The magic is gone, we're humans again — re-evaluating Agile

This is the slide deck from a talk that I have delivered at the Agile Scotland conference in March 2019 (Edinburgh).

In it, I have introduced the visitors to my experience of the Agile software development and explained, why I consider it a process that often ends in failure. I have also pointed out at possible actions to take which could resolve issues I've identified.

If you are interested in the video recording of the talk, visit https://youtu.be/A_iVtIEo9Tg

Transcript

1. The magic is gone, we’re humans again Re-evaluating Agile @wojtekkutyla Agile Scotland, March 2019
2. Early internet Golden age of wonders Photo by https://twitter.com/eckmeister
3. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland It used to be magic, and now... Technology is commonplace.
4. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland The human aspect is often lost Economy of attention, market for data, surveillance...
5. Internet universe Everything and nothing. Made by us — for us. Photo by Ludovic Toinel on Unsplash
6. Mutant attack Nature of the beast — Agile from the inside @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland
7. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland ‘It’s all about delivery’ Sweet Jesus on a banana.
8. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland The original Agile manifesto 1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools 2. Working software over comprehensive documentation 3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation 4. Responding to change over following a plan
9. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Golf course deals ‘Let’s build this with SharePoint.’
10. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Efficiency and speed over… function Things happen very fast.
11. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Logic left at home ‘Have a Dacia!’ — ‘But I wanted a Tesla?’
12. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Stakeholder’s wet dream How about: ‘Should we do that?’
13. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Fixed deadlines. Who came up with this idea in the first place?
14. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland The Great Budgeting Mystery Irrational approach to spending money
15. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Expectations vs. reality Order Collaboration Innovative thinking Open-mindedness Efficiency Chaos Politics Waterfall-driven approach Legacy systems and solutions Apathy
16. What can we do about all of this? Time to look inwards. Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash
17. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Let’s start a dialogue. How truly efficient are we? How revolutionary? How innovative?
18. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Can we change the way we communicate? And learn the language of other professionals to work better?
19. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland What is the problem we’re trying to solve? Identifying problems of our customers
20. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Can we focus on things our customers don’t like and fix them? Instead of force-feeding them ‘goodies’ they want to vomit back at us?
21. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Could we focus our efforts at outcomes? And stop producing solutions fast, just because we can?
22. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Do we need to call this thing Agile? Who cares?
23. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Let’s stop thinking of UX, UI, Agile, blah... Just think of the holistic experience.
24. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland Can we make things work and become human again? Something to think about. A question for the end...
25. @wojtekkutyla / #agilescotland It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. — Albert Einstein
26. Thank you. See you around somewhere :) @wojtekkutyla