Siddharta Govindaraj

siddharta@silverstripesoftware.com

A Startup Journey

Evolving from ad-hoc to agile to kanban

1. Ad-hoc to Agile

Extreme ProgrammingExtreme Programming

Scrum

Feature Driven Development

Crystal Clear

What went well?

Delivered Software Incrementally

Good Cultural Fit

Mistakes

Not Enough Feedback

Not Looking End To End

Not Talking To The End User

(The person who pays is not the end user!)

Not Limiting Work In Progress

Too Many Projects!!

Not Enough Feedback

Not Looking End To End

Not Talking To The End User

Not Limiting Work In Progress

Too Many Projects!!

1. Agile to Kanban

Sprint Planning Was Broken

Velocity Was Meaningless For Us

(What is it anyway?)

Getting Rid Of Iterations

Decoupling Releases

(and other events)

Setting WIP Limits

(enabler to pull & stop-the-line)

Lead & Cycle Time

Cross-Pairing

Team Centric Model

Sprint Planning Was Broken

Velocity Was Meaningless For Us

Getting Rid Of Iterations

Decoupling Releases

Setting WIP Limits

Lead & Cycle Time

Cross-Pairing

Team Centric Model

Agile + Kanban

Agile + Kanban

Self OrganisationEmpowered Teams

Engineering Practices

Agile + Kanban

Flow, Limit WIP, PullEliminate Wasteful ActivitiesLook At The Whole Picture

Questions?

Siddharta Govindaraj

siddharta@silverstripesoftware.com