anti-patterns in distributed agile by preethi madhu

Distributed Agile Teams – Is it an oxymoron?

About Me

Name Preethi Madhu

Role Lead Consulting Service - ThoughtWorks India

Email pmadhu@thoughtworks.com

Phone +91-98802 13582

Agile Principles

Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project

The most efficient & effective way of communicating to and within a development team is face-2-face

** http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

Distributed Agile – Is an Oxymoron?

Agile = Co-located

Distributed = Different Locations So Is Distributed Agile Teams an Oxymoron?

NO!!!

Distributed Agile Teams – What are the challenges?

Top Three Challenges

Learning Organization

1

Structure

Team Structure is dysfunctional

Cross Functional Teams

Examples…

Testers

Analysts

Testers

Analysts

Developers

Developers

Developers

Developers

Location 1 Location 2 Customers

Customers

Customers

Customers

Location 3

Dysfunctional Setup….

Developers Testers

Customers Analysts

Functioning

Developers Testers

Customers Analysts

Developers Testers Customers Analysts

Developers

Customers

Testers

Analysts

Developers

Customers

Testers

Analysts

Most Effective Developers Testers Customers Analysts

Developers Testers

Analysts

Developers

Customers

Testers

Analysts

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2

Social Enterprise Architecture

Communication & Interaction barriers

Build Social & Interactive

competent teams

3

Learning Organization

Fragmented & short term approach

Create linkages and focus on value

What should it look like?

Define value from the business

Build Social & Interactive

competent teams

Blur the boundaries –

focus on Organization Learning

Reduced Hierarchy Constant change

Watch out for -

Individuals are now bound by collective success

Collaboration & relationship building takes time & effort!

It would be slower than co-located teams

Connected workspaces come at a cost

New age organizations need different Leadership styles

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