Getting your project off the ground (BuildStuffLt)

1. Getting your project off the ground Johannes Brodwall

2. Bootstrapping a team

3. Raising the team engagement

4. Turning a corner

5. Growing the team

7. “How do you start a project and achieve understanding at the beginning?”

8. “How do you {start a project} and achieve understanding at the beginning?”

9. Keep it simple Defer commitment Inspect and adapt It depends

10. Concrete tools for non-superheroes

11. 3 tools

12. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Discuss the problem Understand who’s involved Describe what it does Visualize the context Understand the domain Lay down the foundation Dramatize the demo

13. When

14. Typical plan for kickoff Monday Tuesday Wednesday Elevator pitch, Stakeholders Dev baseline Dev baseline Define Review usage progress, Stories Wrap up docs Dev baseline Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Usage review, Context, Domain, Deployment Refine models Review, Retrospective Plan week 2 Look at what’s Usage flow going on today Dev baseline Thursday Friday

16. Discuss the problem

17. The problem: “A program to assign a worker to a client”

18. The problem: “A program to assign a worker to a client” (yes, it’s unclear!)

19. Form groups of 3 (or 2) You will have five minutes to discuss

20. For some user/stakeholder Who wants to achive some goal The name of the system Is a type of system Which lets them perform some operation(s). Unlike most compelling alternative This gives them some advantages.

21. For our client’s building managers Who wants to wants to keep their property in good working conditions The Mobility Workforce Manager Is a work management system for mobile workers Which lets them book and track rutine and incident based work orders. Unlike the old system This lets workers self-organize around tasks that they can solve, so the work is done faster.

22. Who?

23. For our client’s building managers Who wants to wants to keep their property in good working conditions The Mobility Workforce Manager Is a work management system for mobile workers Which lets them book and track rutine and incident based work orders. Unlike the old system This lets workers self-organize around tasks that they can solve, so the work is done faster.

24. Worker Dispatcher Building manager Client

25. Who? # Clients do ??? every ??? via ??? # Dispatchers do ??? every ??? via ??? # Workers do ??? every ??? via ??? # Building Managers do ??? every ??? via ???

26. Who? Tens of Clients sign up for service a few times every year via meetings Around 20 Dispatchers assign worker teams to maintenance tasks all the time via specialized application Several hundred specialized Workers accept tasks and confirm tasks a few times per day via mobile Hundreds of Building Managers order maintenance tasks for their buildings every few days via web

27. Who else? Payroll

29. Describe the usage

30. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Need: Someone identifies a need Trigger: Someone does something with the system The system responds in some way … … The goal has been fulfilled

31. 1. Building manager has works that needs done (e.g. change mats) 1. 2. 3. Building manager register works request on web site Dispatcher lists unhandled work orders 1. 4. 5. Alternative: Dispatcher filters, searches and sorts work orders Dispatcher displays work order Dispatcher assign tasks to workers based on skills registered in training system Worker get notified of task on their mobile Worker acknowledges task 6. 7. 1. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Alternative: Periodic trigger Alternative: If worker rejects task, system marks it as unassigned and alerts dispatcher Worker performs task Worker registers the task as done Worker registers time and materials spent on task on mobile System notifies payroll of time spent System submits invoicing data to accounting system Building is in great shape!

32. Worker Personell Mobile Dispatcher Server Building manager Accounting Payroll

33. Worker Mobile Dispatcher Server Building manager Accounting Payroll

35. Laying down foundation

36. Constraints: • • Interact per user • Portability Supported platform

37. Example: • • • Dispatcher: ____ Building manager: ____ • Worker: ____ Supported platform: Java stack

38. Example: • • • Dispatcher: Web or desktop Building manager: Web or any mobile • Worker: Provided mobile Supported platform: Java stack

39. Example: • • Dispatcher: “HTML5” Building manager: Responsive web • Worker: Android • Supported platform: Java stack

40. Example: • Dispatcher: Responsive web SPA • Building manager: Responsive web SPA • Worker: Responsive web SPA • Supported platform: Java stack

41. Frameworks: • What can the team support • Max one: Project risk or tech risk

42. Example risky project: • New team • New supplier • New domain • New codebase

43. Example risky tech: • New database system • New framework • New programming language

44. Solo programming

45. Solo programming • • Integration issues Inconsistent coding • Merge conflicts

46. Mob programming

47. Pair programming

48. Resource utilization vs Knowledge sharing

50. Plan the show

51. Demo script

52. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Preconditions Start up the system What do you see? Activate a function What do you see? Activate variations of function Thus we demonstrate that we have delivered x

53. 1. Building manager has works that needs done (e.g. change mats) 1. 2. 3. Building manager register works request on web site Dispatcher lists unhandled work orders 1. 4. 5. Alternative: Dispatcher filters, searches and sorts work orders Dispatcher displays work order Dispatcher assign tasks to workers based on skills registered in training system Worker get notified of task on their mobile Worker acknowledges task 6. 7. 1. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Alternative: Periodic trigger Alternative: If worker rejects task, system marks it as unassigned and alerts dispatcher Worker performs task Worker registers the task as done Worker registers time and materials spent on task on mobile System notifies payroll of time spent System submits invoicing data to accounting system Building is in great shape!

54. 1. Building manager has works that needs done (e.g. change mats) 1. 2. 3. Building manager register work order on web site Dispatcher lists unhandled work orders 1. 4. 5. Alternative: Dispatcher filters, searches and sorts work orders Dispatcher displays work order Dispatcher assign tasks to workers based on skills registered in training system Worker get notified of task on their mobile Worker acknowledges task 6. 7. 1. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Alternative: Periodic trigger Alternative: If worker rejects task, system marks it as unassigned and alerts dispatcher Worker performs task Worker registers the task as done Worker registers time and materials spent on task on mobile System notifies payroll of time spent System submits invoicing data to accounting system Building is in great shape!

55. Stories 0. (Mock work orders) 1. Complete list of work orders 2. Simple work order filter 3. Placeholder display work order 4. Placeholder assign task

56. Example: Dispatch a task 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Faked: Building manager registers a work order Dispatcher “logs into” web admin at http://test.workers.com/admin Dispatcher sees a list of missions (future: sort, filter list) Dispatcher selects a mission Mission will display the type of tasks associated with the mission type Dispatcher clicks a task Application lists all the workers that can be assigned to the task (for now, all workers are listed) Dispatcher selects a worker Dispatcher is returned to mission screen and the worker is listed next to the task

57. Stories – sprint 2 1. Polished list of work orders 2. Complete display work order 3. (Placeholder worker import) 4. Simple assign task

60. 3 tools

61. 1. Discuss the problem 2. Describe the system 3. Plan the show

62. 1. Elevator pitch 2. Context diagram 3. Demo script

63. Conclusion:

64. When you return: Create an elevator pitch with your customer Create a context diagram Create a demo script for next sprint

65. Thank you Johannes Brodwall jbr@exilesoft.com www.exilesoft.com www.johannesbrodwall.com @jhannes

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