Getting to the Heart of Agile
Agile is dead! Long live Agile! There is no shortage of people who want to tell you how to do Agile or how not to do Agile; some people will tell you that Agile saved their business while others think Agile is broken and must be abandoned. I both agree and disagree with all of these things. If you can handle a few contradictions, I'll tell you about how our department at the CBC went Agile, how it helped us, and why you should absolutely not do the same (along with the one important thing you should do instead). Originally presented at Web Unleashed 2014. Notes, References, and Credits Slide 5: Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/1542160137 (CC BY 2.0) Slide 7: Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/chumlee/6391318065 (CC BY 2.0) Slide 8: Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarah_c_murray/5119044564/ (CC BY-SA 2.0) Slide 11: http://www.agilemanifesto.org/ Slide 12, 13, 14: http://stateofagile.versionone.com/why-agile/ Slide 16: http://pragdave.me/blog/2014/03/04/time-to-kill-agile/ Slide 17: http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-10-contradiction Slide 18: http://javasymposium.techtarget.com/html/agile.html#JKernAgile but more info at http://www.theserverside.com/news/2240033314/QA-Bogus-experts-fuel-the-backlash-against-Agile-development Slide 19: http://maxxdaymon.com/2007/02/cargo-cult-agile/ and http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Cargo-Cult-Agile.html with photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/flissphil/306782624 (CC BY 2.0) Slide 21: http://agilitrix.com and http://paulheidema.com Slide 22: Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/bixentro/2267138822 (CC BY 2.0) Slide 23, 24: Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfisherlibrary/12308574505 (CC BY 2.0) Slide 28: Photo from http://boagworld.com/usability/user-stories/ Slide 34: Photo cropped from https://www.flickr.com/photos/nomadic_lass/8260274908 (CC BY-SA 2.0) Slide 35: Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/72213316@N00/14699708858 (CC BY 2.0) Slide 36: Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/amylovesyah/4528869007 (CC BY 2.0)
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Getting to the Heart of Agile
- 1. GETTING TO THE HEART OF AGILE Jamie Strachan @jamiestrachan
- 2. OUR STORY
- 3. •Slow to market •Lack of quality •Struggle with scope creep •Weak stakeholder relationships •Poor internal communication •Siloed teams ISSUES
- 5. We got Agile training
- 6. •Scrum •Small, cross-functional teams •3 Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Team Member •2 week sprints •User Stories •Maintain a Product Backlog •Ceremonies PRACTICES
- 7. We lived happily ever after
- 10. MANIFESTO FOR AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
- 11. We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: •Individuals and interactions over processes and tools •Working software over comprehensive documentation •Customer collaboration over contract negotiation •Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
- 15. “The word ‘agile’ has been subverted to the point where it is effectively meaningless, and what passes for an agile community seems to be largely an arena for consultants and vendors to hawk services and products. So I think it is time to retire the word ‘Agile.’” AGILE BACKLASH?
- 16. “I think it is time to retire the word ‘Agile.’” Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) Dave Thomas, March 2014
- 17. “[T]here is danger in such a wide range of ‘we are Agile because we implement L with X, Y, Z’. We need to worry about how diluted the meaning of agile is becoming, and focus on real quality.” Agile at 10 – A State of Contradiction Mike Beedle, May 2011
- 18. “If you are dogmatically following along with a handful of agile practices, but don’t really ‘get’ the intentions behind the agile mindset, you may be disappointed in your results.” Agile Schmagile: The Backlash Against Agile Jon Kern, March 2011
- 19. CARGO CULT AGILE
- 20. “intentions behind the agile mindset” ?
- 21. CONSULTANTS Michael Sahota http://agilitrix.com Paul Heidema http://paulheidema.com
- 22. THE HEART OF AGILE EXPERIMENT LEARN
- 23. 1.Observe 2.Form a hypothesis 3.Establish parameters 4.Run the experiment 5.Analyze the results EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
- 24. It’s not an experiment if there is: •No scheduled reassessment •More than one thing being tested •No success criteria EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS
- 25. HOW DOES EXPERIMENTATION FIT?
- 26. User Stories: experiments on your product
- 27. Retrospectives: experiments on your process
- 28. YOUR TEAM SOLVES YOUR PROBLEMS Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- 29. ACTIVITY INSTEAD OF SPECULATION Working software over comprehensive documentation EXPERIMENTATION IS
- 30. EXPERIMENTS CANNOT BE DONE IN ISOLATION Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- 31. CONSTANT EXPERIMENTATION INSTILLS A CULTURE OF ADAPTATION Responding to change over following a plan
- 32. FEAR CHANGE ACCEPT CHANGE EMBRACE CHANGE
- 33. Experimenting with Waterfall is more agile than blindly following Scrum
- 34. Stop doing Agile Start being agile EXPERIMENT ON EVERYTHING
Notes de l'éditeur
- Process started 6 months ago (March)
- Pretty typical Waterfall stuff
- Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/1542160137 (CC BY 2.0)
- We did all the practices
- Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/chumlee/6391318065 (CC BY 2.0)
- This story is common but it’s problematic If you don’t understand some of the terms or practices, there are numerous books, courses, or coaches available to help This doesn’t really get to the “heart” of Agile Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarah_c_murray/5119044564/ (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Let’s try another story. This one starts in 2001. 2001: Xbox Game Cube iPod Harry Potter Lord of the Rings
- A group of 17 people convened in 2001 and created the Agile Manifesto based on existing ideas like SCRUM, Extreme Programming, and Pragmatic Programming. http://www.agilemanifesto.org/
- Powerful in how succinct it is It’s a clear and practical decision making tool Note what is not mentioned: sprints, scrums, velocity, product owners…
- According to Version One (http://stateofagile.versionone.com/why-agile/), 88% of surveyed organizations said they were practicing Agile in 2013. It was 80% in 2011.
- According to Version One (http://stateofagile.versionone.com/why-agile/), 73% of respondents said their Agile projects were faster to complete than previous non-Agile ones. Only 6% said they were slower.
- According to Version One (http://stateofagile.versionone.com/why-agile/), 92% of respondents said Agile improved their ability to manage changing priorities.
- http://pragdave.me/blog/2014/03/04/time-to-kill-agile/
- http://www.infoq.com/articles/agile-10-contradiction
- http://javasymposium.techtarget.com/html/agile.html#JKernAgile http://www.theserverside.com/news/2240033314/QA-Bogus-experts-fuel-the-backlash-against-Agile-development
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult http://maxxdaymon.com/2007/02/cargo-cult-agile/ http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Cargo-Cult-Agile.html Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/flissphil/306782624 (CC BY 2.0)
- These were the actual consultants we used and I credit them with most of my thinking on Agile
- Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/bixentro/2267138822 (CC BY 2.0)
- Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfisherlibrary/12308574505 (CC BY 2.0)
- Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasfisherlibrary/12308574505 (CC BY 2.0)
- Hamburger menu seemed like standard Then testing showed that it didn’t actually work very well People failed without realizing it Sources: http://exisweb.net/mobile-menu-abtest http://exisweb.net/menu-eats-hamburger https://lmjabreu.com/post/why-and-how-to-avoid-hamburger-menus/
- User Stories: Are based on current state Propose how to add value Have fixed durations and acceptance criteria Are tested in demo and real usage Photo from http://boagworld.com/usability/user-stories/
- Every sprint your team should be iterating on your process as well as your product Retrospectives can be expressed explicitly in terms of experiments Review previous experiments Develop experiments for next sprint
- The progression from rigid Waterfall to rigid Agile to true agility is the path from fearing change to embracing it. Photo cropped from https://www.flickr.com/photos/nomadic_lass/8260274908 (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Agile practices are better than Waterfall practices but an agile mindset is better than both Other people’s solutions make great experiments but don’t mindlessly adopt them; experiment with them Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/72213316@N00/14699708858 (CC BY 2.0)
- Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/amylovesyah/4528869007 (CC BY 2.0)