AGILE BEYOND SOFTWARE

WHAT WE DID

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WHO ARE WE?

ReviewerDaniel Teng, CSM, CSP

InfoQ Editor

ReviewerBill Li, Agile EvangelistCSM, CSPO, CSP

TranslatorStone Shi, CSMInfoQ Editor

TranslatorJackson Zhang, CSM, CSP

DARK AGE

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Assumptions vs. Reality

TIME TO CHANGE – NOV. 15TH

Communication Visibility Planning and Tracking Collaboration & Synchronization Quality

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KANBAN

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Work

Procedures,Done Definition

Worker

BURNDOWN

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Check Point

Timebox

Unit of Measure

CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION

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Send to everyone

Message

Change that made

CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION

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281 in total

BIG TURNING POINT

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Already far behind

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Why this happened?

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Too much work

undone

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We are still late

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Bill/Daniel started developing

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Discovered more Work

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New Work

New Done Definition

Release 10 chapter first

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One week lateMore work done

HOW DO WE SOLVE COMMUNICATION PROBLEM

Kanban Weekly Sync Meeting

Status Commitment Impediment Retrospective

Continuous Integration Emails

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HOW DO WE PLAN AND TRACK

Small batch size Chapter point Commitment based Frequent check point Visualize the work

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RULES FOR SIGNING UP TASKS

Review as early as possible Prefer chapter done to signing up new

task Everyone sign up any task Make sure Kanban update to date

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QUEUE THEORY

Little’s Law for Queuing Theory

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Total Cycle Time = Number of Things in Process Average Completion Rate

STRATEGY FOR QUEUE

Limit number of things in process Increase average completion rate Make task smaller Reduce variability

Arrival Process

More servers for one task queue

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SMALL IS GOOD

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TOOLS WE USED

Spread sheet Kanban Burndown

Subversion CruiseControl.Net Skype Email

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CAN WE DO BETTER?

Educate the Product Owner/More PO involvement

Release by chapter Include automated check to CI …

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WHAT WE LEARNED

Agile is not only for software Many agile practices change human behaviors Agile tools help solve people problems

Key factors of project success Ensure communication Feedback is good Self-organization works well Prefer simple tools Inspect and adapt

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QUESTION?

Bill: bill.li@ScrumChina.com Daniel: tengzhenyu@gmail.com

Jackson: zbcjackson@gmail.com Stone: choushi@gmail.com 27

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