why constraints are good? a case study of an enterprise agile transformation

Why CONSTRAINTS are Good?

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A Case Study of an Enterprise Agile Transformation

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CREATIVITY?!

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• Fixed Time• Fixed Price• Fixed Scope

CONSTRAINTS


Individuals and interactions over processes and toolsWorking software over comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiationResponding to change over following a plan

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

Manifesto for AGILE Software Development



AGILE is not a destinationAGILE is a direction

Tony Grout, IBM


Organizational CHANGES



The CHOICE of framework



SCRUM, is not a panaceum



EMPIRICAL process



SCRUM, but… daily



Team BUILDING



TRUST and guidance



Anonymous FEEDBACK



Processes NOT people



DIVIDE and conquer - backlog



ACCEPTANCE criteria



LEARNING organization



Throw yourself in at the DEEP end



COMMUNICATION Framework


MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

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DAILY 15m DAILY 15m DAILY 15m DAILY 15m DAILY 15m

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PLAN



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Feedforward NOT Feedback



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DO



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PREPARE



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CHECK



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SHOW



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ACT



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Changes in SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT



QUALITY does matter



Developer Tools ECOSYSTEM



DEV Practices: TDD, CI, CD



XP: Code Review, Pair Programming



KANBAN: maintenance and bugfixing



Definition of (ALMOST) done



Frequent RELEASES



Spotify engineering CULTURE



BUSINESS VALUES orientation



Evolution NOT revolution



• Business Values orientation• Building trust and guidance• Scrum, Lean, Kanban as a communication framework• Project oriented organization• Software Development practices• Quality• Evolution not revolution

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why constraints are good? a case study of an enterprise agile transformation

Leadership & Management

agile software development

toolsworking software

ibmmatt harasymczuk

items onthe

contract negotiationresponding

directiontony grout

deep end

mattagileempirical process