2. Integrate Early And Often 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 8

9 2. Integrate Early And Often Why? How? Issues with the solution s build are caught soon Problems meeting non-functional requirements can be discovered with time to correct them Share an understanding of the build s importance A broken build is a stop the line condition Focus on tests addressing areas of significant risk 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 9

10 3. Use Backlogs At Project, Iteration/Sprint Levels Backlog: prioritized list of use cases, functions, or user stories Develop backlogs for The project Each iteration/sprint 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 10

11 3. Use Backlogs At Project, Iteration/Sprint Levels Why? Addresses change by adjusting content & direction of future iterations/sprints Delivers value by frequently grooming project backlog How? Develop these lists, prioritize them with customers Groom project backlog at iteration/sprint start Priority isn t just ROI 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 11

12 A document or model is agile when it s just barely good enough An agile deliverable is sufficient for the task at hand, and no more 4. Produce Agile Artifacts 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 12

13 4. Produce Agile Artifacts Why? The team doesn t spend time and effort past the point that they return value How? Documents and models are not the enemy Look critically at deliverables value Agility is not anarchy 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 13

14 Hold daily meetings with your team 5. Hold Daily Standups Discuss What was done yesterday What will be done today What is blocking progress 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 14

15 5. Hold Daily Standups Why? Focuses team on the tasks at hand Builds accountability among team members How? Maintain discipline in standups Standups aren t complaint/design sessions Someone must own removing roadblocks 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 15

16 6. Make Your Status And Progress Visible Utilize visual tools Clearly define the team s work Show the team s progress 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 16

17 6. Make Your Status And Progress Visible Why? How? Shows what s going on Builds trust in what s been done Builds anticipation for what s to come Display Team s iteration/sprint goal Burndown chart (depiction of work left to do) 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 17

18 7. Provide A Collaborative Workspace Provide a relatively open area where as much of the team as possible can share space & collaborate 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 18

19 7. Provide A Collaborative Workspace Why? Increased communication Increased camaraderie and esprit de corps How? Don t make it an all-or-nothing situation Provide personal space for team members Experiment with scheduled time in the space 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 19

20 8. Emphasize Collective Ownership Encourage everyone to bring new ideas to all parts of the project Silos of professional discipline may not help the team toward the right solution 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 20

21 8. Emphasize Collective Ownership Why? Keeps anyone from becoming a bottleneck for change Helps facilitate change when the original developer is not available How? Emphasize active, purposeful sharing of knowledge with the team and across teams Collective ownership applies to designs, code, & tests 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 21

22 Refactoring: a change made to the internal structure of software to make it easier to understand and cheaper to modify without changing its observable behavior Martin Fowler 9. Refactor Your Solution 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 22

23 9. Refactor Your Solution Why? Refactoring s small steps incrementally improve the solution s design with reduced risk Refactoring can occur over time How? Apply small, behavior-preserving transformations Provide time in each iteration/sprint for refactoring Share what improved and how 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 23

24 10. Embrace Iteration/Sprint Zero Spend a relatively short time at the beginning of a project to do just enough analysis to provide the foundation for subsequent iterations/sprints 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 24

25 10. Embrace Iteration/Sprint Zero Why? The project gains a better understanding of the needs it must meet This supports planning in the absence of inspect-and-adapt budgeting How? Remember the concept of agile deliverables Produce only what you need to move forward and support subsequent work 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 25

26 Think Globally, Adopt Locally Keep the organization in mind Begin with self-evaluation 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 26

27 Transition to Organizational Transformation Organizations seldom adopt agility easily Keep the reasons for transformation clear Agility is often emergent 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 27

28 Talk The Talk 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 28

29 Walk The Walk 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 29

30 Begin The Journey 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 30

31 Resources Agile Modeling: Where Do I Start? Scott Ambler An Introduction to Feature-Driven Development Stephen Palmer The Principles of Product Development Flow Donald G. Reinersten Release It! Michael T. Nygard 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 31

32 And Don t Forget 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 32

33 Thank You Tom Nedwek Senior Consultant Daugherty Business Solutions 2014 MACC CONFERENCE MAKING IT MATTER 33

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