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EVAN LEYBOURN
AUTOPSY OF A
FAILED AGILE
PROJECT
Evan Leybourn
Lean / Agile Business Leader and Author
Melbourne, Australia
@eleybourn
http://theagiledirector.com
Project 1: Business Intelligence
Primary Cause of Failure:
Customer Engagement
SYMPTOM #1:
POOR
ENGAGEMENT AND
COMMUNICATION
SYMPTOM #2:
NO TRUST
BETWEEN
BUSINESS &TEAM
SYMPTOM #3:
LACK OF SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS
POORLY MANAGED
EXPECTATIONS
SYMPTOM #4:
MISUNDERSTANDING
BUSINESS VALUE
SYMPTOM #5:
‘A manufacturer is not through
with his customer when a sale is
completed. He has then only
started with his customer.’
- Henry Ford, 1922
PREVENTION #1:
DO YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT PRODUCT
OWNER?
PREVENTION #2:
HAVE YOU TRAINED
THE CUSTOMER &
PRODUCT OWNER?
PREVENTION #3:
ARE THERE CLEAR
AND AGREED
EXPECTATIONS?
Project 2: Telecommunications
Primary Cause of Failure:
Poor Planning
SYMPTOM #6:
CONFLICT BETWEEN
CUSTOMER AND
STRATEGIC WORK
SYMPTOM #7:
POORLY DEFINED
PROJECT GOALS
POORLY DEFINED
SUCCESS CRITERIA
SYMPTOM #8:
‘It is always wise to look ahead,
but difficult to look further than you
can see.’
- Winston Churchill, ~1960
PREVENTION #4:
IS THE SYSTEM
FRAMEWORK
AVAILABLE?
PREVENTION #5:
ARE THE GOALS
AND END STATE
CLEARLY DEFINED?
PREVENTION #6:
HAVE YOU PLANNED
THE INITIAL
ITERATIONS?
Project 3: Government
Primary Cause of Failure:
The Team
SYMPTOM #9:
POOR AWARENESS
OF THE WHY’S
BEHIND AGILE
SYMPTOM #10:
CHRONICALLY
UNDERSTAFFED
SYMPTOM #11:
MISSING REQUIRED
SKILLS
COMPETING
PRIORITIES
SYMPTOM #12:
SYMPTOM #13:
LOW TEAM
MORALE, TRUST
OR RESPECT
SYMPTOM #14:
POOR SUPPORT
FROM EXTERNAL
TEAMS (e.g. DBA)
SYMPTOM #15:
NOT DELIVERING
VALUE IN EACH
ITERATION
‘Treat your men as you would your
own beloved sons. And they will
follow you into the deepest valley.’
- Sun Tzu, ~6th Century BCE
PREVENTION #7:
ARE YOU
RECRUITING FOR
AN AGILE TEAM?
HAVE YOU
FOCUSED ON
DEVELOPING TEAM
CAPABILITY?
PREVENTION #8:
PREVENTION #9:
CAN YOU POSTPONE
STORIES NEEDING
MISSING SKILLS?
IS YOUR TEAM
TRAINED IN AGILE?
PREVENTION #10:
Project 4: Information Management
Primary Cause of Failure:
Infrastructure
UNDER-
DEVELOPED
ARCHITECTURE
SYMPTOM #16:
SYMPTOM #17:
MISSING SUPPORT
DOCUMENTATION
SYMPTOM #18:
UNSTABLE
UPSTREAM
SYSTEMS & DATA
SYMPTOM #19:
POOR TEST TOOLS
AND DATA
‘Beautiful objects are wrought by
study through effort, but ugly
things are reaped automatically
without toil.’
- Democritus, ~4th Century BCE
HAVE YOU BUILT
THE BASELINE
INFRASTRUCTURE?
PREVENTION #11:
PREVENTION #12:
DOES YOUR
INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORT
ITERATIVE WORK?
PREVENTION #13:
DO TEAMS MANAGE
THE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT?
HAVE YOU
INVESTED IN
AUTOMATED TEST
TOOLS?
PREVENTION #14:
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