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Why agile is not good...Why agile is not good...
by Krzysztof Daniel
...for your company?
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
About MeAbout Me
A heavy gamer
Chess
Bridge
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Counter stri!e ".#
Business games
$es% & do play a lot of games.All games have one thing
in common. &t is called 'strategy(.
&t is all about not lettingothers to !ic! you ass.
)hings are much more interestingehen you put money on the table.
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I got an interesting job offer recently. There isQA unit to create in one company. I cannot do
this right now, would you be interested?
)his is the story beginning.
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
)he company)he company
*ight timing
+)oo, many customers to serve
Astonishing gro-th +"/0"1employees in 234 year,
Highlysuccessful
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
5roblems?5roblems?
Bugs.
2ngoing support.
&ncorrect fi6es.
3o branches% no tags% no versions.
4ven more bugs.
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)he big problem)he big problem
Big customer
" 6 users
7uite ambitious 89A
A really good negotiator
&t loo!s li!e a pro:ect they didA number of times% but it is
7uite different
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)oo good negotiator)oo good negotiator
;i6ed scope
;i6ed price
;i6ed deadline
Agile
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Developers al-ays finish on time%
given sufficient pressurepressure.
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
5roblems5roblems
Bugs.
2ngoing support.
&ncorrect fi6es.
3o branches% no tags% no versions.
4ven more bugs.
)echnical debt
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
Was it avoidable?Was it avoidable?
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
8ituational a-areness8ituational a-areness
Cup of tea
hot-ater
tea
-ater !ettle
po-er
placeto sit
value
etting a-are >build value chain first
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
4volution curve4volution curve
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
A value chainA value chainCup of tea
hot-ater
tea
-ater !ettle
po-er
placeto sit
value
... apply evolution a6is
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
A Wardley MapA Wardley Map
Cup of tea
hot-ater
tea
-ater!ettle
po-er
placeto sit
value
ubiuity@certainty
outsourcingzone
agile zone+inhouse,
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)he company)he company
e/training
contentdigitalization
a frame-or!
culture
devops
value
ubiuity@certainty
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Krzysztof Daniel, CC-BY-SA
46pectations46pectations
e/training
contentdigitalization
a frame-or!
culture
devops
value
ubiuity@certainty
e/training
8ee the gap bet-een actual +blue,and contracted +red,
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46pectations46pectations
Missing s!ills and !no-ledge.
&mpossible to build in short time.
5rediction failure on the horizon