Re: Agile coming to our shop (supposedly)

I know, I get that quite a bit. But in reality once the benefits are
shown, and we get the organization to give it a real try, it usually will
transform not only IT but the whole organization in how it does business.
The trick it to get them to try it.......

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

1) Object oriented design techniques tend to work best in this

environment.

Waterfall and the other development processes just are not built for

Agile

development. Don't confuse Object Oriented Design with Object Oriented
Development. While they can work together they don't have to.

This is a diehard waterfall shop.

3) The teams are the key, if they are formed correctly then it'll work, if

not it's a failure from the starting gun. You want teams that include
power
users, developers, and management. The last one is key, Management.

They

have to step up and take responsibility for the team's actions while
allowing the team to work its own way without "guidance" from the
manager.

Here? <laughs uncontrollably> When. Pigs. Fly.

O.k. TBH, I've only heard our direct IT manager mention this. I suspect
that, if our "business" managers have actually been presented with the
Agile idea, they probably never heard or understood your point #3. IT
manager: "Agile is a methodology to increase productivity and lower costs.
It..." Business managers: "Great. Do it."

- Dan
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