Slides of my talk at the GOTO in Prague in 2011

1. Pavlo Baron the agile alibi

2. Pavlo Baron
Geek‘s
Guide pavlo.baron@codecentric.de
To The Working Life @pavlobaron

4. „Check off each block
when you hear these
words during the daily
scrum. When you get
five blocks horizontally,
vertically, or
diagonally, stand up
and shout
Burndown!!”
http://www.buzzwordbingogame.com/cards/agile/

5. Agile (acc. to Webster):
having a quick resourceful
and adaptable character
<an agile mind>

6. Alibi (acc. to Webster):
an excuse usually
intended to avert
blame or punishment
(as for failure or
negligence)

7. Agile alibi (acc. to pb):
a bunch of excuses
for not being agile
at all, produced
by people with quick
resourceful and adaptable
characters in order
to avert blame
and punishment

9. Let me tell you some stories

10. Simplicity.
The mine field

11. Simplicity.
The steam loco

12. Self organization.
The drill team

13. Self organization.
The initial sprints

14. Motivated individuals.
The aching knee

15. Motivated individuals.
The job ad

16. Continuous improvement.
The stimulus

17. Continuous improvement.
The golden seal

18. Changing requirements.
The harness

19. Changing requirements.
The business case

20. Face-to-face conversation.
The followup email

21. Face-to-face conversation.
The coffee klatch

22. Technical excellence.
The training budget

23. Technical excellence.
The minimalist expert

24. Collaboration.
The appointment diary

25. Collaboration.
The special request

26. Valuable software.
The special offer

27. Valuable software.
The demo

28. Working software.
The royal flush

29. Working software.
The holy grail

30. Constant pace.
The external consultants

31. Constant pace.
The security policy

32. Short cycles.
The iterative waterfall

33. Short cycles.
The corporate service provider

34. And what is the moral?

35. However you call it,
whatever methodology
you throw at it,
as whatever you
try to sell it...

36. ... it's not “agile”
as long as it's not
in the...

38. ... and in the...

40. ... and in the...

42. You shouldn't do ...

44. You rather need
to do...

46. ... in order to do ... ..

48. ... or you will have to do ... ..

50. ... and end up doing ... ..

52. Thank you

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except few ones taken
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