Transcending Cultures, Timezones and Countries
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The document discusses the principles and challenges of implementing Agile methodologies across culturally and geographically diverse teams. It highlights key tenets of Agile such as early delivery, team collaboration, and continuous integration while addressing complexities like team size and project management in a distributed environment. The content emphasizes the importance of shared goals, effective communication, and the need for adaptable tools to facilitate Agile practices at scale.
Transcending Cultures, Timezones and Countries
- 1. Transcending Cultures, Timezones,and CountriesPresented by Mahesh BaxiPrepared by ChiragDoshi, NitinDhall & Mahesh BaxiJanuary 20101
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- 3. About Me3
- 4. About the Topic4Key Tenets of AgileSomething that can negatively impact the success of an agile projectLarge scale developmentDistributed developmentCommand-and-controlForcing agile on teams
- 5. What Does Scaling Mean?Team Size Geographical Distribution Domain Complexity Technical Complexity Volumes DurationPerformance Release Planning Project Management DistributedMulti-Team Projects Functionality Stakeholders Integration Points 5
- 6. Journey Through Agile Key Principles6Early and continuous delivery of valuable softwareWelcome changing requirementsDeliver working software frequentlyCollaborationFace-to-face conversationMaintain constant pace indefinitelyAttention to technical excellence and good designSelf-organizing teams
- 7. What you don’t want7
- 8. Agility and Scale – It can work8Shared goal, vision and objectivesTeam OrganizationPlanningCommunicationBottlenecksImplementing new ideasTeam rotationsContinuous IntegrationStaying FocusedImportance of Toolsets
- 9. Shared Vision, Goals & Objectives9
- 10. Shared Vision, Goals & Objectives10
- 11. Team Organization – Typical Agile Team11InstallablesContinuous IntegrationCode RepositoryCruise
- 12. Team Organization – Scaled Agile Team12InstallablesContinuous IntegrationCode RepositoryCruise
- 13. Planning13InceptionsAcross TeamsRoll-up PlansCapacity & ScheduleDependencies
- 14. Planning – Watch out for14Story size and estimate baseline across teamsStory dependencies between teamsIndividual team velocity not to be used for comparisonStory and feature level automation
- 15. Agility and Scale – It can work15Shared goal, vision and objectivesTeam OrganizationPlanningCommunicationBottlenecksImplementing new ideasTeam rotationsContinuous IntegrationStaying FocusedImportance of Toolsets
- 16. Communication16
- 17. Communication – Be Creative17Video conferencingScrum of scrumsDaily delivery catch-upInformation radiatorsRelease charts with key datesDependency chartsProgram update meetingsHuddlesKnowledge sharing and maintaining shared context
- 18. Bottlenecks / Constraints – put it in perspective18Story sign-offsAutomation / RegressionUATRelease PlanningBuildsCheck-ins / SVN / BranchingCapacity Planning
- 19. Ideas – Ground-up, Keep it coming19Idea WallLarger PictureHigh impactAllocate CapacityCommunicate Innovation
- 20. Team Rotations - Ownership20Collective OwnershipFinancial ImpactCapacity PlanningTechnical ExcellenceAspiration / Happiness
- 21. Agility and Scale – It can work21Shared goal, vision and objectivesTeam OrganizationPlanningCommunicationBottlenecksImplementing new ideasTeam rotationsContinuous IntegrationStaying FocusedImportance of Toolsets
- 22. Continuous Integration22Faster FeedbackInstallersImpact of broken buildsSingle Build vs. aggregationConflict ResolutionTool Selection
- 23. Staying Focused23ExecutiveDashboardProgramme StatusWork Steam Status
- 25. Importance of Tools – Key Player25Scalability is importantChange is not easyEasy to use / IntuitiveFlexibilityReporting / DashboardingShould fit with architecture
- 26. Scalable Agility across cultures, countries and Time zones 26Early and continuous delivery of valuable software
- 28. Deliver working software frequently
- 29. Collaboration
- 31. Maintain constant pace indefinitely
- 32. Attention to technical excellence and good design