from coach to owner - what i learned from the other side
DESCRIPTION
I have been working in the software industry for more than twenty years and for the past ten years I have been a fervent advocate of high quality software, test-first development, lean practices and agile methodologies. I worked as a developer, architect, business analyst, manager and agile coach, and two years ago the unthinkable happened. I became an owner. I decided to build my own product for lean project management called SmartView and doing so presented a set of challenges that I never encountered before. I used to put always methodology first and never budge before a deadline. Now that the money was my own and the timelines seem more daunting I had to grab Agile by the horns and make decisions and sacrifices in order to stay on budget and hit the desired dates. My journey gave me a new perspective on what is key to succeed and what agile means to owners and decision makers. Let me share with you what I learned so far that can help you reach your goals, how to fight the fear of never releasing; and make sure that Agile works for you and not the other way around.TRANSCRIPT
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From Coachto Owner
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Using Agilefrom the Other
Side
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20 years agoI became a senior dev
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15 years agoI became an architect
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10 years agoI became a tech lead
and trainer
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6 years agoI became an Agile coach
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2 years agoTHE
UNTHINKABLE!
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The Smartest tool for lean project management
http://smartviewapp.com
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The story goes...
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Switching to the Other Side
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New concerns
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Never deliver
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Lack of users
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Run out of money
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Sleeping on the couch
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Trust my experience
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Lean on others to narrow gaps
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Building a Great Team
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Experienced professionals
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Self sufficient
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Graphic design from day one
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Quality first
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Adhere to a methodology
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Distributed team
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Lessons
learned
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Search for the best takes time
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But it pays off!
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Tools for team communication are
essential
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Mitigate panic by trusting a process
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Lead by example
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Managing Requirements
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Reality always wins
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Requirements will change
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Spare the details until you are ready
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User Stories
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Placeholder for Conversation
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Fits in a card
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Focus on adding value
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Lessons
learned
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Use the format as a guideline
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When in doubt... write a story for later
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Don’t let acceptance criteria slip
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Make sure you have scenarios
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Lead by example
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Planning Releases
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Avoid status meetings
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Visualize Releases
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Visualize Priorities
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Visualize Progress
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Story Map
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Manage your backlog from the Story Map
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Lessons
learned
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Keep the releases short
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Celebrate each release
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Update expectations often
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Scope creep
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Simplify features in order to hit deadlines
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Listen to your users
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Lead by example
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Delivering Value
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Visualize work status
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Kanban board
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Use scenarios to drive automated testing
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Find your capacity
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Estimate using my team’s velocity
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Get better at it
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Retrospective meetings keep the team
healthy
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Lessons
learned
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Deployment from day one
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Balance between quality and releasing value
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Negotiate scope but keep quality high
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Don’t be afraid of splitting stories
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Review capacity often
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Find bugs before the users do
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Value user experience
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Lead by example
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Succeed as a Team
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Be a user as well as a developer
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Believe in the team
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Believe in the process
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Less of “How come it’s not
ready?”
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More of “How can I help?”
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Lead by example
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Guidelines are a great start...
find what works for you and your
team
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Thank you!
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The Smartest tool for lean project management
http://smartviewapp.com
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Photo Credit
• Under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
• Joe Cheng, DSC_7820-01, http://flic.kr/p/2Zt2u
• Bill Ward, Derek Schin's Trucks 1, http://flic.kr/p/m5L5S
• Jeremy Keith, Roast beef, http://flic.kr/p/TKUz
• Rob Campbell, Field of daisies, http://flic.kr/p/6QJjU4
• Karin Dalziel, The Thinker, http://flic.kr/p/4UYArc
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Photo Credit 2• Under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
• Don LaVange, To Irene, https://flic.kr/p/49ihZX
• Under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/
• Derick Bailey, SOLID Motivational Posters, http://bit.ly/17aVaHg
• MGA Roadster 1600 in Chariot Red: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C414652
• Cone of Uncertainty, http://www.agilenutshell.com/cone_of_uncertainty
• Burning Money, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_burning#mediaviewer/File:Burning-money-and-yuanbao-at-the-cemetery-3249.JPG