This is an invited talk I gave at STC Management Day in Toronto (Feb 2010). After intro, show role of docs in iterations - sometimes trailing. Let me know if you would like a copy of this presentation for your own use

1. STC Agile IntroHow can this possibly work? Michael Sahota Feb. 2010

2. Michael - 15+ years in IT V.P. Research and Development Enterprise Architect Director Software Development Architect Senior J2EE Developer Project Manager Team Lead C++ Developer Java Developer Researcher M.Sc. in Computer Science B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science

3. Michael - 8 years working with Agile Agile Coach Lean Consultant Scrum Master

4. Evidence that Agile Works

5. Impact of agile on productivity 88%  Dr Dobbs Journal, 2008 Survey. Data, summary, and slides downloadable from www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ Copyright 2008 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

6. Impact of agile on quality of systems deployed  77%  Copyright 2008 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

7. Impact of agile on business stakeholder satisfaction  78%  Copyright 2008 Scott W. Ambler www.ambysoft.com/surveys/

8. Survey of “good time” or “best time” working at Salesforce.com Before Agile - 40% 92% would recommend Agile to others With Agile - 86%

10. Made official policy in DoD 5000.2 (year 2000)Largest Procurer of Software

12. Yahoo

13. Google

14. Electronic Arts

15. High Moon Studios

16. Lockheed Martin

17. Philips

18. Siemens

19. Nokia

20. Capital One

21. BBC

22. Intuit

23. Intuit

24. Nielsen Media

25. First American Real Estate

26. BMC Software

27. Ipswitch

28. John Deere

29. Lexis Nexis

30. Sabre

31. Salesforce.com

32. Time Warner

33. Turner Broadcasting

34. OceCC Mountain Goat Software LLC

36. In-house development

37. Contract development

38. Fixed-price projects

39. Financial applications

40. ISO 9001-certified applications

41. Embedded systems

42. 24x7 systems with 99.999% uptime requirements

43. the Joint Strike Fighter

44. Video game development

45. FDA-approved, life-critical systems

46. Satellite-control software

47. Websites

48. Handheld software

49. Mobile phones

50. Network switching applications

51. ISV applications

52. Some of the largest applications in useCC Mountain Goat Software LLC

53. Agile Values and Principles

54. TODO - Gerry CC Gerry Kirk

55. The Agile Manifesto sets out values Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan Craftsmanship* over crap Common Sense Enabler While there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more * 2008 proposal by Bob Martin

56. Osmotic Communication Copyright Alistair Cockburn

57. Principle: Face-to-face communication is fast and effective Copyright Alistair Cockburn

59. Gaps in space - Keeping off-site people in the loop

60. Contracts & change of personnel

62. Agile: The Process

63. Agile processes come in different flavours RUP Agile Scrum (XP)Extreme Programming Lean IID Lean Software (Kanban) Crystal Clear Scrum, but…

68. Engineering Practices Matter Version Control Coding standards TDD Refactoring

69. Engineering Practices Matter Continuous Integration Automated Testing User Stories Shared code ownership Pairing CC Gerry Kirk

70. Where to learn more

71. Resources This presentation http://www.slideshare.net/michael.sahota Links to articles, presentations and videos http://www.agilitrix.com/agile-learning-resources/ GTA Agile community events http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/

72. What questions do you have?