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April 2010
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CONTENTS
How Agile Becomes Fragile - Jeffery Payne
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How Agile Becomes Fragile
-Jeffery Payne
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard someone say: “Oh, we tried agile and it didn’t work.” If every conversation I’ve had with people stopped at this point, one might conclude that agile only works when the stars and moon align. In my experience, nothing could be farther from the truth. Agile becomes fragile when one or more of the following situations occur:
Engineering cuts corners. Agile isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition, but there are fundamental practices and disciplines that, if not followed, will result in project failure. Unit testing is one example. If your engineers are not doing proper unit testing, they are not doing agile. Another example is refactoring. If engineering never steps back and thinks about how to improve its software, they are not doing agile. We have a name for software development without adequate documentation, effective testing, or no design: It’s called ad-hoc development, and it is not agile.
Project management doesn’t control scope. Agile turns traditional project management on its head. Instead of fixing project scope and estimating time and resources, agile fixes time and resources and estimates scope. Doing so makes it much easier (and predictable) to set timeframes and staffing levels that will result in working software. When project management begins to insist upon adding new requirements to an iteration without adjusting either the timeframe or staff available, you are no longer doing agile.
Teams stop communicating. Because agile is very iterative, effective team communication is critical to successful agile development. When teams get busy and stop holding daily stand-ups, retrospectives, iteration planning meetings, etc., agile stops working. While tools can assist in the communication process, relying upon project management tools, requirements tools, etc., to provide team communication will not work.
Look for these root causes of agile becoming fragile during your next development project and nip project issues in the bud.
Jeffery Payne is an expert instructor and consultant. He teaches vTrainsitioning to Agile a new Live Virtual Course offered in May.
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WHAT'S NEW
New Live Virtual Courses & Schedule! Whether you’re new to Agile or want to improve current Agile processes, our new Live Virtual Training - Transitioning to Agile can help get you on track for Agile success. Isn't it time to choose Agile development techniques that make practical sense?
Transitioning to Agile, May 18-19
Join Jeffery Payne as he explores Agile software development methodologies and approaches. Learn the pitfalls in transitioning to Agile and how to avoid them. You will discover the major steps required to successfully plan and execute an Agile software project.
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