"Being Agile" presents an introduction to Scrum, an Agile software development methodology. In addition to the basics of the iterative development process and roles, this talk explores Agile concepts related to requirements, documentation, communication, planning, and overall business strategy. Presented to Cedar Rapids IIBA 2/10/2010

1. being agile
David Sturtz
david@davidsturtz.com
twitter: @sturtz

2. Hi. I’m David.
Product Manager, Geonetric
Information Architect / UX Designer
Certified Scrum Master

3. Many denominations
Agile Unified Process, Crystal, Dynamic Systems
Development, Extreme Programming (XP), Feature Driven
Development (FDD), Lean Software Development, Scrum, etc.
I will generally be talking from a Scrum perspective.

4. Why Agile?

5. Waterfall…
Requirements
Design
Implementation
Verification
Maintenance

6. …or other ‘methods’.

7. Q: Ought form to derive from
the analysis of function?
A: The great risk here is that
the analysis may not be complete.
— Charles Eames

8. Why Agile?
Change is constant. Development is design.
Human interactions. Collaboration.
Inspect & adapt. Build quality in.
Demonstrable value. Aligned with goals.

9. What is Agile?
Project Management Process
Leadership Philosophy
Engineering Practices
Business Approach
Jon Strickler, Defining Agile Development

10. How will we get there?
Agile is a project management process.
Jon Strickler, Defining Agile Development

11. Resources Scope
Quality
Time

12. Resources Scope
Quality
Time

13. Team Backlog
‘Done’
Iteration

14. Team Backlog
2 weeks to 30 days
‘Done’ fixed goalpost
Iteration

15. Scrum Stand-up
24 hours
Product
Backlog
Sprint/Iteration
2 weeks to 30 days
Sprint Potentially
Backlog Shippable
Increment
Adapted from Mountain Goat Software

16. planning
Team Backlog
daily stand-up
‘Done’ review
Iteration retrospective

17. The Scrum Board
To Do ∂ In Progress ∂ Complete ∂ Accepted

18. The Burndown

19. Who is in charge?
Agile is a leadership philosophy.
Jon Strickler, Defining Agile Development

20. Team Backlog team members
‘Done’ scrum master
product owner
Iteration

21. 7±2
Team Backlog committed
‘Done’ co-located
cross-functional
Iteration self-organizing

22. Inspect and adapt
“Agility might be said to be about encountering all
the problems so early and so often that the e fort
to fix them is less than the pain of enduring them.”
— Ron Jeffries

23. When are we finished?
Agile is a set of engineering best practices.
Jon Strickler, Defining Agile Development

24. Team Backlog demonstrable value
‘Done’ definition of ‘done’
team owns quality
Iteration

25. Slices, not layers

26. Done-done.
“If we’re not shipping our software when it’s ready, it’s
poor business practice. If we’re not sure whether our
software is ready, it’s poor software practice.”
— Ron Jeffries

27. What are your priorities?
Agile is a business approach.
Jon Strickler, Defining Agile Development

28. Team Backlog user stories
‘Done’ acceptance criteria
prioritized
Iteration

29. The User Story
As a USER I want GOAL so that VALUE

30. Strategy Executive Years
Team
Portfolio
Product Product
Management
Planning Release Months
Iteration
Development
Team
Daily
Hours
Adapted from Rich Mironov/Enthiosys Planing Time Horizons

31. Fail early, fail often.
“By far the dominant reason for not releasing sooner
was a reluctance to trade the dream of success for the
reality of feedback.”
— Kent Beck

32. Team Backlog
‘Done’
Iteration

33. What is Agile?
Project Management Process
Leadership Philosophy
Engineering Practices
Business Approach
Jon Strickler, Defining Agile Development

34. What is Agile?
“Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.”
— Alan Perlis

35. being agile
David Sturtz
david@davidsturtz.com
twitter: @sturtz

36. Recommended Reading

37. Photo Credits
Sekitei Garden by mrhayata Handful of Frogs at Coba by deanj
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrhayata/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanj/67607256/
100841819/
Zen Gravel by Seldom Scene Photography 1/2 Kishu Roll by Geoff Peters 604
http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_dog_photo/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gpeters/
4227016718/ 3453508591/
Busy sprint by drewgstephens
Zen garden - Ginkakuji by Stéfan http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinomite/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/ 3219513356/
2750491245/
eames shell chair by back garage
Cascade by vandelizer http://www.flickr.com/photos/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremy_vandel/ back_garage/3650087649/
208714007/
WikiData User Stories by psd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/3731275681/