1. David Hawks
@austinagile
In The Quest For Agility,
Where Does Agile
Go Wrong?

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David Hawks
@austinagile
david@agilevelocity.com
Executive Agile Coach

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Survey Area: 500+
Organizations

4. Problem # 1
Mini-Waterfall
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Individual Efficiency ≠ Team Effectiveness
Dev 1
Dev 2
Dev 3
Dev 4
QA 1
QA 1
QA 2
QA 2
2 Week Sprint - 4 User Stories - 4 Developers and 2 QA
Story1Story2Story3Story4

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Get Something “Done Done” every Few Days
Story
2b
Story
3a
Story
3b
Story
4a
Story
4b
Story
2a
Story
1b
Story
1a
Dev 1 & 2
2 Week Sprint - 4 User Stories - 4 Developers and 2 QA
QA 1
Dev 1 & 2
QA 1
Dev 3 & 4
QA 2
Dev 3 & 4
QA 2
Dev 1 & 2
Dev 1 & 2
QA 1
Dev 3 & 4
QA 2
Dev 3 & 4
QA 2
QA 1

7. Problem # 2
Not Acting as
a Team
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Individual
Group
Cooperation
Team
Collaboration
on common
goal
Self-Organizing
Team
Ownership of
HOW
Self-Managing
Team
Holds itself
accountable
Self-Directing
Team
Ownership of
Goal

9. Problem # 3
Wrong Team
Design
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UI
MIDDLE TIER
DB
OUTCOME
O
U
T
P
U
T
FEATURE TEAMS
COMPONENTTEAMS
VS

11. Problem # 4
Trying to Go
Too Fast
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Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Hardening
20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points
}8 Weeks
1 2 3 4 Hardening
}
8 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
Done = Feature Complete and Feature Tested
*But defects were deferred to the end
The Plan: 10 Weeks to Deliver 80 Points
Reality:16 Weeks to Deliver 80 Points (10 Points per 2 Weeks)

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Done = Feature Complete, Feature Tested, and defects fixed
Go Slow to Go Fast!
Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4
}
2 Weeks
15 Points 15 Points 15 Points 15 Points
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
}
2 Weeks
Sprint 5
}
2 Weeks
15 Points
We Delivered 75 Points in 10 Weeks
15 Points per 2 weeks

14. Problem # 5
Building the
Wrong Things
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15. It is a
Requirement
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64% of the
features we build in
the software
industry are Rarely
or Never Used!

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Hypotheses vs Requirements
OBJECTIVE
HYPOTHESIS
EXPERIMENT
EPIC
FEATURE
STORY
VS

18. Problem # 6
Team Only Focus
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19. Team
Team 1 Team 2 Team N
Team level Practices
Scrum/Kanban
Code Quality
DevOps
System
System 1 System 2
System of Value Delivery
Flow of Work
Scaling
Cross Team Coord.
Org
Organization
Leadership
Culture/ Mindset
Strategy
Organizational Structure
HR/Finance Practices
Levels of The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
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20. Problem # 7
No Method to
the Madness
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21. OrgSystemTeam
Align Learn Predict Accelerate Adapt
Purpose Driven
Leadership
Whole Org Agility
Financial Agility
Customer Centered
Market
Responsiveness
Experiment Driven
Development
Objective Data-Driven
Decisions
Compelling Purpose
Rollout Strategy
Teams Aligned to Value
Team Formed
Team Empowerment
Action Enabled
Ability to Measure
Cross-Team
Coordination
Visibility Created
Team Ownership
Agile Leadership
Ability to Focus
Multi-Team
Predictability
Ability to Forecast
Complexity Reduced
Predictable Delivery
Cadence
Quality Feedback
Loop Shortened
Faster Time to Value
Reduced Cycle Time
Release Continuously
Sustaining
Improvement
Decision Agility
The Path To Agility® Transformation Framework
Network of Teams
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@austinagile
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