How NOT to scale agile
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The document discusses the concept of scaling Agile practices using a 'via negativa' perspective, advocating for the removal of harmful practices instead of adding new ones. Key strategies include ceasing project-based approaches, avoiding resource planning, focusing on effectiveness over efficiency, and prioritizing user delight. It emphasizes that scaling should only be pursued when absolutely necessary, as larger organizations often encounter detrimental complexities.
![Nassim N. Taleb
The entire idea of via negativa is
that omission [avoidance of harm,
removal of drugs, corn syrup,
cigarettes, gluten, carbs by fasting,
gym instructors, tail risks, etc.] does
not have side effects and branching
chains of unintended
consequences -hence robust. But
big corporations [evil pharma,
pepsi] and consultants cannot
make money from removing; they
only benefit from adding.
“Anti-Fragile” (2012)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/hownottoscaleagile-141101151536-conversion-gate01/85/How-NOT-to-scale-agile-23-320.jpg)
How NOT to scale agile
- 1. HOW NOT TO SCALE AGILE a via negativa perspective Tiago Garcez @tcgarcez Agile Tour Brussels 31 October, 2014
- 3. DID YOU SAY FRISBEE?
- 5. IMPRESSED? I can do this all day… it’s simple
- 6. HOW DOES SHE DO THAT?
- 8. FL = 1/2 pv2 ACL Fy = Fg + FL Vy = (g + (1/2m)pv2ACL)Tx
- 10. KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID
- 11. DID YOU SAY “LION”?
- 12. LION? RUN! heuristic keeping gazelles alive since… always
- 13. I say, a lion! Let’s see: Lion escape = f(hunger, speed, pack size, wind, terrain) Expected MaxLionVelocity = 80 km/h Best course of action: start running NNW and then turn South…
- 14. I say, a lion! Let’s see: Lion escape = f(hunger, speed, pack size, wind, terrain) Expected MaxLionVelocity = 80 km/h Best course of action: start running NNW and then turn South… I like you… I shall call you “yummy lunch”
- 15. Lion? Run! Gazelle Clever Gazelle No Photo Available a proud mother of 6 ! Yummy Lunch
- 16. AGILE ORGANIZATIONS catch the frisbee instinctively, before it’s gone
- 17. AGILE ORGANIZATIONS catch the frisbee instinctively, before it’s gone
- 18. AGILE ORGANIZATIONS catch the frisbee instinctively, before it’s gone
- 19. Heuristic: (/hjʊˈrɪstɪk/; Greek: "Εὑρίσκω", "find" or "discover") refers to experience-based techniques for problem solving, learning, and discovery that find a solution which is not guaranteed to be optimal, but good enough for a given set of goals. source: wikipedia
- 20. AGILE MANIFESTO heuristic practices for building complex products
- 21. SCALING AGILITY too complex a problem to draw a map before the trip
- 22. VIA NEGATIVA understanding the Divine Good by defining what it is not
- 23. Nassim N. Taleb The entire idea of via negativa is that omission [avoidance of harm, removal of drugs, corn syrup, cigarettes, gluten, carbs by fasting, gym instructors, tail risks, etc.] does not have side effects and branching chains of unintended consequences -hence robust. But big corporations [evil pharma, pepsi] and consultants cannot make money from removing; they only benefit from adding. “Anti-Fragile” (2012)
- 24. SCALING AGILE moving Agile beyond the Team level
- 25. SCALING AGILE moving Agile beyond the Team level
- 26. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE
- 27. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects
- 28. PROJECTS ARE FINITE GAMES encourage short-term thinking and competition
- 29. PROJECTS BREED POLITICS focus is no longer on value, but on internal expectations
- 30. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects
- 31. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning
- 32. RESOURCE PLANNING like crack to managers who love solving puzzles
- 33. GROW TEAMS INSTEAD it’s harder, but ultimately more valuable and sustainable
- 34. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning
- 35. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency
- 36. EFFECTIVENESS > EFFICIENCY the objective is getting the baton around the track
- 37. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency
- 38. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user
- 39. USER > CUSTOMER delighting users is the only true competitive advantage
- 40. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user
- 41. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence
- 42. INVEST IN CRAFTSMANSHIP make sure you can land, before you try to fly
- 43. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence
- 44. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence 6. Stop with traditional management career paths
- 45. ALIGN CAREERS & CRAFT the “Peter Principle” will kill agility
- 46. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence 6. Stop with traditional management career paths
- 47. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence 6. Stop with traditional management career paths 7. Don’t scale process
- 48. CULTURE > PROCESS don’t focus on processes, scale trust and purpose instead
- 49. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence 6. Stop with traditional management career paths 7. Don’t scale process
- 50. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence 6. Stop with traditional management career paths 7. Don’t scale process 8. Don’t scale unless you have to
- 51. SCALING IS UNNATURAL maybe there are safer options?
- 52. “We found again and again that things get clumsy after 150 people” – Bill Gore (Gore & Associates)
- 53. SCALING HEURISTICS VIA NEGATIVA STYLE 1. Stop doing projects 2. Stop doing resource planning 3. Don’t focus on efficiency 4. Never forget the user 5. Don’t scale technical incompetence 6. Stop with traditional management career paths 7. Don’t scale process 8. Don’t scale unless you have to
- 54. SO WHAT DOES AGILITY AT SCALE LOOK LIKE?
- 55. (insert your drawing here)
- 56. (insert your drawing here) just don’t forget what NOT to do!
- 57. Tiago Garcez @tcgarcez www.slideshare.net/tgarcez Thank You ! www.agilar.org
- 58. REFERENCES • “Joy, Inc.” (Menlo Innovations, CEO Richard Sheridan) • “Anti-Fragile”, Nassim N. Taleb • Ken Rubin, “Economically Sensible Scrum” (SGNOLA Keynote) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcePFHD_p70 • “The Dog and the Frisbee”, Andrew G Haldane (speech 31/08/12) http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/speeches/ 2012/speech596.pdf