Being Agile

Are you happy with your process?

Why me?

Why me?

• Agile for 6+ years.

• Initially a skeptic - now i’m a believer

• I know what works and what doesn't

• I’m not an agile purist

Why agile?

No process?

• Not scalable

• Discipline is important

• Not everyone is on the same page

Waterfall is not the answer

Waterfall is inefficient

Very long cycles

• tough to estimate

• can't adjust requirements

Waterfall

Danger! Technical Debt

• impact release date

• long hours

Waterfall

Agile to the Rescue

Adjust to changes quickly

Agile

Plan better

Agile

Constantly evolving process

Agile

Frequent testing

Agile

More attention to detail

Agile

Agile Myths

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Agile myths

Software is bad

Agile myths

You have to do it "my way"

Agile myths

Sprints

short feature work cycles

Have a goal

Sprints

Getting started

before your first sprint...

Map out your project

Getting started

Start storypointing

Getting started

Relentlessly break down stories

Getting started

Storypoint as a group

Getting started

Establish velocity

Getting started

Define "done"

Getting started

Are we done yet?

• automated tests passing?

• accepted by stakeholders?

• demonstrable?

• ...?

Getting started

A typical sprint

Establish a schedule

Get committed

A typical sprint

Daily standups

A typical sprint

Groom the backlog

A typical sprint

The end: part 1

Demo

A typical sprint

The end: part 2

Retrospective

A typical sprint