Introduction to

Agile

Agile Vietnam – Scrum Workshop Sunday March 18, 2012

1 What is Agile?

2 Why Agile?

3 How Long to Learn?

“To be competitive, organizations need to drive innovation in every part of

their business”

What is Agile?

It is a mindset for effectively completing

projects.

DUH !

Common Sense

Common Practice

Yes

No

Agile Methods

XP SCRUM Crystal

FDD Lean DSDM

Common Characteristics

Iterative Development

Cross-Functional & Self-Organized Team

Face-to-Face Communication vs. Documents

Open Office vs. Cubicles

Why Agile?

Traditional Approach to managing Software

Development Projects failing far too often

Why it Fails?

Traditional Methodology is too heavy and bureaucratic

Difficult to remain competitive

Example of Failures

Cloud Notes Inc.Anytime, Anywhere, post it!

Two major reasons for failure:

Disappointing features

Poor Interfaces cause failure

What are we learning here?

Success is not just functionality anymore

Example of Success

How many features?

1

Features are not that important

What are we learning?

What’s more important?

Usability

User Experience

Why use Agile Methods?

Incremental Approach breaks complex projects

down into simple mini-projects

Accommodates Change Easily

Improve ROI

Able to deliver quicklyChange oftenMitigate riskInvolve customerUltimate freedomUltimate responsibility

Increase Business ValueLower Development RiskHigher QualityLess DefectsEmployee EngagementTrust in People…

How Long to Learn?

Few hours to learn,Life time to mastered

Conclusion:

Agile Approach

Adaptive, empirical process• Small repeating cycles• Short-term planning with constant feedback, inspection and

adaptation

Scope

Develop

DefineEvaluate

Agile Manifesto

Driven by technical forces, the Agile Manifesto was

created on February 2001

Do you know the most common Agile Method?

Team that get it right,1 Extra Bonus Point

Agile is NOT a magic bullet

Each situation its approach

Mastered by practice

Thank you for listeningagile@agilevietnam.org