Agile, an overused word

synonymous with “bullshit”?

Julien LENORMAND - Kaizen Solutions

Quick polling

Who has a negative vision of Agile ?

Who has seen a project completely fail ?

Who has seen a perfect project ?

Assesment

perfect projects
negative opinion
projects fail

Solution ?

Where does this come from ??

The 50s and 60s

1968 : the golden triangle of project management

1975 : the man-days

1986 : the “discovery” of complexity

1990~99 : the “light” methods

2001 : the birth of Agile

The Manifesto

The 12 principles

make something useful
react to change
deliver frequently
work together
be motivated
discuss face-to-face

make working software
pace yourselves
technical excellence and good conception
simplicity is efficient
auto-organisation
auto-amelioration

The signatories

Agile failures

No true Scotsman

2009 : Agile descent

“Craftsmanship over Crap” - Uncle Bob

The Software Craft Manifesto

The Craft practices

TDD/baby steps
ATDD/BDD
DDD (strategic and tactical patterns : ES, Hexa, bus, …)
software architecture
refactoring
test
pair/mob working
CI
tool mastering
…

My hot take

Getting sh*t done

Transparency on progress
Emphasis on finishing
Distinction between closing a ticket and delivering value
Do instead of fail to plan

Empowerment and autonomy

I’m bewildered by the witch-hunt of managers on LinkedIn. […] On LinkedIn, everybody demands autonomy at work, trust, and a kind workplace. It’s normal. Mais […] […] 📌 Autonomy has to be won through merit. […]

– Nolwenn Bernache-Assollant • leadership coach, on LinkedIn, translated

1b: character or conduct deserving reward, honor, or esteem

– “merit” on Merriam-Webster

Implication

Taylorism
Becoming a stakeholder
Go with the change
Be chill
Be human
Be proud

Sondage final

Qui va reconsidérer son avis sur l’Agile ?

Community

Conferences : Alpes Craft, Agile Grenoble, SnowCamp
Meetups :
- Technologies : Low-Code No-Code, Java User Group (JUG), Webdev, Python
- Agile : CARA, CARA Beer
- Craft : Alpes Craft, Alpes Craft coding dojos, Software Crafting
- Others : TupperLibre, La Turbine.coop, Human Talks, NightClazz Zenika, IA, Data Engineering, …
Other cities : Lyon, Genève, …

Bibliography

Images credits

Photo by julien Tromeur on Unsplash
Photo by MD Duran on Unsplash
Photo by Brigitte Elsner on Unsplash
Photo by Petr Ruzicka on Unsplash
Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash
Photo by Nicholas Green on Unsplash
Photo of Fred Brooks jeune
Cover of the Mythical Man-Month
Triangle of the project management
Photo of Fred Brooks old
Photo by Artem Maltsev on Unsplash
Cover of No Silver Bullet
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Schema of Extreme Programming
Schema of SCRUM
Photo of Kent Beck young
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Screenshots of agilemanifesto.org
Screenshot of halfarsedagilemanifesto.org
Photo by Lucrezia Carnelos on Unsplash
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash that I do not have the license for
Screenshot of manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org
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Julien LENORMAND

DevOps Engineer

julien.lenormand@kaizen-solutions.net