This presentation was given at Agile Bengaluru 2010.

1. A Startup Journey
Evolving from ad-hoc to
agile to kanban
Siddharta Govindaraj
siddharta@silverstripesoftware.com

3. 1. Ad-hoc to Agile

5. Extreme Programming
Feature Driven Development
Scrum
Crystal Clear

7. What went well?

8. Delivered Software Incrementally

9. Good Cultural Fit

10. Mistakes

11. Not Enough Feedback

12. Not Looking End To End

14. Not Talking To The End User
(The person who pays is not the end user!)

15. Not Limiting Work In Progress

17. Too Many Projects!!

19. Not Enough Feedback
Not Looking End To End
Not Talking To The End User
Not Limiting Work In Progress
Too Many Projects!!

20. 1. Agile to Kanban

22. Sprint Planning Was Broken

26. Velocity Was Meaningless For Us
(What is it anyway?)

27. Getting Rid Of Iterations

28. Decoupling Releases
(and other events)

29. Setting WIP Limits
(enabler to pull & stop-the-line)

30. Lead & Cycle Time

31. Cross-Pairing

32. Team Centric Model

36. Sprint Planning Was Broken
Velocity Was Meaningless For Us
Getting Rid Of Iterations
Decoupling Releases
Setting WIP Limits
Lead & Cycle Time
Cross-Pairing
Team Centric Model

37. Agile + Kanban

38. Agile + Kanban
Self Organisation
Empowered Teams
Engineering Practices

39. Agile + Kanban
Flow, Limit WIP, Pull
Eliminate Wasteful Activities
Look At The Whole Picture

40. Questions?
Siddharta Govindaraj
siddharta@silverstripesoftware.com