agile vs. traditional project management - a game-based experiment
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Agile
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PRESENTS
THE GREATEST FIGHT IN PROJECT HISTORY
“The Waterfall”
Traditional
VS.
DIRECT FROM
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STARTING €25 DOORS ARE
O P E N BERLIN IS THE PLACE
2013
2014
2015
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Agile vs. Traditional: An experiment to challenge project management approaches
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The experiment 23 months 1,032 participants 42 nationalities 86 teams
and 12,299 tennis balls
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the
ballpoint game
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move as many
balls as possible
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in
2 minutes!
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rules of play
Ball must not
touch floor
Start point
is end point
Ball must
have air time
No ball to your
direct neighbor
Everybody must
touch the ball
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let‘s build two
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let‘s try different
approaches!
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Who wins,
quick
iterations or …
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...in-depth
planning?
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the case for
team 1
PLAN RUN REVIEW RUN REVIEW RUN …
2 4 5 7 8 16min.
estimate estimate
five quick iterations
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PLAN RUN
0 16min.
estimate
one plan
that must be perfect
the case for
team 2
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Repeating the rules … Move tennis balls
As many as possible
In two minutes
Start point = end point (fill the empty basket)
Balls must have air-time
No ball to your direct neighbor
Everybody must touch the ball
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let‘s
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One way to do it …
One of many alternatives …
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what‘s the
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Team 1 always wins! >> After 16 minutes (Round 1):
The team with the “iterative approach”
wins 31 of 31 competitions (i.e. has moved
more balls in 2 mins. than the other team)
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let‘s have a
second round!
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let‘s swap
approaches!
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Team 2
becomes agile
PLAN RUN REVIEW RUN REVIEW RUN …
2 4 5 7 8 16min.
estimate estimate
five quick iterations
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PLAN RUN
0 16min.
estimate
one plan
that must be perfect
Team 1
does in-depth planning
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Before we start
Overview How the entire game was set-up
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32 Min.0 16 Min.
1st Round 2nd Round
„Team 1“
„Team 2“
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Guess, who wins after the 2nd round?
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Tied game! >> After Round 1 and Round 2
the team which started with an
“iterative approach” wins only
15 of 31 competitions;
the other team wins in 16 cases.
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Final experiment … Does a pure “agile“ approach beat the combination of “agile“ and “traditional“?
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Nope!
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Team B(Pure Approach)
Iterative/IterativeIn-depth/In-depthIterative/IterativeIn-depth/In-depthIterative/IterativeIn-depth/In-depthIterative/IterativeIn-depth/In-depthIterative/IterativeIn-depth/In-depthIterative/IterativeIn-depth/In-depth
Team A(Combined Approach)
Iterative/In-depthIterative/In-depthIterative/In-depthIterative/In-depthIterative/In-depthIterative/In-depthIn-depth/IterativeIn-depth/IterativeIn-depth/IterativeIn-depth/IterativeIn-depth/IterativeIn-depth/Iterative
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Winner
Combined (A)Combined (A)Combined (A) Combined (A)Combined (A) Combined (A)Combined (A) Combined (A)Combined (A) Combined (A)Combined (A) Combined (A)
Finding
Combining approaches
is superior to a single approach!
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