Embrace the change

A very short introduction to Agile methodologies

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1. EMBRACE THE @robertobelardo CHANGE A v e r y s h o r t i n t r o d u c t i o n t o a g i l e m e t h o d o l o g i e s
2. Senior SW Engineer @RAI Radiotelevisione italiana Rome, Italy GET IN TOUCH! roberto.belardo@gmail.com     @robertobelardo     robertobelardo.wordpress.com     Skype:  backslash451   QUIT IT APP @quititapp BIO
3. ? WHY DO WE NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING
4. • “WE ARE USED TO work like this!” • “Everybody works like this!” • “We follow sw engineering standars!” Change is scary - and-
5. HISTORY From Ford, Taylor and Fayol theories to “modern times” From “scientific management” to “knowledge management”
6. What’s wrong with us? • Big up front design • Lengthy never-read documents • Software is not a manufactured product • Test when it’s too late • Client doesn’t know what they really want • 100% of the features are 80% complete
7. THERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY { P o s s i b l y b e t t e r }
8. Agile “We are uncovering better ways of developing software…”
9. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan agilemanifesto.org
10. SCRUM “Scrum is a simple and repeatable way of managing work” (Kelly Waters)
11. Dev TEAM Scrum MASTER Product owner self organized team cross competence colocated team prioritize the work on the product he knows what is required for the product he is committed to the success of the product protects the team responsible for the process coach Scrum TEAM
12. Done means… done!
13. PROs • Incremental delivery means revenue • Speed to market • Constant feedback loop • Quality • Risk management • Visibility • Right product • Changes are welcomed
14. Scrum hell • Change is scary • Change needs time (3-4 sprints at least) • Scrum needs a lot of commitment • scope creep danger • agile testing is not for dummies • “Scrum-but” Scrum is not a silver bullet!
15. eXtreme Programming Where “extreme” is probably not what your are thinking about.
16. Pair programming Test driven development Refactoring Continuous integration user stories
17. agile PRACTICES
18. COLOCATED TEAM no junk on the trunk 30-days free reign whiteboard planning poker retrospectives bonus: pomodoro technique
19. Now what?
20. be the change you wish to see in the world M. Gandhi (so they say…) better to start top-down but… think big start small (pilot) adopt and share the philosophy but you need a change in organizational culture scrum is the new waterfall
21. Resources •  www.scrumalliance.org     •  “Agile  So?ware  Development  with  Scrum”  by  Ken  Schwaber   •  www.allaboutagile.com  by  Kelly  Waters   •  agilemanifesto.org