1. www.synerzip.com Elephants in the Agile Room

2. Reflections on 10 Years of Agility Todd Little Sr. Development Manager Landmark Graphics

3. Manifesto for Agile Software Development 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 interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. Kent Beck Mike Beedle Arie van Bennekum Alistair Cockburn Ward Cunningham Martin Fowler James Grenning Jim Highsmith Andrew Hunt Ron Jeffries Jon Kern Brian Marick Robert C. Martin Steve Mellor Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutherland Dave Thomas

4. Manifesto for Agile Software Development 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 interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. Kent Beck Mike Beedle Arie van Bennekum Alistair Cockburn Ward Cunningham Martin Fowler James Grenning Jim Highsmith Andrew Hunt Ron Jeffries Jon Kern Brian Marick Robert C. Martin Steve Mellor Ken Schwaber Jeff Sutherland Dave Thomas

5. www.synerzip.com The Mirror at Snowbird February 12 th, 2011

6. www.synerzip.com The Retrospective and the Look Into the Future

7. “There’s an Elephant in the Room”

8. www.synerzip.com What does Community Leadership Look Like?

9. A Group of 15 Decided to Hunt Elephants

10. Erik Huddleston Jeff Patton Andrew Shafer Phillipe Krutchen Ghennipher Weeks David Andersen Kay Johansen Todd Little Russ Rufer Ryan Martens Not Pictured Tracy Bialik Mike Hugos Zhon Johansen Nate Jones Janice Linden-Reed The Elephant Hunters

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12. Some Elephants

13. www.synerzip.com Pretending Agile is not a business Commercial interests censoring failures Failure to dampen negative behaviors Dogma sells Hypocrisy

14. www.synerzip.com Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools

15. www.synerzip.com Anarchism in the community

16. www.synerzip.com Managers are bad

17. www.synerzip.com Self Organization

18. www.synerzip.com Collaboration is great, but can lead to groupthink

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20. Elitism as an Excuse for Failures

21. www.synerzip.com Distributed Teams are a Reality

22. www.synerzip.com Context gets in the way of Dogma

23. www.synerzip.com Politics are a huge cultural issue

24. www.synerzip.com Many people would rather be wrong than uncertain

25. www.synerzip.com Perception Trumps Reality

26. www.synerzip.com Agile needs to adopt to culture as much or more than culture needs to adopt to agility

27. www.synerzip.com The Voice of THE Customer

28. www.synerzip.com Business Value

29. www.synerzip.com Technical Excellence over Technical Debt

30. www.synerzip.com Certification (the “zombie elephant”)

31. www.synerzip.com Agile Successes!

32. www.synerzip.com Heightened Focus on Unit Testing and Automation

33. www.synerzip.com Transparency, Reporting and Tracking

34. www.synerzip.com Emphasis on Shipping and Feedback

35. www.synerzip.com Software Development is a Team Sport

36. www.synerzip.com Teams are Enjoying Developing Software

37. www.synerzip.com Global Spread – 91 Countries

38. www.synerzip.com It’s OK to be Agile

39. www.synerzip.com To Agility and Beyond Four Value Propositions Demand Technical Excellence Promote Individual Change and Lead Organizational Change Organize Knowledge and Improve Education Maximize Value Creation Across the Entire Process

40. www.synerzip.com Relevant Blog Postings from the 10 Year Event http://pkruchten.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/t he-elephants-in-the-agile-room/ http://pkruchten.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/t he-elephants-in-the-agile-room/ http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/Blog/re flections_on_10_years_of_agile/ http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/Blog/re flections_on_10_years_of_agile/ http://www.dennisstevens.com/2011/02/13/wh ats-next-for-the-agile-manifesto/ http://www.dennisstevens.com/2011/02/13/wh ats-next-for-the-agile-manifesto/

41. www.synerzip.com Join us as we continue the conversations

42. www.synerzip.com Contact Todd Little – tlittle@lgc.com – www.toddlittleweb.com

43. www.synerzip.com 43 Questions? www.synerzip.com Hemant Elhence hemant@synerzip.com 469.322.0349

44. www.synerzip.com Synerzip in a Nut-shell 1.Software product development partner for small/mid-sized technology companies Exclusive focus on small/mid-sized technology companies, typically venture- backed companies in growth phase By definition, all Synerzip work is the IP of its respective clients Deep experience in full SDLC – design, dev, QA/testing, deployment 2.Dedicated team of high caliber software professionals for each client Seamlessly extends client’s local team, offering full transparency Stable teams with very low turn-over NOT just “staff augmentation”, but provide full mgmt support 3.Actually reduces risk of development/delivery Experienced team - uses appropriate level of engineering discipline Practices Agile development – responsive, yet disciplined 4.Reduces cost – dual-shore team, 50% cost advantage 5.Offers long term flexibility – allows (facilitates) taking offshore team captive – aka “BOT” option

45. www.synerzip.com Our Clients

46. www.synerzip.com 46 Call Us for a Free Consultation! www.synerzip.com Hemant Elhence hemant@synerzip.com 469.322.0349 Thanks!