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agenda

Hunting PANDA

to Extinction

Julian Holmes

Co-Founder, UPMentors

Arun "Zach" Zachariah

Architect, Capgemini

Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Origin of the Species
  • PANDA
  • Identification
  • Hunting
  • Trophies
  • Happy Hunting!

wrap up

Julian Holmes

  • Co-Founder
  • Agile Coach

Arun Zachariah

  • Architect
  • Agile Mentor

Thank You

origins

Origin of the Species - Waterfall

  • Typically, a linear approach to delivery
  • Focus on one stage at a time

arun.zachariah@capgemini.com

Arun "Zach" Zachariah

QUESTIONS?

@arunzachariah

julian@upmentors.com

Origin of the Species - Iterative

Julian Holmes

@julianholmes

THANK YOU

  • The Agile Manifesto (www.agilemanifesto.org)

  • We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it

  • Through this work we have come to value

Origin of the Species - Agile

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more

Individuals and interations over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

Disciplined Agile Delivery

Scrum

Business Benefits

  • Reduced time-to-value
  • React to business change
  • Improved productivity
  • Improved quality
  • Increased innovation

Trophies and Rewards

Evolution

  • Effective teams
  • Increased confidence

Individual Value

  • Multi-skilled
  • Fun!

weapons

Apply what you learn

Learn more about iterative and agile methods

  • OpenUP - eclipse.org/epf
  • Scrum - scrum.org
  • XP - extremeprogramming.org
  • DAD - disciplinedagiledelivery.com

project

Generalising specialists

  • Governance
  • Mentors and coaches

Education

  • Technical skills
  • Collaborative practices

Hunting - Available Weaponry

Measurement

  • Real-time tracking
  • Working software
  • Re-work v re-factoring

RINO

(RUP In Name Only)

RINO

  • Reacting to change
  • Adapting approach
  • Delivering early
  • Measuring real progress
  • Estimate-to-complete

SWOT

  • Some Strengths
  • Plenty of weaknesses

PANDA - Weaknesses

Misinterpreting Agile

  • Low Ceremony != Hacking
  • Requires more discipline

Cost Reduction Culture

  • Wanting "faster, quicker, cheaper"
  • Using cheaper people
  • Forgetting the TCO
  • Not involving key stakeholders

PANDA

Red Panda

  • Misconceptions
  • Death-march
  • Grazing
  • Sleeping

(Poor And

Non-Disciplined Agile)

Giant Panda

  • Black and white
  • Religious

recognise

which

one

PANDA - Animal States

Black or White?

  • Seeing only the easy, forgetting the hard

PANDA

  • Supplier "succeeds"
  • Business suffers

tracking

Droppings

  • Integration Failure
  • Change chaos
  • Unusable software
  • Lots of work but no velocity

The need for Extinction

  • Discipline is essential
  • Business needs strategy
  • PANDA is being exposed

Smell

  • Subtle signs
  • Hidden effort
  • Status reports

Trail of Destruction

  • People and projects
  • Cost overruns

Supplier

  • Promises everything
  • Controls relationship with contracts
  • Unsustainable pace
  • Capability silos
  • Culture of rewarding heroes

PANDA - Tracking

PANDA Habitat

Customer

  • Wants constant change
  • Expects champagne for beer money
  • Loves the glossy prototype and wants it deployed

PANDA

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