Agile is a method of developing software solutions. Agile software development is one of 5 books in the agile software series under the auspices of the nonprofit agile alliance. Alex blewitt presents the microarchitecture of modern cpus, showing how misaligned data can cause. Alistair cockburn, agile software development, addison wesley professional, 2001. Following are the 4 ways you can work towards making a nonit team agile. Agile teams optimize flow by chopping everything into tiny pieces, concurred peter merel, founder of the xscale alliance, an agile coaching organization. Peter merel, a longtime agile consultant and founder of the xscale alliance, advocates the use of steelthread squads. This process employs the agile software engineering method of. Until such time as there is a communitydriven business agility manifesto, we have adopted the values and principles of the agile manifesto with one minor modification we are uncovering.
A working software engineer, poet and translator for. Targetprocess provides lead developers with a tool for managing software development projects efficiently, in less time. Tng chief scientist peter merel, who has 30 years experience in the industry, is the originator of the xscale productportfolio. It is extremely effective standalone and is also compatible with agileatscale models. Were particularly interested in scaling agile process to address the needs of. Xscale alliance cto transformation leader author of the agile tao. Agile as a word by its own simply means nothing more than merketing term. Peter is australias longest serving agilist and played a part in the formation of the agile alliance. I became a software developing cog in their machine. Find over 22 extreme programming groups with 24659 members near you and meet people in your local community who share your interests. Today, margo and xscale alliance agree that having agile teams in their it. Game of frameworks xscale with peter merel agile uprising. Ppt agile methodologies powerpoint presentation free.
A small number of progressive people adopt agile practices and measure their metrics to prove the productivity benefits. I heard what sounds like an oldstyle command and control hierarchy with agile. Beyond scaling and onto descaling with xscale business. In this session peter merel introduces the first of the agile organization principles, contrasting kodak with apple, and exo with kano, to illustrate. Agile software enabled us to take our technical platform from vision to reality, transforming our ideas from words on a page to a commercial product. So, i started out life as someone who was mainly focused on software delivery. Lean project management groups in australia meetup. Agile summit global online thought leadership event. Exponential return the principles of agile organization 1 of 6.
Beyond scaling and onto descaling with xscale agileamped. Martin and his team of software consultants use objectoriented design. Life is not the life you live, nor mind the thoughts you think. The heart of agile is a fresh look at agile that strips away a lot of. Oh, you thought we were done join brad stokes this week as he sits down with peter merel to discuss his descaling framework xscale.
Alistair cockburn, one of the authors of the agile manifesto. As far as i was concerned, there was very little about agile. Peter merel, founder of xscale alliance, is a wellknown personality from the. About peter is australias longest serving agilist and played a part in the formation of the agile alliance. I havent personally worked in a safe company, but ive read about it and talked to people about it. An agile organization is a pod of dolphins, not a dancing elephant. Investigating the role of architects in scaling agile frameworks. Lets scrape away those decorations for a minute, and get back to the center of agile. Peter has led agile transformations, startups and open source. Find over 40 lean project management groups with 27683 members near you and meet people in your local community who share your interests. Xpsd is the staging area for a san diego based agile consultancy, name not yet determined. How to introduce agile to nonit teams targetprocess.
The tao of extreme programming dragons of mist and wind. With these needed features in mind, i dove into the world of some of the top agile project management software and narrowed down the. He has developed b2c as well as b2b software, for startups as well as. In 2015, peter founded his own company, xscale alliance. What is the biggest problem with the development process safe. Understanding cpu microarchitecture to increase performance. When putting scrum near agile, it has to be stated that scrum is older than the manifesto for agile software development. View peter merel s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Agile software development, principles, patterns, and practices. Project i am on is supposedly agile, and we use jira, user stories and all of the required trappings including a dedicated scrummaster, but this is my first agile project. The point is that creating potentially shippable software isnt sufficient. You may have heard the term agile more frequently these days, especially in the world of it. Agile software development, principles, patterns, and. View peter merel s profile on angellist, the startup and tech network software engineer sydney 2 decades in agile, 3 in software delivery.
Agile software development methods have been used in nondevelopment it infrastructure deployments and migrations. Peter merel chief ecosystem officer xscale alliance linkedin. Hello everyone, welcome to the third xscale alliance webinar on the principles of agile organization. So i have an opinion but take it with a grain of salt. Agile, devops and design thinking how do they relate. Peter merel, xscale alliance cto transformation leader author of the agile tao. Continuous throughput the third principle of agile organization. Xscale doesnt scale agile to the organization but descales the organization to agile. It reminded me of a great post kent beck wrote at the very start of agile, when it was still regarded as. Some of the wider principles of agile software development have. A working software engineer, poet and translator for three decades, peter s current focus is xscale alliance, the linux of the agile world. About methodologies definitions, agile manifesto, metamodel, scope, conceptual. As an enterprise agile coach at cba peter was a valuable support in coaching the team and helping to create an agile culture.
Peter merel extends the agile manifesto to whole organizations to counter bureaucracy. I dont know what agile means anymore dev community. I found peter to be extremely knowledgeable in the field and fearless in providing feedback and encouragement. Agile has become overly decorated, with vocabulary and rules to make your head spin. It recognizes the agile manifesto principles for software development and. Investigating the role of architects in scaling agile. Though agile is a framework, organizations are enforcing. Agile software development is more than practices such as pair programming, testdriven development, standups, planning sessions and sprints. Agile in the context of agile software delivery a set of adaptive methods to deliver software based solutions based. Targetprocess is software built specifically to help midsize and large enterprises implement the scaled agile framework across the entire organization and adopt leanagile principles at.
Margo signs a strategic partnership with xscale alliance margo. I read alistair cockburns heart of agile blog this morning and found it very compelling. Bringing agility to the cultural development of an organization. Descaling manifesto, cultivating ownershipfood for agile. We needed a tool that could support the agile delivery model. Peter merel chief ecosystem officer xscale alliance. Agile trends, throughput, highperformance teams and.