simon raik allen - how to convince your cio you want to be agile
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How To Convince Your CIOYou Want to be Agile
Simon Raik-AllenMYOB@simonraikallen
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CHAOS Report
• Executive Support• User Involvement• Requirements• Project size (optimization)
QUALITYFEATURES
INNOVATIONPRODUCT SUCCESS
TIME TO MARKET
Types of IT Groups
uivfication
The Business Engineering
The Business Users Engineering
VALUEWASTE
What do execs eatin the wild?
DataData
Value Streams
http://www.michaelnygard.com/blog/2008/02/outrunning_your_headlights.html
“If you decide to cancel the project, you’ll at least have working software”
Working Software
Functional Slicing
“Cost Center” Innovation
E.E.F.
The Goal Is
Have your project be a smashing success at all cost
Let your exec experience life in an Agile environment
The Goal Is Not
Its Also NotUse every Agile technique in the book
What is executive porn?
A planAlso developer repellant.
I WILL NOT WING ITI WILL ALWAYS THINK AHEAD
I WILL EVALUATE CONTINGENCIESSEARCH FOR PITFALLS
AND CONTINUOUSLY PLAN AND RE-PLANA MILLION RANDOM TYPING MONKEYS
CANNOT TAKE MY JOB
THE AGILE PLANNING PLEDGE
• Hypotheses• Spikes• Possible outcomes• Story order (risk)• Feature release map• Team distribution • User testing checkpoints• Estimated burn up chart
Elements of a Plan
Reporting
The Show Case
Technical Debt
Understand your own situationBecome one with your goalsChoose a small projectTake on only a few techniquesPlan Plan & Re-planTreat debt with responsibility
Over sell it – time or moneySay “Agile”Hide behind cardsWaffleSuccumb to EEFScrew it up
DOs DON’Ts
And…
Retros
Thanks for listening…
Simon Raik-AllenMYOB@simonraikallen
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