effective specifications for agile teams
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Effective specification for agile teams
Donna [email protected]
Sponsored by….Sponsored by….
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]
Sponsored by….
Gojko Adzichttp://gojko.net [email protected]@gojkoadzic
http://acceptancetesting.info