1. 7 Sins of Scrum and other Agile Anti-Patterns Todd Little VP Product Development June 2015

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3. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Agile Manifesto We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactionsoverprocesses and tools Working softwareovercomprehensive documentation Customer collaborationovercontract negotiation Responding to changeoverfollowing a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

4. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Auditor Manifesto We are uncovering better ways of auditing software development by forcing others do it how we tell them. Through this work we have come to value: Processes and toolsoverindividuals and interactions Comprehensive documentationoverworking software Contract negotiationovercustomer collaboration Following a planoverresponding to change That is, while there may be value in the items on the right, we have chosen to ignore them as they are difficult to audit. We only care about the items on the left and we will make sure that you do too!

5. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Antipatterns Jim Coplien: “an anti-pattern is something that looks like a good idea, but which backfires badly when applied.”

6. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Sinner’s Manifesto We think we know what we are doing. It looks like a good idea or someone told us that is the best way to do it so we’ll do more of it. Through this we may have accidentally come to value: Potential SinOverVirtue The sin is not always a bad idea. There may be significant value in moderation, but in excess it can be an anti-pattern. The path the redemption is to look to the virtue.

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8. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Shu – Ha – Ri (learn, detach, and transcend) Learner – Practitioner – Mastery ReadWriteDelete

9. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Shu-Ha-Ri applied to Meetings Beginner –Read Call a Meeting Practitioner - Write Run a Meeting Mastery - Delete Cancel Meetings

10. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Danger Do try this at home or with your team, just not all at once Use Retrospectives Improve Incrementally 1-2 Items Ask for Coaching

11. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Heresy

12. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1 Potential Sin Virtue Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions

13. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Alexey Krivitsky

14. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue Agile is the Tool Over The tools support agility

15. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue Agile is a process Over Agile is a mindset

16. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue Best PracticesOver Principles and Values

17. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue One size fits allOverContext

18. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue CollaborationOver Shared Ownership

19. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #1: Processes and Tools Over Individuals and Interactions Potential SinVirtue ProjectsOverTeams

20. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2 Potential Sin Virtue Status Over Flow

21. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue Checking BoxesOver Learning and Adapting Feedback Loop

22. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue Showing ProgressOverDelivering Value

23. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue My part is doneOverTeam is done

24. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue Individual UtilizationOverTeam Throughput

25. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue SpecializationOverGeneralization

26. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3 Potential Sin Virtue Stories Over Strategy

27. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue TasksOverStories

28. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue I want it all (Gluttony)Over Minimum Viable Product

29. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue BucketsOverFilters

30. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue Listening to CustomersOver Learning what they really need

31. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue I know what they needOver Validating hypothesis

32. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue Following ordersOver Understanding Why

33. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #4 Potential Sin Virtue Crap Over Craftsmanship

34. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #4: Crap over Craftsmanship Potential SinVirtue Almost doneOverReally done

35. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #4: Crap over Craftsmanship Potential SinVirtue VelocityOverQuality

36. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #4: Crap over Craftsmanship Potential SinVirtue Testing quality inOverBuilding quality in

37. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #4: Crap over Craftsmanship Potential SinVirtue Technical debt is evilOver Technical debt is debt

38. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #4: Crap over Craftsmanship Potential SinVirtue Cost of CrapOverCost of Delay

39. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #5 Potential Sin Virtue Iterations Over Releases

40. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #5: Iterations over Releases Potential SinVirtue Potentially Shippable Increments (PSIs)OverReleases

41. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #5: Iterations over Releases Potential SinVirtue CommitmentOverFocus

42. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #5: Iterations over Releases Potential SinVirtue Time boxesOverValue

43. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #5: Iterations over Releases Potential SinVirtue Capacity planningOverVelocity planning

44. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6 Potential Sin Virtue Illusion Over Reality

45. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6: Illusion over Reality Potential SinVirtue Gross velocityOverNet velocity Velocity Scope Creep

46. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6: Illusion over Reality Potential SinVirtue Unpointed storiesOverBest estimate

47. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6: Illusion over Reality Potential SinVirtue VelocityOverQuality

48. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6: Illusion over Reality Potential SinVirtue EstimationOverForecasting Velocity Scope Creep

49. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6: Illusion over Reality Potential SinVirtue MicroestimationOverMacroestimation

50. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #6: Illusion over Reality Potential SinVirtue Vanity metricsOverDecision metrics

51. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7 Potential SinVirtue Organizational Hacks Over Leadership

52. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7: Organizational Hacks over Leadership Potential SinVirtue MicromanagementOverMacromanagement

53. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7: Organizational Hacks over Leadership Potential SinVirtue Controlling inputsOver Controlling outputs/outcomes Micromanagement Agile Leadership Outputs

54. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7: Organizational Hacks over Leadership Potential SinVirtue Taking sidesOver Serving the whole team

55. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7: Organizational Hacks over Leadership Potential SinVirtue MeetingsOver Actions & Resolutions

56. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #7: Organizational Hacks over Leadership Potential SinVirtue CertificationOverQualification

57. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. The Sinner Summary Processes and ToolsOverIndividuals and Interactions StatusOverFlow StoriesOverStrategy CrapOverCraftsmanship IterationsOverReleases IllusionOverReality Organizational HacksOverLeadership

58. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. The path to Ri Do try this at home or with your team, just not all at once Use Retrospectives Improve Incrementally 1-2 Items Ask for Coaching

59. Thank you! Questions?

60. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue TautologyOverCommon Sense

61. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #2: Status over Flow Potential SinVirtue Over-PlanningOver Barely Sufficient Planning

62. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue EfficiencyOverEffectiveness

63. © 2012 IHS No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, reused, or otherwise distributed in any form without prior written consent. Potential Sin #3: Stories over Strategy Potential SinVirtue OutputsOverOutcomes