Part Time Agile

Part Time AgileDima Malenko rollApp

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Our Story The team of one More of us Into the future

The team of oneIN THE BEGINNING

Market, TechProduct Users, Social FlashClient JavaScript PythonServer X Window PythonWeb JS, CSS, SQL HostingOps Linux, DNS, …

Cross-functionality… Level of abstractionMarkets Deep cross-Products functionalitySystems Wide cross-functionalityCode Variation in tools and methods

The Fallacy of “Deep” Cross-functionality 6-12 months 15-30 minutes Impact horizon

Now and then: a team of 5AS IT GOES

I switched to full-timePart-time team - Web developer - Server developer - Client developer - Plugins developerContractors - UI/UX designer - PR/Marketing specialist

“Get Together” Lunch - Every week - Not a meeting! - Good for brainstorming

Weekly 1:1s - Feedback - Discussions - A little bit of status Check out Manager Tools podcasts on this topic http://manager-tools.com/taxonomy/term/7

Short Iterations Focus - 1 week Not more than one - Bug fixes + Focus major feature per component/direction F

Cross-functional Features

Major Development: Working Together Relied on “agility” too much Different schedules: Coding sessions Design Up Front

Major Development: New Components - Deployability is a feature - 1st one you should deliver

Syndrome of a Small Team Small problem for a large team can be a large problem for a small team Remember this sign - %

Wiki Is Your Friend - “Interactions … over documentation” * I remember that we already discussed this. Yep, me too. What have we decided? ** 1. Describe idea in Wiki 2. Send e-mail “Hey! Here is what I’m up too. Let’s discuss” 3. Discuss and correct 4. ??? 5. PROFIT! * A little bit frivolous quite from Agile Manifesto ** Characters from Geek and Poke (http://geekandpoke.typepad.com)

Issue Tracking vs. Status Assessment - Tracking is about ensuring a process is executed - Status is about seeing the whole picture Check out http://trello.com

GOING FORWARD

What We Plan Next Get back to weekly releases Automate everything A/B testing and “scientific” data to drive product development

That’s it! - Questions? - Suggestions? - Ideas? Get in touch! @dmalenko dmalenko@rollapp.com

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Part Time Agile

by Dima Malenko on Nov 17, 2011

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