Presented at Agiles 2009 in Florianopolis, Brazil

1. Is Agile The New
Waterfall ?
Francisco Trindade
Luca Grulla
Monday, 12 October 2009

2. Who we are ?
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3. Francisco Trindade
Luca Grulla
Consultants and Coaches
Who we are ?
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4. Francisco Trindade
Luca Grulla
Consultants and Coaches
Who we are ?
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5. Who we are ?
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6. Meet Luca....
Who we are ?
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7. Why we are here ?
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8. Why we are here ?
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9. Is Agile Mainstream ?
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10. Is Agile Mainstream ?
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11. Is Agile Mainstream ?
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12. Does your organization have one or more agile
projects ?
Yes No
Agile Adoption Survey 2007
39% AmbySoft
61%
Is Agile Mainstream ?
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13. Is Agile Mainstream ?
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14. Agile 200x Attendees
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Is Agile Mainstream ?
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15. Is Agile Mainstream ?
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16. How long have you personally been practicing Agile
development methods?
Is Agile Mainstream ?
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17. How long have you personally been practicing Agile
development methods?
30
22.5
15
7.5
0
Never < 6 mts. 6 - 12 mts. 1 - 2 yrs. 2 - 5 yrs. > 5 yrs.
3rd Annual Survey: 2008 “The State of Agile Development” June-July, 2008
Is Agile Mainstream ?
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18. Is Agile Mainstream ?
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19. How long has your company been practicing
Agile development methods?
Is Agile Mainstream ?
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20. How long has your company been practicing
Agile development methods?
30
22.5
15
7.5
Never < 6 mts. 0
6 - 12 mts. 1 - 2 yrs. 2 - 5 yrs. > 5 yrs.
3rd Annual Survey: 2008 “The State of Agile Development” June-July, 2008
Is Agile Mainstream ?
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21. This is good, isn’t it ?
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22. This is good, isn’t it ?
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23. Definitely yes
More projects...
More experience...
More feedback...
More innovation...
This is good, isn’t it ?
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24. This is good, isn’t it ?
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25. a new box in top of the old boxes...
with no preparation...
more people following the current trend...
But for some reasons not
This is good, isn’t it ?
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26. This is good, isn’t it ?
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27. This is good, isn’t it ?
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28. Let’s think about it...
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29. The Dreyfus Model of
Skills Aquisition
Let’s think about it...
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30. Proficient
holistic view of situation, rather than in
terms of aspects
sees what is most important in a situation
Expert
no longer reliant on rules, guidelines
intuitive grasp of situation, based on tacit
knowledge
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31. The Dreyfus Model of
Skills Aquisition
Let’s think about it...
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34. XP TOC
Kanban
Scrum
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Lean

35. We would expect...
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36. We would expect...
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37. We would expect...
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We would expect...
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We would expect...
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40. But what we get...
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41. But what we get...
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42. Where’s the gap ?
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43. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
Where’s the gap ?
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44. Pair programming
==
Sprints
Product Owner
Story Points
TDD
.....
Where’s the gap ?
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45. Where’s the gap ?
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46. Maximize Communication == Standups
Where’s the gap ?
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47. Maximize Communication == Standups
Continuous Improvement == Retrospectives
Where’s the gap ?
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48. Maximize Communication == Standups
Continuous Improvement == Retrospectives
“Kanban says that we should ...."
Where’s the gap ?
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49. The Dreyfus Model of
Skills Aquisition
Where’s the gap ?
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50. The Dreyfus Model of
Skills Aquisition
Process Adoption
Where’s the gap ?
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52. Where’s the gap ?
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53. “Burndowns are over, let’s use cycle time...”
“We can’t estimate in hours, we need to use
story points”
Where’s the gap ?
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54. “Burndowns are over, let’s use cycle time...”
“We can’t estimate in hours, we need to use
story points”
“What’s the point behind cycle time,
what’s the difference from what we have
now ?”
“Scrum alone is not being enough, how about
thinking about some XP practices ?”
Where’s the gap ?
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55. Is Agile Mainstream ?
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56. What are the barriers to further adoption of Agile in
your current organization?
3rd Annual Survey: 2008 “The State of Agile Development” June-July, 2008
Is Agile Mainstream ?
Monday, 12 October 2009

57. What are the barriers to further adoption of Agile in
your current organization?
0 12.5 25 37.5 50
Ability to change organizational culture
General resistance to change
Personnel with the necessary Agile experience
3rd Annual Survey: 2008 “The State of Agile Development” June-July, 2008
Is Agile Mainstream ?
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58. The result...
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59. Failures
“So, unfortunately, a lot of self-described Agile
projects are going to fail.
They're failing right now. And eventually
Agile will take the blame, and it will pass, as
all fads eventually do.”
James Shore, The Decline and Fall of Agile
The result...
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60. Why ?
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61. Supply meets demand
Why ?
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65. ‘While most companies focused
on stimulating sales, Mr. Ohno
believed just-in-time was a
manufacturing advantage for
Toyota.
And for many years, he would not allow
anything to be recorded about it.
He claimed it was because improvement is
never-ending – and by writing it down, the
process would become crystallized
Ohno, T 1988 ‘Toyota Production System’ [foreword]
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66. Is Agile the New Waterfall ?
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67. Technical Excellence
Cultural Shift
Long Term Investment
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68. Thank You!
ftrindad@thoughtworks.com
lgrulla@thoughtworks.com
franktrindade.com @frankmt
lucagrulla.it @lucagrulla
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