Agile Development @ Landmark
Todd Little
Sr. Development Manager
Landmark Software and Services
Reservoir /
Fluid data
Production data
Seismic data
Structural /
Stratigraphic data
Velocity data
Common Model
Representation
Well data
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Development Sites in Houston, Denver and
Calgary
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Plus International Development
Stavanger
Islamabad
New Delhi
Bucharest
Ho Chi Mihn
Chennai
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Our Agile Journey
1998
1999
2000
2001
Agile
Manifesto
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2002
2003
2004
Who says Agilists don’t Document
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Our Agile Journey
1998
1999
2000
2001
Agile
Manifesto
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2002
2003
2004
Our Agile Journey
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
DecisionSpace® Desktop
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Hurricane Rita
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It Depends
Uncertainty: We expect
uncertainty and manage for it
through iterations, anticipation,
and adaptation.
Context: We improve
effectiveness and reliability
through situationally specific
strategies, processes and practices.
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Hurricane Context
Where is it?
Where is it going?
How fast are the winds?
How big is it?
How large are the swells?
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Project Context
Uncertainty
Uncertainty: We expect uncertainty and manage for
it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation.
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Context Leadership Model
Uncertainty
High
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Uncertainty and Complexity
Uncertainty
Complexity
Attribute
Range
Attribute
Range
Market
Mature or New
Team Size
<5 to > 100
Technical
Proven or New
Mission
Critical
Speculative or
Business Critical
# Customers
1 or many
Team Location
Local or
Distributed
Duration
3 months or
2 years
Team Maturity
New or
Experienced
Change
Change control or
Embrace change
Domain Gaps
Gaps or Team of
domain experts
Dependencies
None or Several
Context Leadership Model
High
Bulls
Uncertainty
Colts
Cows
SheepDogs
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Context Leadership Model
Uncertainty
High
Colts
Bulls
Simple, young projects.
Need agility
Tight Teams
Agility to handle uncertainty
Process definition to cope
with complexity
Cows
SheepDogs
Complex, mature market
Need defined interfaces
laissez faire
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Reduce Uncertainty or Complexity
Uncertainty
Complexity
Attribute
Score
Attribute
Score
Market
███
Team Size
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Technical
███
Mission Critical
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# Customers
█████████
Team Location
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Duration
█████████
Team Maturity
███
Change
███
Domain Gaps
███
Dependencies
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Opportunities to Reduce Uncertainty:
Opportunities to Reduce Complexity:
Use proven technologies
Reduce project duration
Collocate the team
Break project into sub-projects
Swiss Stock Exchange
Colts
Bulls
User Interface
The Complete Release
Uncertainty
High
Cows
SheepDogs
Backend
Legacy Products
Low
Low
High
Project Complexity
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Partitioning
Colt
Project
Bull
Program
Cow
Project
SheepDog
Project
Remember: Loose Coupling and Strong Cohesion
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Products Lifecycle Paths
Product Lifecycle
Uncertainty
High
Colts
A
Bulls
Skunks
B
Cows
Dog
Low
Low
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Complexity
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High
Project Leadership Guide
Create
Change
High
Embrace
Change
Deploy
Market
Differentiating
Invent
Ad Hoc
Agile
Eliminate
Change
Control
Change
Offload
Low
Outsource
Low
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Manage
Structured
Mission Critical
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High
Portfolio Management
RAPID Quadrant Assessment
12.0
Colts
Bulls
Uncertainty
Uncertainty
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
Cows
2.0
SheepDogs
0.0
0.0
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10.0
15.0
20.0
Project Complexity
Project Complexity
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25.0
30.0
Scaling with Rally
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Scaling the Agile Enterprise
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Project Dashboard
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Expect a Journey
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Inspect and Adapt
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Technical Excellence over Technical Debt
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Reflections on 10 Years of Agility
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Reflections on 10 Years of Agility
Demand Technical Excellence
Promote Individual Change and Lead Organizational
Change
Organize Knowledge and Promote Education
Maximize Value Creation Across the Entire Process
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Contact
tlittle@lgc.com
www.toddlittleweb.com
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