Go agile, live longer

Why would you be a happier developer if you use an agile process instead of doing waterfall? What do you need to change to make the transition? How did 80beans do this?

Slides for my presentation at /dev/haag on October 28, 2011.

Transcript

1. GO AGILE, LIVE LONGER A TRUE STORY BY 80beans
2. 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
3. WE USED TO SCREW UP.
4. DON’T WORRY, BE AGILE ‣ Better your life ‣ This is how we do it ‣ Common pitfalls
5. YOU WORK 80,000 HOURS IN YOUR LIFE.
6. BETTER YOUR LIFE ‣ Acknowledge Triple Constraint ‣ Build what your clients need, not what they think they need ‣ Easier expectation management ‣ Less frustration for all
7. YOU NEED TO CHANGE.
8. RE-INVENT YOUR BUSINESS ‣ Agile only works if you go for it ‣ Re-educate or fire your clients ‣ It takes failure to succeed
9. THIS IS HOW WE DO IT.
10. BE CLEAR FROM THE START ‣ Fixed versus fluid scope ‣ Iterative development works ‣ Master Services Agreement & Statements of Work ‣ Selling variable pricing is hard
11. 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
12. DEMO TIME.
13. WRITE GOOD SHIT.
14. QUALITY IS KING ‣ Use internal GitHub pull request ‣ Test Driven Development & Continuous Integration ‣ Make sure clients know how to test and can test
15. THIS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE ‣ Be clear about your process ‣ Don’t go out of your comfort zone ‣ Be completely honest ‣ Invoice monthly
16. BEWARE.
17. COMMON PITFALLS ‣ Thinking you’re doing agile ‣ Accepting the wrong clients ‣ Working with a committee ‣ Competing on price ‣ Clients not actually testing
18. GET IN TOUCH ‣ @roy ‣ roy@80beans.com ‣ http://80beans.com
19. NOW TELL ME I’M WRONG. QUESTIONS?