Effective specifications for agile teams

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Effective specification for agile teams

Donna [email protected]

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Gojko Adzichttp://gojko.net [email protected]@gojkoadzic

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/157986473/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mulesafpilot/3513588967

http://www.defenseimagery.mil/assetDetails.action?guid=68cf92e35ce13e6c7c9c066f0b48b6daaa9bf8d8

An experiment with four active battalions in US Army

“Commander expectations matched actions in only 34% of the cases”

L.G.Shattuck, 2000http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/milreview/shattuck.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mataniere/3107073262

The process is very much like a telephone game

How many points are there?

How many points are there?

B2 bomber crashed and $2bn went up in flames

"the aircraft actually performed as it was designed. In other words, all

the systems were functioning normally."

Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Carpenter

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jun05/0,4670,B2Crash,00.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/biolog/3457774800

You can't help a lot when the party is already over...

F-16 design team was asked to do the impossible -

a cheap 2.5 Mach airplane!

“When asked […] why they need Mach 2 - 2.5, the answer was to be able to escape

from combat. Their solution was […] providing acceleration and

maneuverability, not maximum speed.”

http://97-things.near-time.net/wiki/Seek%20the%20value%20in%20requested%20capabilities

Requirements are often given as a solution to an unknown problem!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sylvancatharsis/3783608640/

Effect maps

• Why? What is the desired business change?

• Who are the people that can create desired effects?

• What does the target group want, need, should do?

• How should the product or operation be designed to fulfil that?

Effect Managing IT

Ingrid Ottersten and Mijo Balic

This is a specification:

It is also a test

This as well

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Donna [email protected]

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Gojko Adzichttp://gojko.net [email protected]@gojkoadzic

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