The Agile WayTathagat Varma

http://thoughtleadership.in

Foundations• Nature of Software Dev

• Agile Values and Principles

• What’s an Agile Mindset?

• Building an Agile Culture

Nature• Discovery-led…solving complex

problems creatively

• Social Tacit Knowledge…teamwork of individuals with tacit knowledge

• Customer collaboration…frequent interactions in a dynamic environment

ObviousSense

CategorizeRespond

Best Practice

ComplicatedSenseAnalyzeRespond

Good Practice

ComplexProbeSenseRespond

Emergent Practice

ChaoticActSenseRespond

Novel Practice

overIndividuals and

interactions

process and tools

Working software

comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration

contract negotiation

Responding to change

following a plan

Core Values

http://agilemanifesto.org/

12 Principles#1 #2 #3 #4

#5 #6 #7 #8

#9 #10 #11 #12

Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.

Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.

Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.

Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.

At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.

Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.

Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely

Working software is the primary measure of progress.

The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.

Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.

Mindset

Fixed Mindset

Growth Mindset

Culture

Doing Agile vs Being agile…

Doing Agile Being AgileAgile is a noun Agile is a verb

Blindly follow the agile process Explore options, choose better ones

Means are more important Ends are more important

Caught up in process mechanics Focus on agile values and principles

Ship features regularly Ship value frequently

Repeat old mistakes Make new mistakes

Teams are there to follow agile Agile is there for the teams

Recap• Software development entails solution

discovery for complex problems by developing on tacit knowledge from multiple disciplines.

• The agile way requires individuals with growth mindset to continuously experiment and discover best solutions and deliver value.

• Sustaining an agile way of working requires evolving an agile culture that promotes collaboration and cultivation.

One more thing…A photographer went to a socialite party in New York. As he entered the front door, the host said, “I love your pictures – they’re wonderful; you must have a fantastic camera.” He said nothing until dinner was finished, then, “That was a wonderful dinner; you must have a terrific stove.”

– Sam Haskins

References• Cynefin Framework - Dave

Snowden

• Mindset - Carol Deck

• Agile Mindset - Linda Rising

• Agile Culture - Schneider Culture Model