Agile at Large Scale vs. Agile at Startup. Understand history of Agile and how the principles of Agile are changing in today's super dynamic #VUCA world.
4. A human institution designed to create
new products and services under conditions of
Extreme Uncertainty
- Eric Ries
A New World
A Temporary organization
in Search of a
Repeatable & Scalable Business Model
- Steve Blank
10. History of Agile
Key Takeaways
• Plan Driven/Predictive approach vs. Adaptive Planning approach
• Centered around core – Software Development
• Systems Thinking?
• Agile in Startups?
11. New Trends
1. The Lean Startup
Minimum Viable Product
Build – Measure - Learn
Innovation Accounting
Pivot
Split Testing
14. Agile Manifesto for Startups
Uncertainty & Ambiguity over ‘Stability’ Mindset
Minimum Viable Product over Working Software
Empathy over Customer Needs
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Great Personality of this time – Speed, Precision, Flexibility
Large Organizations, Process Driven, Hierarchical
Roadblock for Agile – Traditional Leadership, Bureaucracy, Silo-ed way of working.
Traditionally, Agile has always remained as a team level activity. It never scaled itself. Rather Scaling requires deliberate efforts and it’s always difficult. The Scaling frameworks provided definitive guidance to senior level executives – competitive advantages to large extent.
Challenged the status quo – Top Down Approach for such large transformations.
Key characteristics:
Extremely Agile, Fluid by nature
There are no standard norms & procedures
Stability is an Alien word
Innovation – USP
Realization – My Experience of Agile (Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework)
So far was not working well
Why? Were there any problems with those frameworks?
Exploration started.
Back to basics.
Two dimensional approach.
Agile Manifesto
Agile Manifesto
1990s - Lightweight Software Development methods against Heavyweight, Plan Driven methods
1991 - Rapid Application Development
1994 - Unified Process, DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Methods)
1995 - SCRUM
1996 - Crystal Clear (Alistair Cockburn) and XP (Kent Beck)
1997 - Feature Driven Development (Jeff De Luca)
2001 - Agile Manifesto
2003 - Lean Software Development
2012 - SAFe
Agile Software Development Methods - Predominantly addressing s/w development issues
Organization Agility - Complex issues - scaling was needed - Lean and Product Development
Predictable vs. Efficient
Customer vs. User
Our Example
Empathize with User
Emotions, motivations of the User
Combine with Practicality/Feasibility
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