10 Tips for Distributed Agile Success

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This presentation gives 10 tips for doing Agile Distributed Development, based on our experience of doing it globally for a number of years.

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Distributed Agile

10 Tips for Success

Why Agile?

“88% of executives cite organisational agility as key to global success.” “50% say that agility is not only important, but a core differentiator.”

Agile businesses have 29% higher earnings per share.

Why distributed Agile?

Distributed Challenges

1. Don’t do distributed Agile!

10 Point Checklist

2. Start with a team

that ‘gets’ Agile

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3. Start co-located for a few weeks

3. Start co-located for a few

weeks

4. Rotate people through locations

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5. Attempt similar time

zones

6. Tools are essential to

success

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7. Have a ‘good’ I.M. in each location

7. Have a good IM at each location

8. Structure teams to the

work

9. Do Continuous Risk

Management

10. Continuously Improve!

Summary… It can be done…

Revamp HP LaserJet software across product line5% to 40% innovation Cycle time from 2 months to 1 dayReduced development costs by 40%Enterprise Agile planning & prioritization400 people, distributed Complex and fast changing market 3 years for transformationStarted with CI & CD!