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Chasing Windmills?
Getting Agile Success in Government
Paul M. Boos
Which do we see?
Why should we care?
Value
Speed
Transparency
Why doesn’t
the Gov’t
use Agile?
Understanding
Software Engineering
Ahhh…
Software EngineeingWhat’s your Success Rate?
75% of Software Projects: DOOMED from Start
78% feel biz reqmts out of sync with project reqmts
Source: 2011 Geneca Survey
≅55% of projects have clear biz objectives
% Application Features Used
64%
16%
13%
7%
Rarely/Never
Occasionally
Often
Always Only 20%!!
Source: 2002 Standish Report
Business Software is a Craft
It takes skill……and
Creativity
So…
Certainly SOMEONE has created a better way
Yep, some really,really, really
Smart Peoplegathered in Snowbird, Utah
and created the …
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over
processes and toolsWorking software over
comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
Understanding Of Problem
Understanding Of Solution
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Waterfallor
Agile Agile
Agileand
Where does Agile fit?
Challenges
Bureaucracy?
Gov’t Organizations
This model courtesy of Jurgen Appelo; please visit his blog at http://noop.nl
Tend to be here! (almost by sheer size)
Policy?
Brings Order?
Gov’t Policies
This model courtesy of Jurgen Appelo; please visit his blog at http://noop.nl
Tend to be here! (in theory)
Complexity or Complication?
Teams
This model courtesy of Jurgen Appelo; please visit his blog at http://noop.nl
Tend to be here! (in reality)
Complicated + ComplexOverrides Ordered + Simple
+ =Process Team Result
…
1
2
3
n Worse Case
Best Case
We don’t take time to read (or write) our policies…
We let others tell us what the policies mean…
What about…
EA
VME
B
EDGU
PRAS
SDLC
T
Simplify
Simple Process = Easy Auditing
Focus on Delivering Business Value
Align Milestones w/Releasable Software
Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC)
Grass Roots Motivation
Top Down Support
Agile Success
Strive to decomplicate…
This model courtesy of Jurgen Appelo; please visit his blog at http://noop.nl
Help teams operate as simple and ordered as possible.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Apply the pants principle…Simple process adopted by the team doing the work.
+Process Team
“…reducing costs requires a better way to organize work, not better cost information.”
- H. Thomas Johnson (paraphrased)
Hesitate Δing for 1 problem
Enterprise Architecture
Graft and Prune EA Components
The Iron Triangle Agilified
Est
imat
e
Scope
Budget
Work to…
Schedule
Scope
Budget Schedule
Prioritized EpicsEpic 1Epic 2Epic 3Epic 4Epic 5
…
Budget/Schedule + Mgmt Reserve
>
An Approach for Executing Projects w/Agility
Execute on small slices!
Classic EVM
Design
Analyze
Develop
Deploy
$010011011110100010010010
Scrum Process
Release
Release Plan
Release
$Scrum-based EVM
Personnel Annual Review System
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over
processes and toolsWorking software over
comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
Reward those building the product in working together
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over
processes and toolsWorking software over
comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
Reward risk-taking/innovation; penalize only non-contained failures
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over
processes and toolsWorking software over
comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
Reward product meeting needs over on-time/on-schedule
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
We are uncovering better ways of developingsoftware by doing it and helping others do it.Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over
processes and toolsWorking software over
comprehensive documentationCustomer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items onthe right, we value the items on the left more.
Reward working product
Set a vision…
and
help your teams see it!
There’s nothing to fear.
