Why agile is not good...

Why agile is not good...

by Krzysztof Daniel
...for your company?
Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
About Me
About Me

A heavy gamer

Chess

Bridge

Counter stri!e ".#

Business games
$es% & do play a lot of games.
All games have one thing
in common. &t is called 'strategy(.
&t is all about not letting
others to !ic! you ass.
)hings are much more interesting
ehen you put money on the table.
I got an interesting job offer recently. There is
QA unit to create in one company. I cannot do
this right now, would you be interested?
)his is the story beginning.
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)he company
)he company

*ight timing

+)oo, many customers to serve

Astonishing gro-th +"./0"1.

employees in 234 year,

Highly successful
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5roblems?
5roblems?

Bugs.

2ngoing support.

&ncorrect fi6es.

3o branches% no tags% no versions.

4ven more bugs.

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)he big problem
)he big problem

Big customer

" ... 6 users

7uite ambitious 89A

A really good negotiator

&t loo!s li!e a pro:ect they did
A number of times% but it is
7uite different
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)oo good negotiator
)oo good negotiator

;i6ed scope

;i6ed price

;i6ed deadline
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clauses
Why has it -or!ed for
5revious pro:ects?
Developers al-ays finish on time%
given sufficient
pressure
pressure.
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5roblems
5roblems

Bugs.

2ngoing support.

&ncorrect fi6es.

3o branches% no tags% no versions.

4ven more bugs.

)echnical debt
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Was it avoidable?
Was it avoidable?
Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
8ituational a-areness
8ituational a-areness
Cup of tea
hot
-ater
tea
-ater !ettle
po-er
place
to sit
value
etting a-are >
build value chain first
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4volution curve
4volution curve
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A value chain
A value chain
Cup of tea
hot
-ater
tea
-ater !ettle
po-er
place
to sit
value
... apply evolution a6is
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A Wardley Map
A Wardley Map
Cup of tea
hot
-ater
tea
-ater !ettle
po-er
place
to sit
value
ubi?uity@certainty
outsourcing
zone
agile zone
+inhouse,
Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
)he company
)he company
e/training
content
digitalization
a frame-or!
culture
devops
value
ubi?uity@certainty
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46pectations
46pectations
e/training
content
digitalization
a frame-or!
culture
devops
value
ubi?uity@certainty
e/training
8ee the gap bet-een actual +blue,
and contracted +red,
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46pectations
46pectations

Missing s!ills and !no-ledge.

&mpossible to build in short time.

5redictionA failure on the horizon<

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)he effort
)he effort
e/training
content
digitalization
a frame-or!
culture
devops
value
ubi?uity@certainty
e/training
&mpossible to close fast
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)he solutionBBB
)he solutionBBB
e/training
content
digitalization
a frame-or!
culture
devops
value
ubi?uity@certainty
e/training
$es% it is in this map
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)a!eover
)a!eover
e/training
content
digitalization
a frame-or!
culture
devops
value
ubi?uity@certainty
Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
8ummary
8ummary

3o strategy /0 problems granted

Agile is good for

un!no-n@uncertain pro:ects

Agile is a -aste of time for -ell

understood pro:ects
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Misc.
Misc.

CC/B$/8A

Based on 8imon Wardley blog

+httpA@@blog.gardeviance.org@,

Mapping materials +
httpA@@-ardleymaps.com,

)he image of developers under gunpoint comes

from httpA@@libcom.org@