Distributed AgileTen Guiding Principles

20 years ago….

20 years ago, in early 90s, hundreds of my colleagues and I assembled to bid farewell to our director. He delivered a beautiful talk. Even today, I remember one thing he said to us.

He said, “First, you don’t have the right to

abuse yourself.”

He paused for a while and continued.

In front of him was a roomful of captive audience.

“Wow! Well said. Great principle!”

- whispered my friend sitting next to me.

Think! Everyone of us has similar memories. Don’t we?

This session is about principles for success in

distributed agile.

Why principles?

Principles have consequences attached

to them.

Why not identify universal practices and

turn them into principles?

Practices ->

Good Practices ->

Universal Practices ->

Principles

About me:

Raja Bavani, Chief Architect

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Distributed Agile Consortium

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Distributed AgileTen Guiding Principles

I am going to discuss four of them with you!

1. Methodology is driven by project teams.

6. Distributed agile requires an inclusive approach.

7. Governance is the backbone of successful distributed teams.

10. Ensuring early success is a collective responsibility.

Here are the other six!

2. Consistent usage of common tools improves productivity.

3. Infrastructure for communication and coordination is crucial.

4. Knowledge management is key to success.

5. Quality is multi-dimensional and owned by everybody.

8. Automation enables sustainable pace.

9. It is essential to streamline the accumulation and pay-off of technical debt.

Do you remember?20 years ago….

“First, you don’t have the right to abuse

yourself.”

When we fail to follow principles in distributed agile, we may stress ourselves, our teams, our

stakeholders, …It can lead to overruns, brand erosion, etc.

We can’t afford to..!Let us follow principles.

Because,…..

Principles have consequences attached

to them.

Gifts for YOU!

PDF papers on these 10 principles

1. Agile India 2014 Conference Paper

2. My article in Cutter IT Journal

Thank You !

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Distributed Agile Consortium

http://blog.distributedagile.org

Note: In every slide I included this colored rectangle as this part of the slide was not visible to participants sitting in the last rows at the venue. That was my little idea to make it suit the context.