Allen Holub is a computer scientist, author, educator, and consultant. He has written extensively on the C, C++, and Java programming languages, and on object-oriented programming in general. Allen is well known for his uncompromising view of agile adoption and in particular the assumption that Scrum is the only agile approach. In the past he has said “Jira is the work of the devil” and “Agile has become a priesthood”. Allen is engagingly forthright in his views. In this episode of The Engineering Room, Dave Farley discusses with Allen the prevailing culture, and often anti-patterns, that lead to problems in agile adoption, and between them, they explore some of the ideas that really matter in becoming genuinely agile, as a practical way to more effective software development. ___________________________________________________ 🙏The Engineering Room series is SPONSORED BY EQUAL EXPERTS Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also from Dave: 🎓 CD TRAINING COURSES If you want to learn Continuous Delivery and DevOps skills, check out Dave Farley's courses ➡️ https://bit.ly/DFTraining 📧 Get a FREE guide "How to Organise Software Teams" by Dave Farley when you join our CD MAIL LIST 📧 The best way to keep in touch with the latest discussions, events and new training courses, get FREE guides and exclusive offers. ➡️ https://www.subscribepage.com/organise-teams-guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ➡️ Links: Allen Holub's Website ➡️ https://holub.com/ Allen Holub's Heuristics ➡️ https://holub.com/heuristics/ The Agile Manifesto ➡️ https://agilemanifesto.org/ Westrum Model of Organizational Culture ➡️ https://bit.ly/3QaK8bE Mike Rother Describing the Toyota Kata ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l68cFskC7Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📚 BOOKS: 📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is now available here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelines 📖 The award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx 📖 The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World, David Deutsch ➡️ https://amzn.to/2MrOEqA 📖 Toyota Kata, by Mike Rother ➡️ https://amzn.to/3vrh4V2 📖 Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us, Dan Pink ➡️ https://amzn.to/3OGSXbS NOTE: If you click on one of these Amazon Affiliate links and buy the book, Continuous Delivery Ltd. will get a small fee for the recommendation with NO increase in cost to you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTERS: 00:00 Welcome to The Engineering Room 01:00 Agile is Broken 03:42 Scrum is 'Mostly' Harmless 08:53 It's a Business Decision 11:00 I'm an Agilista! 12:35 Get Better Estimates v Get Things Done 15:15 Making Change in Big Biz 19:40 Individuals and Interactions: How Much Fun Are You Having? 21:25 Abuse of Accelerate Metrics 24:50 Throughput, Stability and Value 28:45 Lean-Thinking & Kanban 30:40 New Book about What Doesn't Work, and Why 32:10 Twitter 35:25 How to Be Opinionated 38:20 Focus on One Problem - Try One Thing 40:45 The Toyota Thing 45:30 The Agile Manifesto & Allen's Heuristics 48:45 Not Data Driven?! 53:50 SW Dev Needs Smart and Motivated People 55:00 Culture & Performance 58:40 Recruiting People You Can Work With 1:03:20 Learning & Relevant Skills 1:08:30 Advice from 2 Grumpy Old Men :-) 1:11:45 Wrap Up