Why Devs Hate Agile and What to do About It

Featuring Allan Kelly

The current success of Agile is based on theft. Agile was stolen from developers and is now imposed back. No wonder developers roll their eyes when Agile is mentioned!

Conway's Law & Reverse Conway's Law - How to avoid being caught by it and how to turn it to your advantage

Featuring Allan Kelly

Conway's Law states that system designs and structure mirrors organizational design and structure. For legacy systems reverse Conway's Law leads to organizations which mirror the system structure.

The world is full of people who neither know Conway's Law or understand the...

# Agile Contract Options

Featuring Allan Kelly

We're all Agile now, its just the other guy who is holding us back. Sometimes that other guy is the client, they and they have some decidedly unAgile ideas about the contract we should sign. Worse the other guy is sometimes our own sales team who can't even offer clients an Agile...

Does Agile work outside of software?

Featuring Allan Kelly

Agile is most closely associated with software development, Agile software development to be precise. Thats enough to put people off right there and then. But for those who listen long enough invariably ask the big question: "Does Agile work outside of software?"

In fact the "Does...

Beyond Projects - why projects are wrong and what to do instead

Featuring Allan Kelly

Experiencing higher costs and dead software? Missing out on business opportunities? Then join Allan Kelly who will be going through beyond projects, examining the project model and show how it does not match software development.

Xanpan - not a methodology, a personal take on agile

Featuring Allan Kelly

Allan Kelly believes that every team should create their own methodology. And to prove it he has mixed Kanban and Extreme Programming, folded in some product management, and a cup of Economics and a pinch of of extra Lean thinking.

Is there a role for Project Managers and Business Analysts on Agile?

Featuring Allan Kelly

In this session Allan Kelly will attempt to untangle conundrums, answer many questions and more.

Business Analyst, Product Owner, Product Manager, Spy!

Featuring Allan Kelly

Despite some exuberant claims from Agilists and tool vendors, the requirements side of software development is alive and well. Reports of the death of business analysis seem exaggerated. But the role is changing.

The What and Why of Agile

Featuring Allan Kelly

In this talk Allan Kelly sets out to answer the questions "What is Agile?", "Why is Agile beneficial?" and "How might a team start to adopt Agile". Armed with the answers to these questions Allan will to show why large organizations are using it, and why the UK...

Business Patterns for Software Development

Featuring Allan Kelly

This is a launch party for Allan Kelly's new book Business Patterns for Software Development, and Allan Kelly will be giving a short talk on the subject

Dialogue Sheets, a new tool for retrospectives

Featuring Allan Kelly

Retrospectives are a key tool in the Agile toolkit. But, they aren't easy. Allan Kelly has created a series of Retrospective Dialogue Sheets, a new tool to inject some fun and variety into retrospectives. This is a hands on session, everyone will get a go at undertaking a simulated...

Agile Cornwall case study: How the EU is helping Cornish companies get Agile

Featuring Allan Kelly

With this case study, Allan Kelly looks at how the Agile adoption programme came to be, what the companies did to get Agile, and the lessons have been learned from introducing Agile to more than 10 companies.

What does it take to be an Agile company?

Featuring Allan Kelly

Everyone wants to be Agile, or so it seems. But what does that mean? What does the Agile company do that others don't? In this talk Allan Kelly considers what it means to be Agile and what you need to do to be an Agile company, rather than a company which just follows an Agile method

Dialogue Sheets, a new tool for retrospectives

Featuring Allan Kelly

In this hands on session, Allan Kelly engages participants in a simulated retrospective based on a dialogue sheet. You and will learn what a dialogue sheet is, how to use one, and find some new ways to improve your work.

97 Things Every Programmer Should Know

Featuring Allan Kelly

In this ACCU session, Alan Kelly gives his ideas from the recent book "97 Things Every Programmer Should Know".

Why quality must come first

Featuring Allan Kelly

There is quality you don't need and then there is quality you most definitely do need. Gold plating is decidedly unAgile but eliminating rework is essential.

Return to Requirements (in an Agile way)

Featuring Allan Kelly

Agile software development is great at delivering software but doesn't always pay enough attention to what the customer actually wants, needs and values. Sure there is a Product Owner or Customer role - but how often can you get a real customer?

Objective Agility: What does it take to be an Agile company

Featuring Allan Kelly

Everyone wants to be Agile, or so it seems. But what does that mean? What does the Agile company do that others don't? There is more to being an Agile company than doing Scrum. In this talk Allan Kelly will consider what it means to be Agile and what you need to do to be an Agile company,...

The Business Analyst's role on Agile projects

Featuring Allan Kelly

Allan Kelly will examine the role of BA and Product Owner in Agile teams and during the transition to Agile development. Using examples and research the session will look at: where the BA fits in; the challenges for a BA in an Agile team; when the BA should take a backseat and how less can lead...