Agile in 1,5 hours: brief introduction

!Oct 15 2014 1

tisqurrel!! linkedIn!! tisquirrel.me

About me• CSM, CSPO, CSP (I like certifications, as you can see)

Agile Project Manager, Scrum master, Java developer a bit, processes improvement nazi, whiteboard drawing and paper prototyping 80 level!

• 5 years PM experience!• mutated from waterfall adept to agile

evangelist and now infect companies and teams with agile ideas!

• 15+ projects launched (mostly mobile)!• 3 self-organized teams raised!• 2 software development companies turned

to agile!• Specialty: coaching teams

2

Plan• Traditional approach vs agile!• Agile development history!• Lean software development!• Agile Principals/Manifesto!• Typical agile adoption!• Core Scrum!• Roles in Scrum!• Estimations in Scrum!• Core Kanban!• Scrum and Kanban scaling!• Scrum vs Kanban!

23

2

Plan

4

2Real life5

Traditional waterfall

6

7

Results: requirements• Requirements not clear - fear to go to the next

stage; analysis paralysis!• Requirements change - change gets more and

more expensive; customers don’t get what they want!

8

Results: Success rates

9

Results: Time

• Project takes too long - long duration defers revenue!

• No time for testing - QA gets crunched; late integration - late failures!

• Time wasted on junk - 52% or requirements implemented; 64% of functionality rarely used (Source: Standish group report 1994)

10

Results: Clients satisfaction

• Poor progress visibility - % task completed not sufficient!

• Average overrun > 40%

11

When waterfall shows the best !results?

• When there is a clear picture of what the final product should be.!

• When clients won’t have the ability to change the scope of the project once it has begun.!

• When definition, not speed, is key to success.

12

Real life

*Forrester13

What is lean?

!• Waste of over production (largest waste)!• Waste of time on hand (waiting)!• Waste of transportation!• Waste of processing itself!• Waste of stock at hand!• Waste of movement!• Waste of making defective products!

14

Lean!

• Eliminate waste!• Amplify learning!• Decide as late as possible!• Deliver as fast as possible!• Empower the team!• Build integrity in!• See the whole!

Agile• Optimize the whole!• Eliminate waste!• Create knowledge!• Build quality in!• dDefer commitment!• Deliver fast!• Respect people

15

Agile

16

What changed in agile?

• Value driven (plans are adaptive)!• Critically of time to market!• Requirements change in response to business

users understanding and market forces!

17

218

Agile principles• Satisfy the Customer !• Welcome Change!• Deliver Frequently!• Work as a Team!• Motivate People !• Communicate Face-to- Face !• Measure Working Software!• Maintain Constant Pace !• Excel at Quality !• Keep it Simple !• Evolve Designs !• Reflect Regularly !

19

Myths• Agile means no plan!• Agile doesn’t allow documentation!• Agile means no discipline!• Agile is a silver bullet solution to solve all

engineering problems!

20

Scrum

21

Goal of scrum

Manage complexity, Unpredictability and Change through visibility, Inspection and Adaptation

22

Scrum is!

• Framework!• Iterative process!• A wrapper for existing practices!• A way to improve

communications!• A way to maximize productivity!!

Scrum is not• Silver bullet!• About engineering practices!• smth intelligent!• A shortcut!• step-by-step cookbook!• easy

23

Roles Product owner: owner of the product vision, represents the customer!Scrum Master: Servant Leader, Team Protector, Scrum guide!Team: Small (5-8 people), co-located, cross-functional, self-organized, full-time!!!

24

2

Process

25

Backlog• Owned by PO!• High-level requirements!• Expresses the business value!• Not complete, nor perfect!• Expected to change!

26

Meetings: Sprint planning• Face to face communication!• Small reversible steps!!Strategical part:!• Prioritize/select features!• Discuss acceptance criteria!• Verify understanding!!Tactical part:!• Define sprint backlog items!• Estimate sprint backlog items!• Use velocity!• Share commitment!!!

27

Meetings: Sprint planning• Face to face communication!• Small reversible steps!!Strategical part:!• Prioritize/select features!• Discuss acceptance criteria!• Verify understanding!!Tactical part:!• Define sprint backlog items!• Estimate sprint backlog items!• Use velocity!• Share commitment!!!

28

Meetings: Daily meeting

• What I did yesterday!• What I will do today!• What things are in my way!

Only the team talks!Not to the Scrum master or PM!No problems solving!Max 15 min!

29

Meetings: Demo

• Satisfy PO!• Get feedback!• Whole team participates!• Show only complete features!• Accept or reject results!

30

Meetings: Retrospective• Most important meeting!• Reflect on process and

product!• What to start doing!• What to stop doing!

31

Visualize

32

Velocity

33

Kanban• Start where you are!• Agree to pursue

incremental, evolutionary change!

• Respect the current roles!

• Encourage the acts of leadership!

34

Kanban in a nutshell

1. Visualize the workflow.!

2. Limit WIP (work in progress) !

3. Measure the lead time

35

3 simple rules

36

Benefits• Bottlenecks become clearly visible in real-time.!• Provides a more gradual evolution path from

waterfall to agile software development, thereby helping companies that previously have been unable or unwilling to try agile methods.!

• Provides a way to do agile software development without necessarily having to use time-boxed fixed-commitment iterations such as Scrum sprints!

• Tends to naturally spread throughout the organization

37

Benefits• Shorter cycle times - can deliver features faster!• Responsiveness to change!• Balancing demand agains throughput - most

customer-centric features are always being worked!

• requires fewer organization!

38

Scrum!

• User Stories!• Acceptance criteria!• Iterative development!• Burn Down Charts!• Story Boards!• Daily stand-ups!• TDD/Unit tests, etc!!

Kanban!

• User Stories!• Acceptance criteria!• Iterative development!• Burn Down Charts!• Kanban Boards!• Daily stand-ups!• TDD/Unit tests, etc!!

39

2

To Read

2

Bonus: !About Estimations

I HATE ESTIMATIONS

1543

“5 months??? I am sure it can be done in 1! Just do it FASTER!”

44

45

Why we can’t get rid of !estimations*!

The main thing which happens during the estimation process is the development of the common understanding of the user story.

* besides nasty clients

46

Surprise time

Customers don’t really care about the hours, as their final goal is to get cost and timing. If you provide them cost and timing – they don’t care how you estimate – in store points, hours or bananas.

* besides nasty clients

47

Uncertainty

48

Real life

49

Infinite time estimation meeting

50

Prepare

1.Groom the backlog!2.Decompose complex user stories!3.Collaborate early!4.Print information!5.Have PO at hand!6.No laptops!7.Required participation !8.Bribes are ok!

* besides nasty clients

51

Real life

afterbefore52

Story point

effort required to implement a story

53

Estimation points

54

Process

->!2h

55

Planning poker

56