Overview of agile values, principles and practices. Agile certifications, and what cool about agile philosophy.

1. Nah Wee Yang
about.me/wynah

2. § Agile
Concepts
&
Principles
§ Agile
Practices
§ What’s
Hot
and
What’s
Cool
§ Open
Discussions

3. Myths
• Customer
knows
exactly
what
they
want
• Developers
know
exactly
how
to
build
it
• Nothing
will
change
along
the
way
Reality
• Customers
discover
what
they
want
when
they
see
it
• Developers
discover
how
to
build
when
they
build
it
• Many
things
change
along
the
way

4. IKIWISII’ll
Know
It
When
I
See
It

5. AGILE
• Agile
is
a
Philosophy
or
Mindset
• Based
on
agile
values,
principles
&
practices
• Agile
Manifesto
– 4
Values
– 12
Principles

6. AGILE CONCEPTS
• Learning
Progression
v first
learn,
then
detach,
and
finally
transcend
• Shu
v Learn
a
technique
that
works
• Ha
v Learn
the
limits
of
the
technique
• Ri
v Shift
techniques
at
any
moment
守
破
離
Alistair Cockburn, Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game, 2nd ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Addison-Wesley, 2007), 24.

7. AGILE MANIFESTO
• Individuals
and
interactions
over
processes
and
tools
• Working
software
over
comprehensive
documentation
• Customer
collaboration
over
contract
negotiation
• Responding
to
change
over
following
a
plan
Values4
http://agilemanifesto.org

8. AGILE MANIFESTO
1. Our
highest
priority
is
to
satisfy
the
customer
through
early
and
continuous
delivery
of
valuable
software
2. Welcome
changing
requirements,
even
late
in
development.
Agile
processes
harness
change
for
the
customer's
competitive
advantage
3. Deliver
working
software
frequently,
from
a
couple
of
weeks
to
a
couple
of
months,
with
a
preference
to
the
shorter
timescale
4. Business
people
and
developers
must
work
together
daily
throughout
the
project
Principles12
http://agilemanifesto.org

9. AGILE MANIFESTO
5. Build
projects
around
motivated
individuals.
Give
them
the
environment
and
support
they
need,
and
trust
them
to
get
the
job
done
6. The
most
efficient
and
effective
method
of
conveying
information
to
and
within
a
development
team
is
face-­‐to-­‐face
conversation
7. Working
software
is
the
primary
measure
of
progress
8. Agile
processes
promote
sustainable
development.
Sponsors,
developers,
and
users
should
be
able
to
maintain
a
constant
pace
indefinitely
Principles12
http://agilemanifesto.org

10. AGILE MANIFESTO
9. Continuous
attention
to
technical
excellence
and
good
design
enhances
agility
10. Simplicity
–
the
art
of
maximizing
the
amount
of
work
not
done
–
is
essential
11. The
best
architectures,
requirements,
and
designs
emerge
from
self-­‐organizing
teams
12. At
regular
intervals,
the
team
reflects
on
how
to
become
more
effective,
then
tunes
and
adjusts
its
behavior
accordingly
Principles12
http://agilemanifesto.org

11. AGILE vs TRADITIONAL

12. AGILE vs TRADITIONAL
• Traditional:
Known
(fixed)
scope;
estimate
time
and
cost
• Agile:
Emerging
(variable)
scope;
fixed
cost
&
time
if
there
is
flexibility
on
scope
priorities

13. § Agile
Practices

14. AGILE PRACTICES
Scrum: Provides an agile project management framework
XP: Focuses on agile engineering practices
Kanban and Lean: Limit work in progress and optimize flow
DSDM: Takes a broader stakeholder perspective on the team
FDD: Focuses on feature delivery
Crystal: Outlines situationally specific solutions

15. § What’s
Hot
and
What’s
Cool

16. WHAT’S HOT
• Professional
Certification
o PMI
Agile
Certified
Practitioner
(PMI-­‐ACP)®
o Agile
Project
Management
(AgilePM™)
o Certified
Scrum…
Master,
Professional,
Developer,
Product
Owner
(CSM,
CSP,
CSD,
CSPO)
• Servant
Leadership
• Disciplined

17. WHAT’S HOT
• PMI-­‐ACP®
Exam
Requirements
Education
General
Project
Experience*
Agile
Project
Experience*
Training
in
Agile
Practices
High
school
diploma
or
equivalent
2,000
hours
(about
12
months)
of
project
team
experience
within
the
last
5
years
1,500
hours
(about
8
months)
of
agile
project
team
or
agile
methodology
experience
within
the
last
3
years
21
hours

18. WHAT’S COOL
• Focus
on
frequent
and
early
delivery
of
Value
• Never
“miss”
the
deadline
again!
• “User
Stories”
instead
of
Specifications
• Whole
Team
• Self-­‐Organized

19. § Open
Discussions

20. Let’s Talk …
AGILE

21. Thank
You
Nah Wee Yang
about.me/wynah