As delivered at a visit to Pass Testing's Bangalore office, it is a reflection on searching for the why we do things in certain ways in software development.

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Seeking Enlightenment
A journey of 'Why?', rather than 'How?'
Schalk W. Cronjé
schalkc@ntaba.biz
@ysb33r

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Dharma
Artha
Karma,
Moksha
4 concepts most Indians know

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Most good approaches in modern
software development are just
ancient wisdom, rediscovered.

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The eternal knot
(Buddhism)
everything is connected ...
Origins of Buddhism
~500BC

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Agility is about the continuous
delivery of prosperity (value)
to stakeholders of a system
in a sustainable and
balanced manner

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Focus on Value
(minimise waste)

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More low-value productions
(at low cost), rather than few high-
value productions (at high cost)
- Kautilyan
Artashastra 7.12.13
(Origins ~300BC - 150AD)

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Why are we doing
what we are doing?

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Most SCRUM
implementations
Too much 'Agile' focus here

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Source: Bob Marshall
http://bit.ly/1wae0Jz
Agile teams in isolation /
under duress
------------ Agile teams thrive --------

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Belief Thinking Intelligence
Imagining
Knowledge-based
Opinion-based
Plato's levels
of thought
PhilosophyScienceExperienceTrial &
Error
Levels of
decision-
making
Marshall Mode: © Bob Marshall (http://bit.ly/1wae0Jz)
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Is it possible that a relationship exists
between the Marshall Model,
levels of decision making,
and Plato's levels of thought?

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multi-dimensional
Embodies
sense of self
recreates
a system
Field of ideas
that in-form
Provides
meaning
ETHOS
ever
evolving
Sheldrake's theory of
morphogenesis

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5 Core Values of Scrum
Commitment
Openness
Focus
Courage
Respect
ETHOS ??

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6 Practices of Kanban
Visualise Limit Work
in Progress
Measure
Policies
Improve
Feedback
ETHOS

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περιπατητικός
peripatetic
learning by walking around

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Visualise, walk, learn
Data hidden in an electronic tool is NOT visualisation

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Alexei Zheglov- http://bit.ly/1woxmY0
Statistical
forecasting
Planning
Poker
#beyondEstimates
#noEstimates

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Collaborative improvement
Evolve experimentally

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"Two are better than one; because they
have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his
fellow: but woe to him that is alone
when he falleth; for he hath not another
to help him up."
Eclesiastes 4:9-10; KJV Translation
(Origin attributed to King Solomon, King of Israel
~ 971-931 BC)

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How many can you recognise?
– Partially Done Work
– Extra Features
– Lost Knowledge
– Handoffs
– Task Switching
– Delays
– Defects

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"Do the difficult, whilst it's easy"
Sun Tzu – Art of War
( ~ 512 BC )

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Sustainability at a macro-level
organisational self
direct stakeholders
earth (environment)
society
democracy
politics
transnational crime
Stakeholdersinaworldof
inclusiveglobalisation
global commons
The Social Contract with Business
(Jopie Coetzee 2012)
everything is connected ...

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