Deadlinesare

Killing Agile

Neil Killick@neil_killick neilkillick.com

Deadlines vs Deadlines

Prioritisation vs Execution

Bliss, Ive got 6 months til the deadline!

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Execs: We need to be more efficient! Get it all done!

Deadlines derived from schedule so that all important work

will get done

Managers push all scheduled work (and Deadlines) on their agile teams

Too much work in flight, leading to slow delivery and poor quality

Managers lock schedule to increase efficiency of teams with asynchronous dependencies

Deadlines missed, stakeholders pissed off, Agile is chaos! Cycle of

doom

Replace schedule tension with value tension

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Why didnt we deliver what we planned?

How could we have delivered more value?

Use date as a prioritisation parameter

Not an execution one

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Avoid big batch, DEADLINES-drivenCycle of doom!

Short iterations (value tension) > DEADLINES Invest in infrastructure and culture to allow small,

frequent releases - PROPER AGILE! Prioritise by value - If you have Deadlines, consider

time criticality

Dont let DEADLINES kill your Agile