After almost fifteen years of history with agile practices, J.B. Rainsberger sees some alarming trends in our attitudes, practices, and even what we teach about agile. At the same time, he sees some progress in approaches and technologies—e.g., behavior-driven development, naked planning, and continuous delivery. Sadly, we still have maturity models, complicated process checklists, and unnecessary certification schemes. In the coming decade, unless we begin to focus on fundamental ingredients absent from many agile teams, J.B. fears we are doomed to miss many opportunities for getting better. It's not good enough anymore just to be a great agile tester. J.B. says testers, programmers, product analysts, and managers must encourage workplace transformations so we can take full advantage of new tools and techniques. He shares a vision of these transformations and calls on testers and test managers, who work with all stakeholder groups, to stand up and lead us into the next decade of agile.

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J.B. Rainsberger (jbrains.ca) helps software companies better satisfy their customers
and the businesses they support. Through the years, J.B. has learned how to write
valuable software and how to overcome many of his social deficiencies. He has built a
life that he enjoys—traveling the world, sharing what he's learned, and helping other
people get more of what they want out of work and out of their lives. J.B. provides one-
on-one consulting, which lets him help even more people get the advice they need
without a large up-front investment. He lives in Atlantic Canada with his wife Sarah and
two cats.
J.B. Rainsberger
JBRAINS.CA

4. The Next Decade
Where do we go from here?

5. Watch the video
at http://link.jbrains.ca/1aJLeBd
(4 minutes)

6. “Why aren’t
we rich yet?”
Kent Beck...in 2003

8. We fancy “Agile”
as a mindset...

9. http://blog.brodzinski.com/2010/03/you-must-be-agile.html
I don’t think our message is quite getting through...

11. We use awesome
Zen-like phrases
that we understand,
but the rest of the
world doesn’t

12. Bill Caputo

13. http://xprogramming.com/articles/jatbaseball/
Ron Jeffries: “We Tried Baseball and It Didn’t Work”

14. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TheyreJustRules
Community: “They’re Just Rules”

15. http://link.jbrains.ca/Tghs02
Energised Work / Gus Power

16. Where does all
this leave us?

17. worked my ass off to transform
the way we all build software

18. Chip and Dan Heath
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

19. http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Etudes-for-Excellence.html
James Shore: “Études for Excellence”

20. “Why aren’t
we rich yet?”

21. David Anderson
Olav Maassen
Chris Matts
Ron Jeffries
Chet Hendrickson
Diana Larsen
Uncle Bob
David Snowden Eric Ries
Aslak Hellesøy

22. We’ve scripted the
critical moves, but
we’ve failed to
convey the vision

23. “They” have no
real reason to
change, so “they”
work to rule...

24. In 2012, this guy moved in down the street from me...
Steven Baker http://stevenrbaker.com/

25. This model helps me “sell” practices to people
Heiman, Tuleja, Miller: “The New Strategic Selling”

26. ...so while we
believe this...

27. Dee Hock,
Birth of the Chaordic Age
Simple, clear purpose and
principles give rise to
complex, intelligent
behavior. Complex rules
and regulations give rise to
simple, stupid behavior.

28. ...we get this...

29. People appear to really want to buy rules, processes, templates...

30. Training companies are taking advantage of this trend...

33. There, there...

34. What happened?!

35. I don’t think this attitude has helped much over the years...

36. “Grandma’s Ham”, page 43
Steve McConnell: “Code Complete”

37. Watch the video at
http://link.jbrains.ca/bob-newhart-stop-it
(6 minutes)

38. Let’s look at our most
well-advertised,
popular practices

39. photo: Karthik Chandrasekarial
http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html

40. Travelogue
Face Time
80% done

41. Now’s your chance to complain... get it out of your system.

42. What’s missing?

43. Risks!

44. http://link.jbrains.ca/S2jyPY
Chapter 2, Risk Management is Product Management for Adults

45. These folks look like they’re “doing it right”!

46. A place to put those quick things that come to mind...

47. http://www.slideshare.net/lunivore/behavior-driven-development-11754474
Liz Keogh, “Behavior-Driven Development”

48. How different are your Cucumber scenarios from this?

50. What’s missing?

51. Involving the
Customer

53. Talking in
Examples

54. http://www.slideshare.net/lunivore/behavior-driven-development-11754474
Liz Keogh, “Behavior-Driven Development”

55. I still believe that this is a great place to start...

57. I need my story next!

58. What’s missing?

60. Negotiating scope: not “which stories?” but “how much of each story?”

61. Gus Power, “Extreme Pair Programming”
http://energizedwork.com/weblog/2009/05/extreme-pair-programming

63. ;

66. What’s missing?

67. http://link.jbrains.ca/V4bQsW
Arlo Belshee, “Promiscuous Pairing and Beginner’s Mind”

68. Watch the video at
http://link.jbrains.ca/angela-harms-excerpt
(1 minute)

69. http://www.industrialxp.org/retrospectives.html

73. What’s missing?

74. As always, trust remains the principal ingredient...

75. It all seems so simple...

78. I’m sorry, Dave... but I can’t let you change that.

79. What’s missing?

81. I know it’s very old advice, but it remains just as true today.

84. Uh... yeah... I’m going to
need you to go ahead and
get 12 more points done
this sprint...

85. What’s missing?

86. Negotiating scope: not “which stories?” but “how much of each story?”

87. The only estimating scale I recommend. Maybe add “give me a minute”.

89. Even Jenkins can’t integrate all those features at once!

90. What’s missing?

91. http://link.jbrains.ca/TePNKE
James Shore: “Continuous Integration is an Attitude, Not a Tool”

92. http://link.jbrains.ca/R8rBxx

93. What’s missing?

96. Salmer fra sjøkkenet / Kitchen Stories

97. How do your Scrum Masters answer this question?
Office Space. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/

98. What’s in the way?

99. Ego

100. What do you think
practitioners miss
when they try to
follow our advice?

101. I like to focus on
these ideas both
when I teach and
when I practice...

102. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/scrumdevelopment/message/48820
Josh Gough

103. http://link.jbrains.ca/product-sashimi

104. http://www.jbrains.ca/permalink/three-steps-to-a-useful-minimal-feature
The “Contract, then Expand” technique

105. http://www.jbrains.ca/permalink/becoming-an-accomplished-software-
designer

107. http://link.jbrains.ca/T7HCPC
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

108. http://blog.thecodewhisperer.com/2010/10/16/integrated-tests-are-a-scam/
J. B. Rainsberger, “Integrated Tests Are a Scam: Part 1”

109. Mob Programming
Converging towards a common design standard

110. http://www.coderetreat.org
http://www.legacycoderetreat.org
Summerside, PEI, Canada
Tomorrow at 2:00 pm!

111. Will you join me?

112. The Next Decade
me@jbrains.ca
More mindful practice
References: http://link.jbrains.ca/next-decade