Quick Glance At: Agile Anti-Patterns

by David Tanzer

When companies introduce agile methodologies - like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, ... - they often face problems. In this book, you will learn... How to spot and recognize problems and anti-patterns in your team / organization. How those anti-patterns usually start and which root-causes they have. Vocabulary, so you can discuss the anti-patterns with your colleagues and managers. Possible solutions and ideas to improve your situation. You will learn about 9 anti-patterns agile companies often face, how they often start, their root causes and ideas for solving them: Agile Theater - When companies pretend to be "agile", but most things still work like in a traditional company. Feature Factory - When "Agile" is only seen as a way to increase efficiency. Product Backlog Bankruptcy - When your backlog becomes unmanagably big and this causes delays and other problems. Architecture Madness - When architecture and software design slowly gets worse over time. Team Backlog - When there are improvements that your team wants to implement, but they just never have time. Burnout by 1000 Baby Steps - When agile tools are used to micro-manage people and teams. Collaboration Friction - When working together with other teams and departments does not work anymore. Tailoring Agile - When companies want to change Scrum or Kanban or SAFe before even trying it. Because they Said So - When your company blindly copies practices of other companies.

125 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 1, 2018

Reviews

[Pablo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imprescindible para todo el que quiera ser "ágil": empresas, managers, desarrolladores...
Todos los patrones nos suenan o nos han sonado en alguna ocasión (o a menudo, o todos los días) a los que hemos estado trabajando en entornos "ágiles" (o que pretendían serlo).
Una buena guía para intentar mejorar nuestro "agilismo".
No requiere de mucho tiempo, se puede leer de una sentada, por lo que no hay excusa para no darle una oportunidad.