7 Sins of Scrum and other Agile Anti-Patterns Todd Little VP Product Development June 2015

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Agile Manifesto We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactionsoverprocesses and tools Working softwareovercomprehensive documentation Customer collaborationovercontract negotiation Responding to changeoverfollowing a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Auditor Manifesto We are uncovering better ways of auditing software development by forcing others do it how we tell them. Through this work we have come to value: Processes and toolsoverindividuals and interactions Comprehensive documentationoverworking software Contract negotiationovercustomer collaboration Following a planoverresponding to change That is, while there may be value in the items on the right, we have chosen to ignore them as they are difficult to audit. We only care about the items on the left and we will make sure that you do too!

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Antipatterns Jim Coplien: “an anti-pattern is something that looks like a good idea, but which backfires badly when applied.”

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Sinner’s Manifesto We think we know what we are doing. It looks like a good idea or someone told us that is the best way to do it so we’ll do more of it. Through this we may have accidentally come to value: Potential SinOverVirtue The sin is not always a bad idea. There may be significant value in moderation, but in excess it can be an anti-pattern. The path the redemption is to look to the virtue.

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Shu – Ha – Ri (learn, detach, and transcend) Learner – Practitioner – Mastery ReadWriteDelete

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Danger Do try this at home or with your team, just not all at once Use Retrospectives Improve Incrementally 1-2 Items Ask for Coaching

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue Agile is the Tool Over The tools support agility

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue Agile is a process Over Agile is a mindset

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue Best PracticesOver Principles and Values

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue One size fits allOverContext

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue CollaborationOver Shared Ownership

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue Checking BoxesOver Learning and Adapting Feedback Loop

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue I want it all (Gluttony)Over Minimum Viable Product

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue Listening to CustomersOver Learning what they really need

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #4: Crap over Craftsmanship Potential SinVirtue Almost doneOverReally done

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6: Illusion over Reality Potential SinVirtue Gross velocityOverNet velocity Velocity Scope Creep

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7: Organizational Hacks over Leadership Potential SinVirtue Controlling inputsOver Controlling outputs/outcomes Micromanagement Agile Leadership Outputs

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7: Organizational Hacks over Leadership Potential SinVirtue Taking sidesOver Serving the whole team

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© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. The Sinner Summary Processes and ToolsOverIndividuals and Interactions StatusOverFlow StoriesOverStrategy CrapOverCraftsmanship IterationsOverReleases IllusionOverReality Organizational HacksOverLeadership

© 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. The path to Ri Do try this at home or with your team, just not all at once Use Retrospectives Improve Incrementally 1-2 Items Ask for Coaching

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