Distributed Agile Development (Pecha Kucha) By Aviram Eisenberg @ AgileIL12 http://agilesparks.com/PechaKucha2

1. Distributed Agile Development
Aviram Eisenberg, CEO, Ignite

2. Agile and Distributed Development
Agile makes knowledge transfer more
efficient
Agile identify offshore mistakes faster
Agile makes offshore visible
Agile keep offshore teams on track
Yet, Agile practices and offshore practices
contradict!

3. Common Distributed Models
The Remote Team Model
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Scrum Team

4. Common Distributed Models
The PO Proxy Model
Product Owner
PO Proxy
Scrum Master
Scrum Team

5. Common Distributed Models
The Remote R&D Center Model
Product Marketing
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Scrum Team

6. Common Distributed Models
The Conservative Model
Project Manager
Product Owner
Scrum Master
Scrum Team

7. Common Distributed Models
The International Company Model
Product Owner
Scrum Master Scrum Master
Scrum Team Scrum Team

8. Common Distributed Models
The “Don’t” Models
Product Owner Product Owner
Scrum Master Scrum Master
Scrum Team Scrum Team
In almost all models PO is not located near the Scrum team
Decision making is almost always not located near the team

9. Team Structure – co-located Scrum
Product Marketing Product Owner
Graphic Design Copyright/
Usability
Marketing writing
R&D Teams
R&D Teams
R&D Teams
Scrum Teams

10. Team Structure – Distributed Scrum
Keep interfaces simple as possible
Product Marketing Product Owner HL Architect
Graphic Design Usability
Copyright/
Marketing writing
Scrum Master
Scrum Master
Scrum Master
Scrum Team
Scrum Team
Scrum Team

11. It’s ALL about communication
Face to Face -> Video Conf and Skype

12. It’s ALL about communication
face-to-face -> Ambassador exchange program

13. Agile PLM - Visibility

14. Agile PLM – Backlog Management

15. Agile PLM – Task board

16. Agile PLM – Wiki and Forums

17. Agile PLM – Social Stream

18. Cross Functional vs Component Teams
Agile promotes cross functional teams
Distributed development promotes component
ownership
Solution: do both

19. Q&A
Aviram Eisenberg
Ignite
www.igniteso.com
aviram@Igniteso.com