This document discusses how the company eNovance uses agile practices to manage their global team working on OpenStack. Key points include: - Using Scrum values and framework to manage distributed teams across multiple time zones. Communication tools include instant messaging, video conferencing, wikis. - Onboarding for remote workers includes assigning a buddy, self-training programs, and 2-4 weeks in an office. An Agile Guild shares skills across teams. - Contributions to OpenStack must be merged upstream before deployment. Real open source involvement is emphasized. - Agile practices like 2-week sprints and limiting work in progress are applied to both internal development and customer projects involving discovery workshops and iterative design

1. agile @enovance
How do you agile your global team to
contribute to OpenStack

2. Frederic Lepied Alexis Monville
VP Software Engineering Chief Agility Officer
@flepied @alexismonville

3. SEAMLESS BUILD & DELIVERY
OF OPEN CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURES

4. People Customers Revenues Openstack
Contributor

5. @flepied
@alexismonville
@enovance
#agile #openstack

6. Agile?

8. Scrum values
Focus
Courage
Openness
Commitment
Respect

9. Scrum framework
TODO DOING DONE
Backlog Refinement
Product Backlog
Sprint Backlog
Product Increment
Sprint Planning
Daily Scrum
Sprint Review
Sprint Retrospective
Product Owner
Team members
ScrumMaster

10. Agile practices

15. Distributed teams

17. Benefits of distribution
Hire where the talent is
Work from home

18. Difficulties
Several time zones
Mix between collocated and remote workers
Facilitation activities

19. Communication
● avoid 2 levels of communication (local and
remote)
● mainly use electronic means

20. Tools
Instant messaging
Audio / Video conferencing
Mailing lists
Wiki
Software Factory

22. Socialization
Full-company Meetups
Teams Meetups
Openstack Summit
Events participation and organization (and not
only professional ones)

24. Recruitment

25. Selection criterias
● Main Selection criteria: high level of autonomy
● OpenStack experience? know linux, know
storage, network, operations
● OpenSource experience is key
If not senior…no remote -> start in one of our
offices…Bangalore, Montreal, Paris

26. Offices...
http://www.enovance.com/careers
San Francisco
Montreal
Paris
Bangalore

27. Onboarding

29. Onboarding
● buddy
● self-training program
● between 2 to 4 weeks in an office for remote
workers

30. Talent development
● Talent development
● Internal Training

31. Agile Guild

32. Agile Guild
Persons from the different teams
Sharing and developing their skills
Supporting their teams

33. Pace

34. Keeping the pace...
● OpenStack 6 months releases
● eNovance products 3 months releases
● 2 weeks sprints

35. Open Source

36. eNovance delivery law
When working with an Open Source project, we
don't deploy any patch which has not been
merged upstream.

37. Real Open Source
4 times more expensive if not
OpenStack is moving fast, it helps change
customer mindset, convince them that fork
maintenance is not a good idea

39. Definition of Done
Done or Merged
Limit work in progress

41. Solutions
● Service Provider Cloud
● Software Factory
Based on our own OpenStack reference
architectures and tools.

42. Product Owner
Usual Stakeholders:
● users
● executives
● marketing
● techs
● research…
New stakeholder: Community

43. Agile with our customers

44. Agile with our customers
● Solutions for our Customers
● Discovery Workshop
● Design, Deployment and Development
sprints

47. Discovery Workshop
Users
Operators
Developers

48. Sprints
Fast delivery
Adaptation
Design, Deploy and Develop
2 weeks

49. To sum up

50. To sum up
Agile as a common way of work
Onboarding and Socialization
Real Open Source
Agile and Open Source Way

51. Join us!
http://www.enovance.com/careers
San Francisco
Montreal
Paris
Bangalore

52. SEAMLESS BUILD & DELIVERY
OF OPEN CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURES

53. Frederic Lepied Alexis Monville
VP Software Engineering Chief Agility Officer
@flepied @alexismonville

54. Thanks!