Why Agile is not so popular in India

1. Agile Convention 2013
1st Agile and Scrum Event in Noida
Presenter’s Picture
Agile Reluctancy in India
Anju Gahlawat
Data Engineer at TCS
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2. Before we start….
• Laptops/ mobiles are more dearer when they
are inactive 
• All thoughts specified here are my viewpoint
and experience and may differ from person to
person.
• Please shout on the spot in case you have any
query rather than waiting for the Q&A slide.

3. Agile has less popularity in India?
The Basis of analyzing the popularity of Agile in
my talk revolves around two things:
• Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• Habits

4. Undisciplined Agile
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
No Guidelines, No processes and No Plans

5. No Documentation
Assumptions/Myths with Agile

6. Compromise in Quality
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• There is a
compromise in
quality due to early
delivery and less
documentation

7. No Separate Testing Phase
Assumptions/Myths with Agile

8. Fear of Senior Management
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• Ahh….there is no
project manager
in Agile…What to
do now? Will I
lose my job?

9. Difficulty in scaling distributed team
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• How can I scale my
team?
• How can I
collaborate with my
team scattered in
different locations
at different time
zones?

10. More Freedom To Team
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• Independent and
self-organized team
can do whatever
they want leading to
Indiscipline

11. Welcome changes anytime
Assumptions/Myths with Agile

12. Defining Milestones
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• In the fast paced
agile development
methodology,
determining the
milestones would
pose challenges.

13. I know all Agile
Assumptions/Myths with Agile

14. Pair Programming
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• Why should I
waste one of my
resource keep
sitting and looking
on the partners
computer when he
can also code?

15. Agile is for new development only?
Assumptions/Myths with Agile
• I am working in a
support and
maintenance project.
Do I need Agile?

16. Everything in my plate in one go
Habitual of

17. Command Control
Habitual of living in
BOSS is always
right. How can I
take decisions?
I will follow his
orders only.

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Communication leads to valuable feedback which encourages simplicity
allowing the courage to change

19. Decorative and fancy user stories
Habitual of
• Gold plating
• Too Many Details
(not INVEST)

20. Thinking Too Far Ahead
Habitual of
I know we are only in
iteration 1, but I did story
3 and knew that story 322 is
depended on it, so I did that
one too! Cool huh!
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21. So leave all myths and Habits to
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22. Thank You.
Agile Noida India
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