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Inner Stories of Successful Agile
Software Delivery; Discovering The
Golden Key Of
Shahin Sheidaei
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Once Upon A Time!
Shahin Sheidaei
Founder & Principal Coach
Elevate Change Inc.
Developer Frustrated
To Gain Experience
Need Experience
Scrum Master
Project Manager
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Once Upon A Time!
Shahin Sheidaei
Founder & Principal Coach
Elevate Change Inc.
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Agile Professional
Certified Scrum Professional
Agile Team Facilitation
Professional in Agile Coaching
Kanban Management Professional
Kanban Coaching Professional
Accredited Kanban Trainer
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Certified Agile Leader
Certified LeSS Practitioner
SAFe Agilist
Lean Change Management
Licensed Facilitator
ICAgile Authorized Instructor
Agility in the Enterprise
Coaching Agile Transitions
Integral Agile Transformation
Framework
Problem Solving Leadership
Certified Disciplined Agilist (CDA)
Disciplined Agile Master
Lean Change Management
Explorer
Organization and Relationship
Systems Coaching
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Hello! Nice to Meet you!
Shahin Sheidaei
Founder & Principal Coach
Elevate Change Inc.
Organizational Coach Kanban Trainer Business Agility Trainer
Lean On Agile Podcast Lean Agile Network
Two Disk Operating
System
Geocities
Yahoo Bots!
Agile Games Canada
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
What Are You Going
to Hear About?
1. Stories of Agile Software Delivery
a. Experiences, observations, and learnings
b. Failures and Patterns
2. A tool that you might use, and it might be stinky!
5
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Let’s do
Software
Delivery
My Story
We’re
Smart!
Even they are
doing it!
Code is
Future!
Artificial
Everything
It’s the
Trend!
It’s cool!
Solving Puzzle
You and
Machine
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Let’s Dig In
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Software Development Process (SDLC)
● Structured Programming
● Cap Gemini SDM
● Structured systems analysis and
design method
● Information Requirement
Analysis/Soft systems
methodology
● Object-oriented programming
(OOP)
● Rapid application development
(RAD)
● Dynamic systems development
method (DSDM)
● Scrum
● Team software process
● Rational Unified Process (RUP)
● Extreme programming
● Agile Unified Process (AUP)
● Disciplined agile delivery (DAD)
● Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
● Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)
● DevOps
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Software Development Methodologies
● Agile development
○ DSDM
○ Kanban
○ Scrum
○ Crystal
○ Atern
○ Lean software development
● Continuous integration
● Incremental development
● Rapid application development
● Spiral development
● Waterfall development
● Advanced methodologies
● Behavior-driven development
● Chaos model
● Incremental funding methodology
● Lightweight methodology
● Structured systems analysis and
design method
● Slow programming
● V-Model
● Unified Process (UP)
● Big Bang methodology
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
● Java
○ 1.5
○ 1.6
● JavaScript
○ JScript
○ React
○ NodeJ
○ Angular
# of Computer Programming Language
9000+
50
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
What Can Go Wrong?
● So many options to choose from?
○ Processes
○ Frameworks
○ Methodologies
○ Principles
○ ...
● We are smart, collectively!
● The result should be awesome!
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
12
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Working Hard Story
● Team Lead
● Spinning hard
● Less than 5% used it
Sequential
(Waterfall)
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Working Hard Story Team Lead
Spinning hard
Less than 5% used it
Sequential
(Waterfall)
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Shouting Story
Scrum Master
Team Set up
Sprint Review
A request from VP
Scrum
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Shouting Story Scrum Master
Team Set up
Sprint Review
A request from VP
Scrum
Government Story
Kanban
A huge program
17
Government Story
Still lots of handoffs,
miscommunication,
missed requirements ...
Still lots of dependencies,
with other teams to make it
Done Done!
18
Government Story
Kanban for the
Infrastructure Team
It’s a gentle change, meet
them where they are
...
It’s a flow, let’s Kanban! Security Tooling Incident Infra
19
Government Story
Started locally, to elevate
all to a level that we can
talk about flow.
To show them the
common denominator to
agree upon.
If you think about it, each
providing a service.
Although systematically
looking was a service for
Dev teams.
Security Tooling Incident Infra
20
Government Story
We got some local to
whole flow optimization:
Agree on Dissatisfactions
was not there: The basis
of evolution.
Each providing a service.
Changes of managers in
between, consultants as
managers, not there for
the full picture.
Security Tooling Incident Infra
21
What Happened at Last?
Was it the culture the root
cause?
A complex domain it is.
No more consultants!
No more program level
improvements!
Organization-wide cease.
Was it the layers of
Decision Making?
Was it the vision?
22
Is that All? More Story? Around It? In Depth?
23
Speed of “things” ...
Startup
Telecommunications
Banks
Government
24
Work/Life Balance
After a month
No one showed up
This was for a session to
agree on change
25
Doers v.s. Deciders
Security Tooling
Incident
Support
Infrastru
cture
4 Senior
Leadership
w/o CIO
Team of 6
26
What Did You Learn? What Are You Going To Do
Different Tomorrow?
Aha moments
27
Lessons
Practices
Success in Software Delivery is more than ...
Processes
28
Framework
Methodology
Success is more about ...
People
29
Change
Whole Working
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Integral Theory
Leadership Circle
There are more than things just “Software”
31
There are more than
things “Software” and even
can be combined!
Since 2000, over 52% of fortune 500 companies are
gone
32
It’s a fast pace, complex and always changing world we live in!
Speed of change is
amazingly fast!
Success is more about ...
People
33
Change
Whole Working
The Golden Key Of is ...
Follow The Path
34
Build On Skills You Have
Experience, Fail, Learn & GROW
@sheidaei
/in/sheidaei
Thanks
Shahin Sheidaei
Founder & Principal Coach
Elevate Change Inc.
Kanban Training https://lean.ws/training code: Langara
Change Training $250 off
twitter.com/sheidaei linkedin.com/in/sheidaei
Shahin.Sheidaei@ElevateChange.Consulting

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Inner Stories Of Agile Software Delivery; Discovering The Golden Key Of

  • 1. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Inner Stories of Successful Agile Software Delivery; Discovering The Golden Key Of Shahin Sheidaei
  • 2. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Once Upon A Time! Shahin Sheidaei Founder & Principal Coach Elevate Change Inc. Developer Frustrated To Gain Experience Need Experience Scrum Master Project Manager
  • 3. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Once Upon A Time! Shahin Sheidaei Founder & Principal Coach Elevate Change Inc. Certified Scrum Master Certified Agile Professional Certified Scrum Professional Agile Team Facilitation Professional in Agile Coaching Kanban Management Professional Kanban Coaching Professional Accredited Kanban Trainer Professional Scrum Product Owner Certified Agile Leader Certified LeSS Practitioner SAFe Agilist Lean Change Management Licensed Facilitator ICAgile Authorized Instructor Agility in the Enterprise Coaching Agile Transitions Integral Agile Transformation Framework Problem Solving Leadership Certified Disciplined Agilist (CDA) Disciplined Agile Master Lean Change Management Explorer Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching
  • 4. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Hello! Nice to Meet you! Shahin Sheidaei Founder & Principal Coach Elevate Change Inc. Organizational Coach Kanban Trainer Business Agility Trainer Lean On Agile Podcast Lean Agile Network Two Disk Operating System Geocities Yahoo Bots! Agile Games Canada
  • 5. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei What Are You Going to Hear About? 1. Stories of Agile Software Delivery a. Experiences, observations, and learnings b. Failures and Patterns 2. A tool that you might use, and it might be stinky! 5
  • 6. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Let’s do Software Delivery My Story We’re Smart! Even they are doing it! Code is Future! Artificial Everything It’s the Trend! It’s cool! Solving Puzzle You and Machine
  • 8. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Software Development Process (SDLC) ● Structured Programming ● Cap Gemini SDM ● Structured systems analysis and design method ● Information Requirement Analysis/Soft systems methodology ● Object-oriented programming (OOP) ● Rapid application development (RAD) ● Dynamic systems development method (DSDM) ● Scrum ● Team software process ● Rational Unified Process (RUP) ● Extreme programming ● Agile Unified Process (AUP) ● Disciplined agile delivery (DAD) ● Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) ● Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) ● DevOps
  • 9. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Software Development Methodologies ● Agile development ○ DSDM ○ Kanban ○ Scrum ○ Crystal ○ Atern ○ Lean software development ● Continuous integration ● Incremental development ● Rapid application development ● Spiral development ● Waterfall development ● Advanced methodologies ● Behavior-driven development ● Chaos model ● Incremental funding methodology ● Lightweight methodology ● Structured systems analysis and design method ● Slow programming ● V-Model ● Unified Process (UP) ● Big Bang methodology
  • 10. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei ● Java ○ 1.5 ○ 1.6 ● JavaScript ○ JScript ○ React ○ NodeJ ○ Angular # of Computer Programming Language 9000+ 50
  • 11. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei What Can Go Wrong? ● So many options to choose from? ○ Processes ○ Frameworks ○ Methodologies ○ Principles ○ ... ● We are smart, collectively! ● The result should be awesome!
  • 13. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Working Hard Story ● Team Lead ● Spinning hard ● Less than 5% used it Sequential (Waterfall)
  • 14. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Working Hard Story Team Lead Spinning hard Less than 5% used it Sequential (Waterfall)
  • 15. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Shouting Story Scrum Master Team Set up Sprint Review A request from VP Scrum
  • 16. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Shouting Story Scrum Master Team Set up Sprint Review A request from VP Scrum
  • 18. Government Story Still lots of handoffs, miscommunication, missed requirements ... Still lots of dependencies, with other teams to make it Done Done! 18
  • 19. Government Story Kanban for the Infrastructure Team It’s a gentle change, meet them where they are ... It’s a flow, let’s Kanban! Security Tooling Incident Infra 19
  • 20. Government Story Started locally, to elevate all to a level that we can talk about flow. To show them the common denominator to agree upon. If you think about it, each providing a service. Although systematically looking was a service for Dev teams. Security Tooling Incident Infra 20
  • 21. Government Story We got some local to whole flow optimization: Agree on Dissatisfactions was not there: The basis of evolution. Each providing a service. Changes of managers in between, consultants as managers, not there for the full picture. Security Tooling Incident Infra 21
  • 22. What Happened at Last? Was it the culture the root cause? A complex domain it is. No more consultants! No more program level improvements! Organization-wide cease. Was it the layers of Decision Making? Was it the vision? 22
  • 23. Is that All? More Story? Around It? In Depth? 23
  • 24. Speed of “things” ... Startup Telecommunications Banks Government 24
  • 25. Work/Life Balance After a month No one showed up This was for a session to agree on change 25
  • 26. Doers v.s. Deciders Security Tooling Incident Support Infrastru cture 4 Senior Leadership w/o CIO Team of 6 26
  • 27. What Did You Learn? What Are You Going To Do Different Tomorrow? Aha moments 27 Lessons Practices
  • 28. Success in Software Delivery is more than ... Processes 28 Framework Methodology
  • 29. Success is more about ... People 29 Change Whole Working
  • 30. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Integral Theory Leadership Circle There are more than things just “Software”
  • 31. 31 There are more than things “Software” and even can be combined!
  • 32. Since 2000, over 52% of fortune 500 companies are gone 32 It’s a fast pace, complex and always changing world we live in! Speed of change is amazingly fast!
  • 33. Success is more about ... People 33 Change Whole Working
  • 34. The Golden Key Of is ... Follow The Path 34 Build On Skills You Have Experience, Fail, Learn & GROW
  • 35. @sheidaei /in/sheidaei Thanks Shahin Sheidaei Founder & Principal Coach Elevate Change Inc. Kanban Training https://lean.ws/training code: Langara Change Training $250 off twitter.com/sheidaei linkedin.com/in/sheidaei Shahin.Sheidaei@ElevateChange.Consulting