SO,
WHAT DO I KNOW?
‣ Hi, I’m Roy Tomeij
‣ Co-founder 80beans
‣ Team of 6 specialists
‣ Doing agile since 2009
‣ Projects from 250 to 1,000 hours
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WE USED TO
SCREW UP.
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DON’T WORRY,
BE AGILE
‣ Better your life
‣ This is how we do it
‣ Common pitfalls
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YOU WORK
80,000 HOURS
IN YOUR LIFE.
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BETTER YOUR LIFE
‣ Acknowledge Triple Constraint
‣ Build what your clients need, not
what they think they need
‣ Easier expectation management
‣ Less frustration for all
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YOU NEED TO
CHANGE.
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RE-INVENT
YOUR BUSINESS
‣ Agile only works if you go for it
‣ Re-educate or fire your clients
‣ It takes failure to succeed
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THIS IS HOW
WE DO IT.
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BE CLEAR
FROM THE START
‣ Fixed versus fluid scope
‣ Iterative development works
‣ Master Services Agreement &
Statements of Work
‣ Selling variable pricing is hard
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CLIENT INVOLVEMENT
‣ Have one client representative
‣ Have clients at your office
‣ Write user stories with the client
‣ Have clients accept/reject stories
using Pivotal Tracker
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DEMO TIME.
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WRITE GOOD
SHIT.
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QUALITY IS KING
‣ Use internal GitHub pull request
‣ Test Driven Development &
Continuous Integration
‣ Make sure clients know how to
test and can test
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THIS MAKES
THE DIFFERENCE
‣ Be clear about your process
‣ Don’t go out of your comfort zone
‣ Be completely honest
‣ Invoice monthly
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BEWARE.
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COMMON PITFALLS
‣ Thinking you’re doing agile
‣ Accepting the wrong clients
‣ Working with a committee
‣ Competing on price
‣ Clients not actually testing