Does agile software development prevent rounded products

by Mark Mansour on Jun 06, 2011

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Everyone can struggle to get their head into the agile ethos. Product Managers are no exception. This pack walks through many common issues with agile software development and what product managers can do to help out. This was presented a product camp sydney on the 4th June 2011.

NOTE: The slide notes hold a lot of the value.

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Does agile software development prevent rounded products — Presentation Transcript

Does agile software development prevent rounded products? Mark Mansour - @markmansour Founder Agile Bench - @agilebench

FormatHighly opinionated view What issues I’ve seen and how they can be addressedGroup discussion What part of my talk was BS? What issues have you faced and how have you solved them.

Issue Agile gives all team members inﬂuence over the product and the team is not very good at it.

Issue Agile gives all team members inﬂuence over the product and the team is not very good at it. Collaborate & CompetenceSolution

Issue The unit of work, a story, provides short term focus but hides the big picture

Issue The unit of work, a story, provides short term focus but hides the big picture Product Vision & CollaborateSolution

Issue Each member of the team is only interested in developing their own craft, not the product.

Issue Each member of the team is only interested in developing their own craft, not the product. Collaborate & CompetenceSolution

Issue Prioritization at the story level can leave a vital part of the product “off the table”

Issue Prioritization at the story level can leave a vital part of the product “off the table” Negotiate & ReimagineSolution

Issue Agile teams often don’t know when they are going ﬁnish, or if they do, what will be delivered.

Issue Agile teams often don’t know when they are going ﬁnish, or if they do, what will be delivered. Provide more details or get comfortable with uncertaintySolution

Issue Iterative delivery means new features are deployed often! You can’t keep your powder dry!

Issue Iterative delivery means new features are deployed often! You can’t keep your powder dry! Hide featuresSolution

It’s about styleAgile Teams Traditional TeamsCollaboration focused Delegation focusedTeam of generalists Team of specialistsIterations are very small Iterations are very largeValue focused Task focused Choose what works for you!

Agile Bench Agile Project Management SoftwareTeams that have outgrown their to do list that build software.

Visibility - Story Walls

Planning Tools - Velocity Charts

Tracking - Iteration Burndown

Mark MansourFounder - Agile Benchan Online AgileProject ManagementToolExpert in softwaredevelopment lifecyclemanagement15+ years in InternetTechnologiesmark@agilebench.com

Group Discussion! What do you disagree with? What other issues have you found?Has anyone resolved these other issues?

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