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Making Drupal Agile

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AgendaIntroduction What is Agile ?Why Agile ?General issues

Mitigation strategiesWhy Agile for Drupal ?Know you are not AgileTop Learning's

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IntroductionRenzil D’silva

Project Manager in Solutions Delivery

in.linkedin.com/in/renzildsilva24

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What is Agile ? - DefinitionAgile Development is an term used for iterative and incremental development methodologies

Various methodologies in AgileScrumExtreme Programming (XP)CrystalDynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)Lean DevelopmentFeature-Driven Development (FDD)

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What is Agile ? – Process & Terminology

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Why Agile? - Popular Customers

Promises Speed Apparently cut costs on

Discovery or Design Client in chargeCan take in Change

SuppliersGood fit for Open Source

Fluid Transparent Collaborative

Methodology

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What is Agile ? - Example Project: To build a extension to a house with

a Kitchen and Bedroom

Build it the Agile way

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General Issues in AgileNot applicable to all projectsOwnership of project (Product Owner)Prioritization of RequirementsCost impacting iterationEstimation & sizingCommunication & Co-location Roles & Responsibility definitionClarity Delivery Plan

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General Issues in Agile cntd..Ownership of project (Product Owner)

Attitude -Does not want to Authority - Does not have it Aptitude- Does not know how to

Cant write stories Cant Say no or stop Think estimate is Guarantee Bad judge of business value

Educate, Communicate (Stake holder management), Train and Experience

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General Issues in Agile cntd..Prioritizing

Fixed requirements – All have to be done. Finite requirements with visible

Cost impacting iteration Fixed budget Can not bring in iteration

All requirements can be broken down into smaller finite requirements and then be given priority

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Sprint feedback /retrospective bring in change related element in Agile

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General Issues in Agile cntd..Estimation & Sizing

User stories are not clear for estimation.

As a Business Owner I need to see a carousel on my home page

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Module integrate

2

Theme 1

Test 2

Total 5

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General Issues in Agile cntd..

Developer

Product owner

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General Issues in Agile cntd..Estimation & Sizing

All requirements can be broken down into smaller finite stories and every development activity needs to be broken down as task based story

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1. As a Business Owner I need to see a carousel on home page

2. As a business owner I need to have the look and feel themed as per the Website UI

3. As a business owner I need to have a 3-D look and feel to the carousel

4. As a business Owner I need to ………..5. As a developer I need to make use of

Jquery to bring in the 3-D look and feel..

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Mitigation Strategies

Mitigation Strategies

Operational Agility

Tactical AgilityTechnical Agility

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Mitigation Strategies cntd..Operational Agility

SOW’s & ContractsCommunication planProject management systemCustomer involvement & trainingProject plan Process Team work

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Mitigation Strategies cntd..Technical Agility

Source controlGITPuppetModule strategy using module libraryAutomated testing like SeleniumHosting services like AcquiaAutomated deployment management

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Mitigation Strategies cntd..Tactical Agility

Choosing correct Agile methodology Defining Agile rolesMaintaining and keeping up to date backlogDefining daily Standup AgendaResolving vertical communication challengesAvailability management of resources &

stakeholdersGeographical diverse communication strategyCo-location management with time zone over

lap

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Why Agile for Drupal ?Drupal is Agile in Nature

Projects are Web related Faster delivery/Commercial in Nature / Open to changes

Qualities of Drupal that support AgileMost extensive modular frameworksReusable functionalities/Modules (advantage for initial

sprints)Supports PrioritizationModule development: Community centric development

(modular community code) decouple with consistent design

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Know you are NOT AgileNo BacklogNo prioritization of requirementsNo team inputNo daily standupNo retrospectiveCustomer is not involvedNo Sprint

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Top Learning'sKeep it simpleAutomate simple tasksOffload complexitiesRetrospect previous learning's and

implementCosting & EstimateProcess (communication /execution..etc)Enhance skills / get trained

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