Agile + Benefits + Transition Nov 2009
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The document discusses agile as an active risk management strategy for software development projects. It notes that agile approaches can help reduce costs, delay, and increase benefits and value. The document also provides evidence that agile methods have benefits like increased productivity, quality and stakeholder satisfaction. It discusses how many large companies and government organizations like the DoD have adopted agile. Finally, it outlines a suggested agile transition approach using coaches over several phases.
Agile + Benefits + Transition Nov 2009
- 1. Agile, Benefits & Transition Approach Michael Sahota (Gerry Kirk) Nov, 2009
- 2. Agile As Active Risk Management Strategy
- 3. Software development has risks http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewb47/2699077309 (That cost money, reduce value, delay benefits)
- 4. Action: Release early Risk: Build more than needed http://www.flickr.com/photos/atelier_tee/212176187/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt/307912587 cost benefit delay
- 5. Action: Work on highest priority items first Risk: Build lower priority items http://www.flickr.com/photos/dermoidhome/3315663673 value benefit delay (or run out of budget)
- 6. Risk: Poor quality software - buggy, not maintainable http://www.flickr.com/photos/smitty/2245445147 cost value Action: Use proven software engineering practices
- 7. Action: Focus on Working Software using Continuous Planning Risk: Discover needs late in project, but unable to build them value http://mwiki.kostigoff.net/index.php?title=Methodology::_Change_Control
- 8. Risk: Build the wrong thing right cost delay Action: Communication & Continuous Feedback
- 9. Evidence that Agile Works
- 10. Agile has significant benefits Productivity Business Stakeholder Satisfaction Quality Graphics Copyright 2008 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Source: 2008 Dr. Dobbs adoption survey
- 11. Agile is faster with better quality Companies using Agile were on average: 37% faster delivering their software to market
- 13. Able to maintain normal defect counts despite significant schedule compression From “ The Agile Impact Report” (sponsored by Rally) : QSMA benchmarked 29 Agile development projects against a database of 7,500 primarily traditional development projects.
- 14. DoD prefers an Agile approach After years of learning, identified evolutionary delivery (Agile) as the preferred approach over Waterfall Made official policy in DoD 5000.2 (year 2000) Largest Procurer of Software
- 16. Yahoo
- 17. Google
- 18. Electronic Arts
- 20. Lockheed Martin
- 21. Philips
- 22. Siemens
- 23. Nokia
- 24. Capital One
- 25. BBC
- 26. Intuit Intuit
- 27. Nielsen Media
- 28. First American Real Estate
- 29. BMC Software
- 30. Ipswitch
- 31. John Deere
- 32. Lexis Nexis
- 33. Sabre
- 34. Salesforce.com
- 35. Time Warner
- 37. Oce CC Mountain Goat Software LLC
- 38. Many types of projects Commercial software
- 44. Embedded systems
- 45. 24x7 systems with 99.999% uptime requirements
- 46. the Joint Strike Fighter Video game development
- 49. Websites
- 51. Mobile phones
- 53. ISV applications
- 54. Some of the largest applications in use CC Mountain Goat Software LLC
- 55. Agile Transition Approach What to expect with Coaches
- 56. 15+ years in IT Director Software Development Project Manager V.P. Research and Development Senior J2EE Developer Team Lead C++ Developer Architect Researcher Enterprise Architect Java Developer B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science M.Sc. in Computer Science
- 57. 8 years working with Agile
- 58. About Gerry
- 60. Assessment (3-4 days) Product Mgr Management Infrastructure, IT, & office BA/SME DEV DEV DEV DEV DEV QA Lean Workshop Everybody Interviews with 3-5 people 5-9 people cross-functional Results and Transition Plan Transition Team
- 61. Training (2-3 days) Image: fluidpowerzone.com
- 62. Project Launch (2-4 days) + Charter
- 63. Early Iterations (6 – 10 weeks)
- 64. Sustaining Culture ( length? )
- 65. Why Hire a Coach? Agile requires a mind shift and new skills Takes time to reach base proficiency Coaching a transition requires an even broader set of skills Why we recommend pair coaching Succeed Faster Avoid Mistakes
- 66. What questions do you have?