Gain insights into applying Agile methods in large projects and teams. Explore challenges, best practices, and strategies to secure organizational buy-in for successful implementation.

Agile methods allow us to handle rapidly changing requirements, typical in most software projects. These methods are conventionally used for small teams and software projects. However, in this course, you will learn how to effectively apply Agile methods to large software projects and large teams.

You’ll start with a recap of the Agile Manifesto, followed by a description of the common challenges associated with Agile methods in the context of large software projects. You’ll learn how Agile approaches have been applied to build responsibility. Next, you’ll learn about approaches to apply Agile methods in the processes. You will then learn best practices for applying Agile methods such as software testing, and software architecture. 

This course provides insights into successful and unsuccessful approaches to introducing agility to teams, processes, and technology aspects of large projects. It also teaches strategies to secure organizational buy-in for agility in the context of large projects and teams.

Applying Agile Methods to Large Teams and Projects

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Really large teams require really short cycles. The problem is that if this tanker we call software development cruises in the wrong direction, after a while it is almost impossible to change course. The course of the tanker needs to be constantly monitored, which is only possible through obtaining quick feedback. The feedback will always have an impact on the plan. Therefore, an agile approach is planning-driven instead of plan-driven. Or, as Eisenhower once stated, "A plan is nothing; planning is everything."

Integration is one of the most challenging topics, organizationally and technically, when developing with a large team. We should always work on smoothing out the integration process by balancing the effort it takes to set up a perfect integration environment and the benefit we will get out of it. Only this will allow us to get quick feedback on a running system.

An agile process will always change over time to give the best possible support for project development. This means that whenever an agile process is explained in detail, it is only a snapshot of the process. The agility of the process allows us to constantly adapt the process to new circumstances. Therefore, essence of agile processes is that we look at how the system behaves under real-life circumstances and adjust it accordingly. These adjustments are mainly based on the results of retrospectives, so the project members are the ones shaping the process.

Let’s review what we've learned so far.


Chapter Wrap Up

Let’s review what we've learned so far.

Introduction to the Course

Agility and Largeness

Dealing with Large Teams

Dealing with the Process

Dealing with the Technology

Dealing with the Company

Putting It All Together: A Project Report (Case Study)

Final Thoughts

Chapter Wrap Up

Summary