Agile in “Real Life”

Overcoming challenges and keeping relevant

Daryl SearleDelivery Director & Agile SME

Sogeti UK

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• Sogeti 2006-2010, and again since May 2013• UK Agile Subject Matter Expert (SME)• Delivery Director

• Over 15 years of software testing experience• 6+ years experience delivering agile projects in

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Poll #1

Where are you in your agile journey?

• At the beginning, still considering how to proceed

• Already piloting our approach, facing some challenges

• Agile approach we have adopted isn’t meeting the expected objectives

• Already running agile, reaping some benefits & looking for further efficiencies

• Happy with level of agile implementation, wanting to share experiences

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2013-14 World Quality Report - agile

Quotes taken from the WQR:“I think that a lot of the issue with agile and/or Scrum is the fact people are unsure of how best to approach it. People have run many waterfall projects so they understand the needs and when to perform testing. Scrum is more difficult”

“The most significant challenge is in the fact that there isn't an adequate testing approach that fits the agile development environment. We are trying to use traditional methods of testing designed for waterfall development”

There is a market for an Agile solution:

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Poll #2

What type of agile approach is your business using?

• DSDM

• Scrum

• Kanban

• XP

• No specific approach / a hybrid

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Main drivers for adopting agile principles

Though there may be others, the most popular reasons for companies adopting agile are:

• Decreased time to market, attempting to gain competitive advantage

• Delivering products to protect or enhance brand recognition / reputation

• Delivering to budget, reducing costs through efficiency.

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Why does agile ‘fail’?

What agile isn't…

Do project stakeholders / sponsors understand the commitment required?

Are the team empowered?

Does the business have one voice?

Investment is required; it’s not just monetary, it’s people…

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Understanding the project roadmap

• Importance of Product Owner commitment

• Importance of having a roadmap with feature groups defined, to offer options to react to market conditions.

• Importance of understanding the dependencies of release

• Example of 2008 market crash

• Keep the release train moving

• Gain competitive advantage

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Where does testing fit in?

• Full and active part in game planning, promoting collaboration and questioning acceptance with the ‘what if?’ statement

• Does the role of the tester have to change?

• I’d see it as more of an expansion of role…

• Can offshore play a part…?

• The continued role of the tester, retrospectives and change…

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Implementing constant improvements

• Learning from experience

• Retrospective actions and improvements

• Digital Transformation

• Staying ahead of the trends, asset re-use and the multi-channel experience

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Case study #1

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Case study #2

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Case study #3

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Case study #4

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The sum of all parts…..

• Raising awareness with stakeholders with respect to investment in money and people

• Reducing cost and time through innovating multi-purposed frameworks

• Raising quality, through utilising domain experts on and offshore

• Sustaining revenue growth, through predictability, flexibility and managing risk

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Other resources

Video: Sogeti’s agile services

For more information on our agile services, take a look at our YouTube video:

http://youtu.be/3pIXEgd9fM8

Paper: Agile Business Services

Alternatively please download our Agile Business Services paper to discover how Sogeti can guide and support you at any stage of your agile journey:

http://www.uk.sogeti.com/agile-services

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