Agile In

Action
Why do projects
fail?
Waterfall
B-DUF
Cowboy Coding
N-DUF
Agile
E-DUF
Project Variables
Process Driven Value Driven
Agile Drawbacks

Can get ot of control !if yo brea" the rles#

Can be difficlt to scale

$e%ires sers to flly engage and be disciplined

$e%ires a &no bla'e( cltre

Can be difficlt to esti'ate costs

$e%ires faith
Agile Benefts

Deli)ers real bsiness benefits not nnecessary flff

Deeply in)ol)es sers in the de)elop'ent process

Users feel in)ol)ed and e'powered

*i)es )isibility of wor"ing prototypes early

$ecei)e ser feedbac" early

$edces software testing and defects

$edces nnecessary processes and doc'entation

+essens 'anage'ent o)erhead

Deli)ers on ti'e,
Our use of Agile
History of DSDM

-tarted early .//0s

$eaction to $apid 1pplication De)elop'ent !$1D#

Unstrctred processes across organisations

D-D2 Consorti' fonded .//3

4nitiated by ble chip organisations inclding5

British 1irways

1'erican E6press

7racle

+ogica

Data -ciences

1llied Do'ec%

First )ersion pblished Febrary .//8

History of S!"M

Described in ./9: by ;irota"a <a"echi and 4"jiro Nona"a

Called the &;olistic( or &$gby( approach

Whole process perfor'ed by one 'lti-fnctional tea'

By .//. beca'e "nown as -C$U2

4n .//8 first for'al presentations and wor"shops

for'alising 'ethodology

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Our use of Agile
# Princi$als
1. Focs on the bsiness need
2. Deli)er on ti'e
3. Collaborate
4. Ne)er co'pro'ise %ality
5. Bild incre'entally fro' fir' fondations
6. De)elop iterati)ely
7. Co''nicate continosly and clearly
8. De'onstrate control

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Project !oles

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Project %ifecycle
Project %ifecycle
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!e&uire'ents
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;elps to deter'ine project )elocity

Costs can be esti'ated based on points and )elocity

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MoSo* Prioritisation
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C - C7U+D ha)e this if it does not affect anything else
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Daily Stan)/u$s
Daily Stan)/u$s
.A What did yo do yesterday?
>A What are yo going to do today?
CA What(s stopping yo fro' achie)ing this?

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