Agile Adoption Patterns: A Roadmap to Organizational Success
by Amr Elssamadisy
Learning is the bottleneck
Learning the bottleneck of software engineering. Agile teams succeed by accelerating the learning process by using Cycle processes.
The Learning Cycle - Iterations - Set a goal, Perform an action to achieve a goal, Compare the outcomes of the action to the original goal, change the action and repeat as needed.
Examples: Test-first, daily cycle, iteration, demo, management tests, scrum, etc.
Loops are nested within each other: i.e. test driven development iterations, within requirements development iterations.
Learning cycle is not sufficent - Communication is key:
Communication methods: Self-organizing team, co-located team, cross-functional team, pair programming, information radiators (i.e. charts and wall posters), evocative documents, stand-up meetings.