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3 & 4 October, 2013
Paris, France
How combining agility and lean
increases velocity?
From theory to practice
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Back to 2011: Theodo is a promising twelve people software
development company
Theodo in 2011
12
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Theodo is growing… and is facing 3 big problems
People are leaving
Techically strong
2x
¼ of the team
Coincidence?
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Theodo is growing… and is facing 3 big problems
Clients are unhappy
No flexibility
Frustration
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Theodo is growing… and is facing 3 big problems
Operating margin is too low
Extra time
No Budget
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Back to basics: a service company should make its clients
happier
The problem we chose to pick
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We consider different hypothesis trying to find the cause of our
problem
A set of hypothesis
1. Is our technical team good enough?
2. Is our development methodology efficient enough?
3. Do we develop the right features to make our
clients happy?
4. Do we invest enough in nurturing our relationship
with our customers?
5. Are we too expensive?
6. Do we select the proper clients?
7. Are we in the right market?
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And pick one: is our development methodology efficient
enough?
The cause of our problem
1. Is our technical team good enough?
2. Is our development methodology efficient enough?
3. Do we develop the right features to make our
clients happy?
4. Do we invest enough in nurturing our relationship
with our customers?
5. Are we too expensive?
6. Do we select the proper clients?
7. Are we in the right market?
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What do the web leaders do to develop great softwares?
The web leaders software development methodology
Agility
Scrum
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We give agile methodology a try on a new project: Suivi+ Mobile
This is a complete disaster
Development times
x 3
Developed Features
=
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Though we implemented every artifacts of Scrum
The Scrum methodology
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The Scrum Guide urge the product owner to get involved
Quote from the Scrum Guide about Product Owner’s responsibility
“For the Product Owner to succeed,
the entire organization must respect
his or her decisions”
PO = Theodo developer
Client = “I don’t have time”
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How can we involve our client in his project?
A new set of hypothesis
1. De we have to better explain the benefits of Scrum to
our clients?
2. De we work on the right projects?
3. De we work with the right clients?
4. Are we expensive enough? Maybe the budget is not
important enough to make our clients involved
5. Does the fixed price contract create enough incentives
for our client to get involved?
6. De we need a project leader after all?
7. Is actually this Scrum thing just hippy stuff?
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We tried to investigate the hypothesis number 5
The cause of our problem
1. De we have to better explain the benefits of Scrum to
our clients?
2. De we work on the right projects?
3. De we work with the right clients?
4. Are we expensive enough? Maybe the budget is not
important enough to make our clients involved
5. Does the fixed price contract create enough incentives
for our client to get involved?
6. De we need a project leader after all?
7. Is actually this Scrum thing just hippy stuff?
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Web leaders rely on their own internal teams
We look again at the web leaders’ model
Technical teams are employees
Time = money
Productivity
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In our organization the price is fixed
Theodo project organization
Fixed price model
1 week to get
feedbacks
3 month to get
proper validation
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Of course charging on a time spent basis is harder to sell
Clients are reluctant to uncertainty
Risk averse client
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But we seize the opportunity to combine Scrum with time
based fees on a new project with Autoplanning.fr
The project is a success
Client is involved
Client is happy
No extra time
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However we have hard time selling this new model
Almost every clients prefer the flat fee model
No
Thank
You
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But a drink at the end of the Youcare project challenge our
commercial strategy
Quote from Adrien Falcon
“You are the experts, you should
give no choice to your client but
impose the model that will lead his
project to success
Adrien Falcon - Cofounder Youcare
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But we eventually decided to adopt this model for all new
projects
Theodo turnover
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With astonishing results
Theodo turnover
x3
30%
New
clients
70%
Loyal
clients
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Our clients are satisfied
Client recommendation: a key KPI
99%
ready to recommend Theodo
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Our clients are satisfied because we are fast
Clients testimonials on Theodo speed
What do you think about the velocity of the team?
Excellent
70%
Very good
Good
Ok
Deficient
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
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Three main ingredients make us go fast
Theodo recipe
1/ Light open source technologies
2/ High-potential developers
3/ The Theodo Production System
Lean
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Three main ingredients make us go fast
Theodo recipe
1/ Light open source technologies
2/ High-potential developers
3/ The Theodo Production System
Lean
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Boards are a simple yet very powerful tool
The power of board
Cutting-edge
technology
concrete
open
Face to face
communication
Immediate
feedback
Non-verbal
communication
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Let’s take a look at a specific board
The BTP Consultant Board
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Burndown charts enables to raise and address issues fast
An on-going burndown chart of the BTP Consultant project
« We are late »
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They identified that a lot of tickets were to be validated
The cause of the problem
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Burndown charts enables to raise and address issues fast
The burndown chart at the end of the sprint
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But the burndown chart does not tell what clients think
The Theodo questionnaire
Velocity?
Coaching
Relevancy?
Standard
8/10
Client’s voice
is the real
indicator for
success
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I showed it to Antoine Contal who made a relevant comment
Antoine Contal statement
I can’t see it
on the board
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The Theodo Questionnaire has to be communicated to the whole team
The Theodo questionnaire is pinned on the board
That’s better
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It appears to be a very stimulating tool for the development team
Valentin Brajon testimonial
It motivates us
to go faster
That’s better
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Theodo is growing so we hire people
Theodo recruitment campaign
A new
every 2 weeks
50% of
were not there last year
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Scrum dojo is the key to sustain growth
A Scrum dojo session
Practice agility
On real projects
Improving quality of
boards
In a workshop
Increasing
transparency
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Scrum Dojo helped us find ingredients of Theodo success
Elements that was created after Scrum Dojo
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Boards became so efficient that we now use them for
everything at Theodo
The different Theodo boards
Project board
Sales Board
Hiring Board
Strategy board
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Theodo growth relies on three main points
Theodo key success factors
Between clients and the
development team
Scrum + Lean
Respect for
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Questions ?
benoitcl@theodo.fr
+33 6 62 81 95 50
www.theodo.fr
Thank you
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Points are virtual money that can be converted into real one to
celebrate the end of the project
The team project bonus
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