Why is it so hard? Agile adoption anti-patterns, how to spot them and what to do.
- 1. Why is it so hard? Agile adoption anti-patterns and how to avoid them Milan Juza National DevOps Conference 2016
- 2. Hi! My name is Milan Juza What I am passionate about: • agile and lean • building great teams • awesome technology • changing how businesses operate @MilanJuza
- 3. Pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem within a given context.
- 4. Anti-pattern is just like pattern, except that instead of a solution it gives something that looks superficially like a solution, but isn't one. − Andrew Koenig, Patterns and Antipatterns (1995) ‘‘
- 5. 1 No. The perfect system The mysterious case of…
- 6. ‘‘To successfully adopt agile we need to change our people.
- 7. The perfect system Positive Patterns « Focus on the system and people’s interactions « Understand how you really work « Challenge system dogmas
- 8. 2 No. The frozen middle The mysterious case of…
- 9. ‘‘Our exec management is really committed to agile. I am too, but we have so many other things to do first.
- 10. The frozen middle Positive Patterns « ‘The Why’ in team’s context « Managers seek support & feedback « Make agile work for you
- 11. The demanding spectators The mysterious case of… 3 No.
- 12. ‘‘OK, fine, do your agile thing. But you have to guarantee you will deliver the existing roadmap. And that I will not need to change anything on my side.
- 13. The demanding spectators Positive Patterns « Everyone on the same bus « Business outcomes in focus « Short feedback loops
- 14. The confused PMO The mysterious case of… 4 No.
- 15. ‘‘We have to measure how we are doing – we need the numbers. We need to compare teams and their performance.
- 16. The confused PMO Positive Patterns « Ask the right questions « Trends over absolute numbers « Review and adapt
- 17. The single road to success The mysterious case of… 5 No.
- 18. ‘‘Having one approach across the whole organisation is vital. Differences will only lead to confusion.
- 19. The single road to success Positive Patterns « ‘Best practice’ does not exist « Team autonomy and ownership « Space and safety to experiment
- 20. The maximised productivity The mysterious case of… 6 No.
- 21. ‘‘We always optimise for productivity. Idle time means waste we can’t afford.
- 22. Maximised productivity Positive Patterns « Productivity not a function of utilisation « Learning part of the job « Managers lead by example
- 23. Maximised productivity Perfect system Single road to success Frozen middle Demanding spectators Confused PMO
- 24. other things first change our people measure and compare productivity one approach guarantee
- 25. More about (anti)patterns by Linda Rising by J Coplien and N Harrison by C Alexander et al.by E Gamma et al.