You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

Overcoming the personal challenges of going from a waterfall environment to an agile environment.

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1. You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks Gene Schulze
2. • Long Process • Highly Detailed • Changes are Expensive • Little Feedback Waterfall Methodology
3. Agile Methodology • Short Cycles • Short Term Planning • Many Feedback Points • Changes are Less Expensive
4. My Challenges With Agile • Short-Term planning • Pair Programming • Open Space • Flexible Deadlines
5. Short-Term Planning • Avoids Technical Debt • Speeds Up Development
6. Pair Programming • Great for new hires • Encourages growing together and as a team • Broadens the knowledge of the team
7. Open Space • Encourages a collaborative environment • Physical space can be easily moved
8. Flexible Deadlines • Encourages a culture of doing things the right way, not necessarily the easy way
9. How I Came to Accept the Agile Methodology • Learned the Agile Methodology (and will never stop learning!) • Trusted the process • Became open to new ideas
10. Conclusion • Improvement over change • Always keep learning
11. Q & A gene.schulze@dudesolutions.com @gschulzeapex www.linkedin.com/in/geneschulze GENE SCHULZE