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The Race to the South Pole:The Power of Agile Development
Presented to IIBA Cincinnati by Richard BrennerPrincipal, Chaco Canyon Consulting
• Value of conventional wisdom declines rapidly as you move into the unknown
• The larger and riskier the project:• The more important is risk management• The less important is conventional wisdom• The more important are the advantages of agile
processes
We can understand the difference in outcomesin terms of the advantages of agile approaches
The Agile Manifesto (briefly)1. Satisfy the customer early and often2. Welcome changing requirements3. Deliver frequently4. Collaborate with the customer5. Support, trust, and focus on highly motivated people6. Face-to-face is best7. Measure progress by what’s working8. Work at a pace sustainable by all9. Value technical excellence and good design10. Simplicity is essential11. Self-organizing teams produce the best results12. Regular reflection is the basis of behavioral advancement
• Travel by ship to Ross Ice Shelf boundary• Land all supplies and build base camp• Preposition supplies at a series of depots• Winter over• Mount assault in Spring• Return by end of Summer
Base Camp Pole
DepotDepot
Depot
The Race to the South Pole:The Power of Agile Development
Presented to IIBA Cincinnati by Richard BrennerPrincipal, Chaco Canyon Consulting
The menuSatisfy the customer early and often• Welcome changing requirements• Deliver frequentlyCollaborate with the customer• Support, trust, and focus on motivated people• Face-to-face is best• Measure progress by what’s working• Work at a pace sustainable by allValue technical excellence and good designSimplicity is essential• Self-organizing teams produce the best results• Regular reflection is the basis of behavioral
advancement
The Race to the South Pole:The Power of Agile Development
Presented to IIBA Cincinnati by Richard BrennerPrincipal, Chaco Canyon Consulting
• Five main benefits• Effective management of customer anxiety• Effective management of executive anxiety• Gather data for strategic corrections• Reduce risk of misunderstandings• Create sense of accomplishment within team
• For Amundsen and Scott, customer anxiety is a non-issue
Scott’s depot journey results• Planned in the week prior to execution
• One main journey prepositioned about one ton of supplies• Some other incidental prepositioning
• Dogs, skiers performed well. Ponies didn’t.• Only one set of pony snowshoes• 7 of 8 ponies lost• Scott refuses to have the others slaughtered
• In distress, Scott orders “One Ton Depot” laid• 24 days to reach 37 miles north of intended 80° latitude• Scott returns via dog sled• Depot marked with a single flag
• All overworked with respect to diet• Low morale, toxic conflict, feeling of failure• Scott likely clinically depressed
• A year in the planning• Three journeys prepositioned three tons of
supplies• First journey: 5 days round trip (80°)• First experience of long trips• Found a route to the top of the “Barrier”• Investigated its surface• Tested equipment: ski, sledges, harnesses,
clothing, tents, sleeping bags
The Race to the South Pole:The Power of Agile Development
Presented to IIBA Cincinnati by Richard BrennerPrincipal, Chaco Canyon Consulting
The menuSatisfy the customer early and often• Welcome changing requirements• Deliver frequentlyCollaborate with the customer• Support, trust, and focus on motivated people• Face-to-face is best• Measure progress by what’s working• Work at a pace sustainable by allValue technical excellence and good designSimplicity is essential• Self-organizing teams produce the best results• Regular reflection is the basis of behavioral
• On the trip South, travel by “day”• Start of day’s march: sun to their left• Noon: sun behind• End of day’s march: sun to their right
• On the return trip North, travel by “night”• Start of night’s march: sun to their left• Midnight: sun behind• End of night’s march: sun to their right
• Advantages• Easier to see old southbound trail, cairns,
The menuSatisfy the customer early and often• Welcome changing requirements• Deliver frequentlyCollaborate with the customer• Support, trust, and focus on motivated people• Face-to-face is best• Measure progress by what’s working• Work at a pace sustainable by allValue technical excellence and good designSimplicity is essential• Self-organizing teams produce the best results• Regular reflection is the basis of behavioral
advancement
The Race to the South Pole:The Power of Agile Development
Presented to IIBA Cincinnati by Richard BrennerPrincipal, Chaco Canyon Consulting
Fram’s iceworthiness• Hull presents very little purchase to enclosing ice• Designed to force ice pressure to lift vessel• Internal structures manage ice pressure
The menuSatisfy the customer early and often• Welcome changing requirements• Deliver frequentlyCollaborate with the customer• Support, trust, and focus on motivated people• Face-to-face is best• Measure progress by what’s working• Work at a pace sustainable by allValue technical excellence and good designSimplicity is essential• Self-organizing teams produce the best results• Regular reflection is the basis of behavioral
Relevant publications• “Managing in Fluid Environments”
• Better Software, September 2011• Deals with adapting to change more rapidly
• “The Psychology and Politics of Technical Debt”• Cutter Business Technology Journal, March 2016• How to get control of technical debt• Download a free copy at: https://c4i.co/159
• “Leading in the Time of Data Breaches”• Cutter Business Technology Journal, August, 2014• Deals with decision-making in cyber security• Download a free copy at: https://c4i.co/wf
• “Creating High-Performance Virtual Teams”• Cutter Business Technology Journal, May 2013• Fourteen recommendations for enhancing performance of virtual
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