How RedTurtle is moving into this exciting world

1. Agile values, methods and software agile.open.connected
how RedTurtle is moving into
this exciting world Massimo Azzolini

2. Massimo Azzolini
Founder - Project manager
RedTurtle - Ferrara - Italy
massimo@redturtle.it
@massimoazzolini
www.redturtle.it
Massimo Azzolini

3. How are we made?
Started in 1999, Ferrara - Italy
A snapshot:
• 15 people
• 2 designer
• 9 developer
• 2 (+2) project manager
• 1 biz admin
• 1 seller
• 4 freelancer (not in RT)
• 4 partner involved in 2012
• We use Plone to rule the world
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4. How are we made?
in 2012
• 77 projects
• 347 customer requests
• 1943 tickets solved
• 20K+ worked hours
• 3 teams
• (too) many “uncloseable” projects
• “hurry” projects
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5. ISO 9001

6. so, agile..

7. The agile manifesto
➡ Individuals and interactions
over processes and tools
➡ Working software
over comprehensive
documentation
➡ Customer collaboration
over contract negotiation
➡ Responding to change
over following a plan
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8. 12 principles 1/3
➡ Satisfy the customer
➡ Welcome changing
requirements
➡ deliver working software
frequently
➡ Business people and
developers work together
➡ Build projects around motivated
individuals.
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9. 12 principles 2/3
➡ Face-to-face conversation
➡ Working software is the primary
measure of progress
➡ Agile processes promote
sustainable development
➡ Attention to technical and design
excellence
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10. 12 principles 3/3
➡ Simplicity is essential
‣ it’s the art of maximizing the
amount of work not done
➡ The best architectures,
requirements, and designs
emerge from self-organizing
teams
➡ Retrospective
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11. Scrum

12. Scrum doesn’t
completely fit to us
➡ at lease 5 people in a team
➡ on demand activities
➡ customer not completely involved
‣ “I’ll send you an email”
➡ we can steal values:
‣ respect, commitment, focus,
courage, openness,...
➡ ..and practice/tools:
‣ backlog, sprint, retrospective,
standup meeting, iteration,
release
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13. Kanban

14. yo man,
Plone..
XPUG @ziobrando
Bologna!!
@gaunilone @bettazzoni
@nusco
Meet your local Agile UG

15. trainings and conferences

16. the path
➡ Teams
➡ Iterations
➡ Sprints
➡ Agile team to embrace the verb
➡ Involve the customers
‣ time and material
‣ fixed price
➡ Introduce 1-2 new tools/methods
after every agile meeting, misure
it, refactor it.
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17. Changes, problems
and drawbacks
➡ fit customer into the iteration logic
‣ agile contracts
➡ kanban board
‣ personal vs group vs project
‣ online tool or wall?
‣ how to share it
‣ too verbose
➡ Stand up meetings
➡ WIP limit and customers’ delays
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18. PM, SM or PO?
➡ one role to rule them all
‣ contract, team selection, startup,
analysis, scheduling, team support,
quality assurance, meet the customer,
budget, deadlines, close the project
➡ do only things that value
‣ kickoff, consultancy, prioritize things,
team works with customer?, remove
obstacles, motivate team, manage
budget, check deadlines
➡ “I don’t want to close your tickets”
‣ I hate the tester role
‣ code review, pair programming
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19. other “amenities”
➡ meetings time boxed and pre-
organized (SM rulez)
➡ value your time
‣ prioritize your work
‣ use pomodoro technique
➡ alerts/write everything
➡ pair programming/code review
‣ not as often as we would
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20. Which tools?
➡ Email?!
➡ Share Documents
‣ Google Drive
‣ Dropbox
➡ Organize tasks
‣ Trello o Kanbanery
‣ Simple management
(or other plone based
solutions)
‣ Basecamp
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21. getpenelope.github.com
Penelope

22. Questions ?
Massimo Azzolini
RedTurtle’s co-founder
and project manager
massimo@redturtle.it
tw: @massimoazzolini