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BamBam! Teamwork Academy is a new series by 84kids focusing on online collaboration, project management and Agile approach to software development. Each presentation contains a number of useful tips that can be applied in practice to all kinds of development business, from small software houses to engineering companies running on workflows to large production ventures. Feel free to comment and share!
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# Agile
What is Agile?
Agile is a group of software development methods based on iteration and increment.
The main difference from traditional approach to development is that Agile promotes dynamic evolution of software through development cycles (iterations) and allows for rapid change to the product in response to customer demand.
# Agile
What is more important for you: individuals and interactions or processes and tools?
Do you spend more time making your product usableor making documentation how to use it?
Would you rather collaborate with your clientsor negotiate hard?
Are you able to respond to changes on-the-flyor do you stick to the plan no matter what?
Will Agile work for my company?
# Agile
If you chose at least one answer in
bold then Agile is definitely worth
giving a shot
# Agile
Feature Driven Development
Dynamic Systems Development Method
Test-driven Development
Extreme Programming (XP)
Scrum
Lean Software Development
Kanban
Selected methods of Agile
# Agile
Agile will not solve your problems off the cuff
The process of adopting agile can be painful. Make sure that your team is well informed about the changes it involves
Adopting agile is about changing mindset, not tools
What should I know before adopting Agile?
# Agile
Poor or lack of communication
Badly constructed teams (no complementation)
No customer participation
Poor planning
Not enough determination in fighting resistance from the team accustomed to old working habits
Common mistakes of new Agile teams
# Agile
Use abstract estimation points (like colors or shapes)to represent the size of new work
Don’t use deadlines until you and your team know how quickly a task can be completed
Engage your team in planning iterations and respect the value of their insights
Give your team a prioritized list of requests (backlog) rather than a set of directives
Always foster an environment of trust in your company
How to make your team commissioned
# Agile
Yes, let’s do this!
Ready to apply Agile in practice?