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Why agile is not good...Why agile is not good...

by Krzysztof Daniel

...for your company?

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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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)he company)he company

*ight timing

+)oo, many customers to serve

Astonishing gro-th +"/0"1employees in 234 year,

Highlysuccessful

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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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5roblems5roblems

Bugs.

2ngoing support.

&ncorrect fi6es.

3o branches% no tags% no versions.

4ven more bugs.

)echnical debt

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Was it avoidable?Was it avoidable?

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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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4volution curve4volution curve

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A value chainA value chainCup of tea

hot-ater

tea

-ater !ettle

po-er

placeto sit

value

... apply evolution a6is

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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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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