Agile as we got to know it is dead. Let's return to basics, query ourselves on the why and what of our actions.

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Death of Agile
Welcome to Value-focused Testing
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I unininstall SCRUM & SAFe
Schalk W. Cronjé (@ysb33r)
non-conformist technology libertarian

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Agile
is
Dead

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Do you have an Agile
Transformation Team?

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Do you have an Agile
Transformation Team?

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Do you have an Agile
Transformation Team?
Agile
is
Dead

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How many can you recognise?
– Partially Done Work
– Extra Features
– Lost Knowledge
– Handoffs
– Task Switching
– Delays
– Defects

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Common Sense

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Common Sense
The sense least common to all

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Too much 'Agile'
focus here

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Too much 'Agile'
focus here
The principles, vision
and spirit of Snowbird

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Too much 'Agile'
focus here
The principles, vision
and spirit of Snowbird
Why are we doing
what we are doing?

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Agile Testing Alliance Global Gathering 2015
Too much 'Agile'
focus here
The principles, vision
and spirit of Snowbird
Why are we doing
what we are doing?

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governance
kills
process

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Process: A transformation of
matter (materials),
energy
and/or
information

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'Tree of Knowledge' is a Desré Buirski design

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… it's all about the continuous
delivery of prosperity to all
stakeholders of the system

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if in doubt
focus on the value

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Rahul Verma on Value
Why have you not followed the path of other
testing companies?
How do you focus on value when working with a
customer so that both parties win?
You have been investing in young people in your
company. What value has that delivered?

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Rahul Verma
Why have you not followed the path of other
testing companies?
... target a niche space … tester going beyond
the UI, ... with deep knowledge of design and
programming.

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Rahul Verma
How do you focus on value when working with a
customer so that both parties win?
We talk. We stay away from off-the-shelf
processes and solutions.

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Rahul Verma
You have been investing in young people in your
company. What value has that delivered?
… offer them good mentoring … We have broken
the myth of experience in terms of number of
years … some of them would be remarkable
names in the future of software testing in India
and the world.

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effective testing
focuses on the value
and not on maintaining
waste-full governance

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Schalk W. Cronjé
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