Why Agile Doesn't Work (for large organizations) • An Interview With Dean Kulaweera

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2020
  • Agile software development is one of the most widely misunderstood concepts in the IT industry. This video starts off with some basic definitions and then we move quickly into answering the following questions.
    • 00:06 - Can you explain what a business analyst is?
    • 01:15 - What is agile?
    • 03:00 - Most organizations are not a good fit for pure agile.
    • 06:48 - Less than 5% of business analyst roles are pure agile.
    • 08:45 - What is "hybrid-agile" and is it effective?
    • 11:25 - Why do companies claim to be pure agile when they're really hybrid-agile?
    • 12:57 - Can you comment on hybrid-agile being used in most organizations?
    • 14:01 - If my team developed software, which methodology do you suggest we use? Agile or Hybrid-agile.
    • 16:29 - What are some of the key challenges in getting developers to move to more of an agile approach?
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ความคิดเห็น • 13

  • @DeanKulaweera
    @DeanKulaweera 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It was fantastic having you on the show Emal! Appreciate your time and all the amazing insights you shared - the viewers loved it and so did I!

  • @tharubh
    @tharubh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent and expect more such

  • @firozmp5757
    @firozmp5757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Scrum does not fit companies other than software firms. But, DSDM is good for non-IT companies as it can be used for both product development and projects management. Example :Scrum can fit into the internal IT team of a bank but not for the entire bank itself. What's your opinion.

    • @BABLOCKS
      @BABLOCKS  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Non-software companies should adopt the agile practices that are a good fit for them without adhereing to SCRUM or any other "brand" of agile for their project execution work.
      For solution maintenance work, it makes sense to adhere to something like SCRUM or KANBAN as long as they can get their release planning in sync with their development cycles.

    • @errrzarrr
      @errrzarrr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doesn't even fit softy firms. Scrum It's total chaos even there.

  • @NavaneethaKrishnanA
    @NavaneethaKrishnanA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Insightful

  • @damndirtyape1363
    @damndirtyape1363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Having worked with both waterfall as Dev/Sys Analyst/BA; “agile” as BA, definitely predictive is suited (at least my preference). Waterfall I feel is more realistic in terms of timeframes and managing expectations on customer stakeholders as agile tends to be ‘chaos’ as described in the video with the idea of agile providing ‘more features in less time’ from the customer. Good topic - where can we find the full discussion?

    • @errrzarrr
      @errrzarrr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are absolutely right

  • @melaD333
    @melaD333 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m no expert but am involved in a major project that they are using Scrum - which seems unwise in my opinion. Two week sprints are kinda ridiculous- it makes the process very short-sighted and I’ve seen them put off things that need to be done because they will take more than two weeks. So they focus on the tasks they can achieve in 2 weeks .. not great.
    Why would any company push to follow pure Agile if it doesn’t really work for them? Just to say they do Agile? Kinda silly.

    • @BABLOCKS
      @BABLOCKS  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Melissa, Agile typically gets sold to management, who often don't understand Software development. They build up unrealistic expectations from the sales material they are presented with. Most people in the organization are unwilling to speak up about those expectations being unrealistic, and just do their best to conform, often leaving the organization much worse off than they were before they went agile.

    • @melaD333
      @melaD333 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BABLOCKS thanks for the lighting-fast reply! Sounds about right!

    • @errrzarrr
      @errrzarrr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are right. You have to take into account the recurring meetings and 'ceremonies' that happen in Scrum. So, In fact, it is even less than 2-weeks effectively. Sprints are around 1.5 weeks of effective work.