Comments on: Agile in the enterprise: don’t try to steer the supertanker http://www.kerrybuckley.org/2006/12/28/agile-in-the-enterprise-dont-try-to-steer-the-supertanker/ What's the simplest thing that could possibly go wrong? Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:30:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kerry http://www.kerrybuckley.org/2006/12/28/agile-in-the-enterprise-dont-try-to-steer-the-supertanker/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Kerry Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:16:13 +0000 http://www.kerrybuckley.com/2006/12/28/agile-in-the-enterprise-dont-try-to-steer-the-supertanker/#comment-92 <blockquote>How does agile work in an offshore context?</blockquote> My gut feeling is that the best chance of making it work (assuming you're talking about outsourcing to a separate company, rather than a distributed team within an organisation) is to offshore a project completely, leaving the client organisation to purely take the role of customer. If you start hanging on to the project management (or worse, the system design) it tends to reduce the agility of the overall team. It's not something I have all that much experience of though. For the opinions of someone who actually knows what he's talking about, have a look at <a href="http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/agileOffshore.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Martin Fowler's article</a> on the subject.

How does agile work in an offshore context?

My gut feeling is that the best chance of making it work (assuming you’re talking about outsourcing to a separate company, rather than a distributed team within an organisation) is to offshore a project completely, leaving the client organisation to purely take the role of customer. If you start hanging on to the project management (or worse, the system design) it tends to reduce the agility of the overall team.

It’s not something I have all that much experience of though. For the opinions of someone who actually knows what he’s talking about, have a look at Martin Fowler’s article on the subject.

]]> By: Dave http://www.kerrybuckley.org/2006/12/28/agile-in-the-enterprise-dont-try-to-steer-the-supertanker/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Dave Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:01:24 +0000 http://www.kerrybuckley.com/2006/12/28/agile-in-the-enterprise-dont-try-to-steer-the-supertanker/#comment-90 You said: "Personally, the lifeboat I was in until Christmas now has a new crew and is sailing under a flag of convenience out of Mumbai." Many others too I guess. How does agile work in an offshore context? You said: “Personally, the lifeboat I was in until Christmas now has a new crew and is sailing under a flag of convenience out of Mumbai.” Many others too I guess. How does agile work in an offshore context?

]]> By: refactr Blog Archive » Analogy watchtower: The enterprise as a supertanker http://www.kerrybuckley.org/2006/12/28/agile-in-the-enterprise-dont-try-to-steer-the-supertanker/comment-page-1/#comment-89 refactr Blog Archive » Analogy watchtower: The enterprise as a supertanker Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:46:36 +0000 http://www.kerrybuckley.com/2006/12/28/agile-in-the-enterprise-dont-try-to-steer-the-supertanker/#comment-89 [...] Kerry Buckley wrote a great post that made me laugh and think. When people talk about large organisations making major changes to their core processes or values, sooner or later someone will compare the process to steering a supertanker – if you turn the wheel now, you’ll have travelled quite a distance before there’s any noticable change in course. [...] [...] Kerry Buckley wrote a great post that made me laugh and think. When people talk about large organisations making major changes to their core processes or values, sooner or later someone will compare the process to steering a supertanker – if you turn the wheel now, you’ll have travelled quite a distance before there’s any noticable change in course. [...]

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