An introduction to Red Hat's Agile Practice

1. Agile
An Introduction To Red Hat Consulting’s Agile Practice

2. Construction
If Real Estate Developers Employed The Same Practices
As Software Developers,
Manhattan Island Would Remain Incomplete

3. waste
According to analysts, global IT spending in
2010 was approximately $10 trillion.
But nearly 70% of IT projects fail, and nearly
50% of IT work is unplanned work or rework.
If we conservatively estimate that 20% of IT
work is wasted, that’s $2 trillion of value each
year that we’re letting slip through our fingers.
Source: Gene Kim - IT Revolution Manifesto

4. Empirical
Henry L. Gantt, a management consultant
Defined the “Gantt Chart” in 1910

5. inspection
Regular Inspection Of The Work Product
Is The Pinnacle Means Of Measuring Progress

6. iterative
Iterative Development Is Required
To Reduce Risk and Adapt To Change

7. Productivity
Productivity Requires Motivated
and Empowered Teams

8. collaboration
Mutual Accountability Is Required
For Effective Teams

9. transparency
Automated Tests and Life-Cycle Management
Provide The Means To Report and Measure Progress

10. Change
Keeping Pace With Change
Requires Disciplined Process Control

11. innovation
Innovation Requires Experimentation

12. risk
Risk Must Be Managed Through Ongoing Tests
Involving Stakeholder Review Of Work Product

13. improvement
Continuous Improvement Requires
Customer-Driven Design

14. Done
Customer Delight
Is The True Definition Of Done

15. Red Hat
Red Hat Consulting’s Mission Is To Enable
Our Client Company’s Effective Use
Of Red Hat Software
Through Agile We…
Increase speed to market,
Sustain high quality,
Reduce risk,
& Embrace change,
at an ever - increasing pace

16. Red Hat
• Agile Adoption Workshops and Coaching
• Project Audits and Score-carding
• Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
• DevOps – Continuous Integration/
Continuous Delivery
• Cloudsourcing – Enabling Hybrid Onshore/
Offshore Teams