Slide 2 1 Slide 3 Agenda 06:30 06:35 Sprint 0 Ice breaker 06:35
- 06:55 Sprint 1 Agile and the Costanza Effect 06:55 07:15 Sprint 2
retrospective Slide 4 The Costanza Effect Seinfeld Season 5,
Episode 21: "The Opposite" The Start
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3 Slide 5 The Costanza Effect If every instinct youve had was
wrong, then the opposite would have to be right - Seinfelds
encouragement to George 4 Slide 6 The Costanza Effect George gets
empowered Yankees https://www.youtube.com/v/vWCGs27_xPI&rel=0
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v_load_policy=3&version=3&enablejsapi=1 5 Slide 7
Conventional Wisdom vs Agile with a little help from Henry 6 Slide
8 Conventional wisdom says to: Carefully vet job-seeking candidates
to make sure they are strong individuals that can work
independently with limited supervision. 7 Slide 9 Henry says:
Collaborate Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is
progress; working together is success. - Henry Ford 8 Slide 10
Agile agrees: Collaborate Have co-located teams (whenever you can)
Empower teams (always) The whole is always greater than the sum of
its parts (always!) Scrum ceremonies: Stand up Retrospection Share
share share Declare the team a no-diva zone
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/the-softer-side-of-
agile-leading-collaborative-teams-to-success/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/the-softer-side-of-
agile-leading-collaborative-teams-to-success/
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agile-leading-collaborative-teams-to-success/http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/the-softer-side-of-
agile-leading-collaborative-teams-to-success/
http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/agileRoles.html 9 Slide 11
Conventional wisdom says: If a project is complex, do up-front
planning, defining, and designing so that we can be 100% sure of
what we need to build before we start building it. 10 Slide 12
Henry says: Planning is one thing You can't build a reputation on
what you are going to do. - Henry Ford 11 Slide 13 Agile says: Plan
only enough Plan by time Daily Iteration Release Product roadmap
Product vision Sprint 0 (if you have to)
http://www.pmscrum.com/blog/2011/06/10-things-do- sprint-0
http://www.pmscrum.com/blog/2011/06/10-things-do- sprint-0 Design
will emerge http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/agile-design-
intentional-yet-emergent
http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/agile-design-
intentional-yet-emergent Architecture will emerge
http://www.scaledagileframework.com/the-principles-of-
agile-architecture/
http://www.scaledagileframework.com/the-principles-of-
agile-architecture/ 12 Slide 14 Conventional wisdom says: Of course
we want quality! We will test the system after the build with a
dedicated testing team while the developers start on new
functionality. 13 Slide 15 Henry says: Quality by integrity Quality
means doing it right when no one is looking. Henry Ford 14 Slide 16
Agile says: Quality by practice Test-driven development (TDD)
Behaviour-driven development (BDD) Pairing Quality analysts are
part of the team No testing iterations (never) Continous
integration http://www.scrumalliance.org/system/reso
urce_files/0000/0459/AgileQA.pdf 15 Slide 17 Conventional wisdom
says: We are all professionals here. We dont need ceremonies and
rituals to keep a team moving. We have tools, like email and
instant messaging and MS Project to keep us productive. 16 Slide 18
Henry says: tools dont teach All life is experience, and one level
is exchanged for another only when its lesson is learned. - Henry
Ford 17 Slide 19 Agile says: learn from / teach by experience
Co-located teams Scrum ceremonies help focus: Daily standup Sprint
retrospectives Release retrospectives Retrospective retrospectives
How good do you make your peer partner look?
http://innolution.com/blog/team-performance-
measureshttp://innolution.com/blog/team-performance- measures
https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles
/2008/june/coaching-scrum-teamshttps://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles
/2008/june/coaching-scrum-teams 18 Slide 20 Conventional wisdom
says: We absolutely cannot afford to make any mistakes in
developing this product. 19 Slide 21 Henry says: There is no
success like failure Failure is simply the opportunity to begin
again, this time more intelligently. - Henry Ford 20 Slide 22 Agile
says: fail early, fail often Have a clear vision Have an
introspection after each failure Communicate lessons learned Allow
enough time for iteration or experimentation Minimize the feedback
cycle Instrument the design Insist on deep feedback Have flexible
platforms http://www.uie.com/articles/failure_not_an_option/ -
Article by JARED M. SPOOL - "Good judgment comes from experience
and experience comes from bad judgments." 21 Slide 23 Conventional
wisdom says: We are all professionals here. Now that we know what
the client wants, we can give it to her in six months, when she
will be visiting again 22 Slide 24 Henry says: Start small There is
safety in small beginnings and there is unlimited capital in the
experience gained by growing. - Henry Ford 23 Slide 25 Agile
agrees: Start small Short iterations Commit what you are sure you
can deliver Prioritize by value
http://www.slideshare.net/nashjain/small-is-beautiful-
by-sanjiv-augustine-presentation 24 Slide 26 Conventional wisdom
says: Only employ only candidates who are or can become experts
quickly with minimal supervision so that they can contribute as
individuals. 25 Slide 27 Abott and Costello say: 26 Slide 28 Agile
says make them work in pairs Quality Coaching and mentoring
Knowledge sharing Improved productivity Less code Instant peer
review Pairing isnt controversial, done effectively it: reduces
defects (by up to 86%, according to the 2000 University of Utah
study), * improves productivity (up to three-fold, according to the
1975 US Army study) the internet 27 Slide 29 Conventional Wisdom
says: As a user, I know exactly what I want. 28 Slide 30 Henry
says: Horseplay! If I had asked people what they wanted, they would
have said faster horses. - Henry Ford 29 Slide 31 Agile says: help
me understand what you want By giving me user stories By assigning
a product owner to validate your user stories By helping me
prioritize your stories By helping me build a story map to show
your user stories in context By helping me groom your story backlog
30 Slide 32 Conventional Wisdom says: Some things are just not
technically possible. 31 Slide 33 Henry says: Im hiring Agile
Candidates I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite
capacity to not know what can't be done. - Henry Ford 32 Slide 34
Henry says: YOU can (or cant) Whether you think you can, or you
think you cant youre right. - Henry Ford 33 Slide 35 Agile says:
bring on new and difficult the most appropriate projects for agile
are ones with aggressive deadlines, a high degree of complexity,
and a high degree of novelty (uniqueness) to them - Mark Cohns
opinion http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/decidi
ng-what-kind-of-projects-are-most-suited-for-agilehttp://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/decidi
ng-what-kind-of-projects-are-most-suited-for-agile 34 Slide 36
Thank you very much Marius Jooste [email protected]
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