One Size Doesn’t Fit All Context Driven Agile Leadership One Size Doesn’t Fit All Todd Little Sr. Development Manager Landmark Graphics

The Problem: Software Delivery Delivery failures are well documented in the software business. This is the classic report from Standish showing only 35% of projects delivered on time with expected features. 46% were challenged and 19% were killed. This is from 2006, and is a substantial improvement from the 19% success rate in 1996. Standish Group 2006, reported by CEO Jim Johnson, CIO.com, ‘How to Spot a Failing Project’ 2

Why is Software Late? Genuchten 1991 IEEE General Manager Project Manager Item H Customer/management changes L Overall complexity Unrealistic project plan M Staffing problems Insufficient front end planning

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It Depends Uncertainty: We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation. Context: We improve effectiveness and reliability through situationally specific strategies, processes and practices.

Hurricane Context Where is it? Where is it going? How fast are the winds? How big is it? How large are the swells?

Project Context

Uncertainty Uncertainty: We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.

Context Leadership Model High Uncertainty Low Low High Project Complexity

Uncertainty and Complexity Attribute Range Market Mature or New Team Size <5 to > 100 Technical Proven or New Mission Critical Speculative or Business Critical # Customers 1 or many Team Location Local or Distributed Duration 3 months or 2 years Team Maturity New or Experienced Change Change control or Embrace change Domain Gaps Gaps or Team of domain experts Dependencies None or Several

Context Leadership Model Project Complexity Uncertainty SheepDogs Cows Bulls Colts High Low Low High

Context Leadership Model High Colts Bulls Simple, young projects. Agility to handle uncertainty Need agility Process definition to cope with complexity Tight Teams Uncertainty Cows SheepDogs Complex, mature market laissez faire Need defined interfaces Low Low High Project Complexity

Reduce Uncertainty or Complexity Opportunities to Reduce Uncertainty: Use proven technologies Reduce project duration Opportunities to Reduce Complexity: Collocate the team Break project into sub-projects Attribute Score Market ███ Technical # Customers █████████ Duration Change Attribute Score Team Size █████████ Mission Critical Team Location Team Maturity ███ Domain Gaps Dependencies

Swiss Stock Exchange Colts Bulls Cows SheepDogs Uncertainty High Colts Bulls User Interface The Complete Release Uncertainty Cows SheepDogs Backend Legacy Products Low Low High Project Complexity

Partitioning Remember: Loose Coupling and Strong Cohesion Colt Project Bull Program SheepDog Project Cow Project Remember: Loose Coupling and Strong Cohesion

First Integration Release High Colts Bulls New acquisitions The Integration Release Uncertainty Cows SheepDogs Integration data model Existing Products Low Low High Project Complexity

Integrating Software by Integrating People Developers’ Conference Yearly Creating the Future PMM Quarterly Friday@4 Weekly

Products Lifecycle Paths B C

Project Leadership Guide Create Change Embrace Change High Invent Deploy Differentiating Market Ad Hoc Agile Eliminate Change Control Change Manage Offload Low Outsource Structured Low Mission Critical High

A Tale of 4 Projects Colts Bulls SheepDogs Cows Uncertainty High Colts Bulls New Product Weekly Iterations Collocated team Very active Product Owner The Complete Release Paired Project Management Frequent Integration SheepDogs Cows Uncertainty Relatively Mature Product Small collocated team Same team for many releases Developers are domain experts Iterationless Relatively Mature Product 1 dominant customer 20 member distributed team 3 week Iterations Significant automation testing Low Low High Project Complexity

A Tale of 4 Projects A Cow A Colt A Dog A Bull Team Size 25 (4 teams)   A Cow A Colt A Dog A Bull Team Size 25 (4 teams) 8 5 38 (6 teams) Distributed Global (3 sites) Local Scrums MWF and T-Th Daily MWF As needed Iteration Length 3 weeks 1 week Iterationless Testing Multi-level regression tests Automated Smoke Test Unit tests Product Owner very involved Unit tests, limited automation tests Automated Smoke Test and regression tests

Leadership Development People Business Process Technology

Leadership Development High Colts Bulls Business & Technology Uncertainty People & Process Cows SheepDogs Low Low High Project Complexity

Portfolio Management Uncertainty Project Complexity Colts Bulls Cows SheepDogs Project Complexity

Great Leadership Create a place where people want to be not have to be Make sure everyone has what they need to succeed. Great Leadership

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