Kicking and Screaming: Bringing Agile Practices to the Reluctant

Despite the amount of attention that has been given in recent years to Agile project management methodologies, many of the clients that Atomic Object (formerly SRT Solutions) have worked with have not yet adopted these practices and view them with skepticism. In this talk we will discuss some of the common reasons why clients are reluctant to adopt Agile and techniques that we have used to introduce them. We will describe many real-world situations and experiences and how we worked with our customers to successfully manage complex projects.

Transcript

1. Kicking and Screaming Bringing Agile Practices to the Reluctant Anne Marsan Atomic Object Wednesday, October 23, 13
2. Who Am I? Wednesday, October 23, 13
3. The Reluctant Reaction to Agile... Wednesday, October 23, 13
4. •It won’t work here •Management won’t let us •Our people won’t do it •Our projects are too complex •Our customers won’t cooperate •We need documentation We Can’t Do Agile Because... Wednesday, October 23, 13
5. Processes and tools over individuals and interactions Comprehensive documentation over working software Contract negotiation over customer collaboration Following a plan over responding to change Behaviors of the Reluctant Wednesday, October 23, 13
6. Time Tools Power to change Where to start Is it more work for me? Fear Wednesday, October 23, 13
7. What Can I Do? Wednesday, October 23, 13
8. Identify the Pain • Late releases • Buggy releases • Relentless pace • Unhappy customers Wednesday, October 23, 13
9. Locate the bottlenecks Wednesday, October 23, 13
10. Understand Motives and Metrics Wednesday, October 23, 13
11. Prove Yourself Wednesday, October 23, 13
12. Go Slow Wednesday, October 23, 13
13. Find an Ally Wednesday, October 23, 13
14. Show Numbers Wednesday, October 23, 13
15. Start With Low Hanging Fruit Wednesday, October 23, 13
16. Be Cost Conscious Wednesday, October 23, 13
17. Use Tools Already Available Wednesday, October 23, 13
18. Your Client Should Be The Hero Wednesday, October 23, 13
19. Requirements Should Still Be Met Wednesday, October 23, 13
20. Be Agile in Applying Agile Wednesday, October 23, 13
21. Agile Don’t Say Agile Wednesday, October 23, 13
22. Take the Blame Wednesday, October 23, 13
23. Anne Marsan anne.marsan@atomicobject.com spin.atomicobject.com Wednesday, October 23, 13