The document discusses agile methodologies, focusing on feature teams and their characteristics, such as being customer-centric, self-organizing, and cross-functional. It highlights the importance of system architecture, testing, and project management in ensuring overall project success. Additionally, it references the concept of scaling Scrum and emphasizes a minimalist approach to agile practices.

1. Sagi Smolarski - AgileSparks
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2. CT1
iOS
CT3
API
CT2
Android
CT4
Server
CT5
Big Data
CT6
Engine
F1
COMPONENT
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TEAMS
F2Which components are
involved? What is the API
between them
System
Architect
System
Testing
Does the overall feature /
system work?
Is the overall
project on time?
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4. PRODUCT
✔ Customer-Centric Teams
FT1 FT2 FT3
PO
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Communities of
Practice
FEATURE
TEAM
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F2

5. ✔ Customer-centric
✔ Self-organizing
✔ Cross functional
✔ Co-located
✔ All Product Roles are inside the team.
FEATURE
TEAM
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6. PRODUCT
CENTRIC
✔ One Product Sprint
✔ One PSPI (Potentially Shippable Product Increment)
✔ One Product Owner
✔ One Definition of Done
✔ One Product Backlog
✔ One Code base
✔ Continuous Integration
✔ One Build.

7. PRODUCT
SPRINT
the

8. ✔ Very few rules
✔ Many experiments
✔ 543 x Try..., Avoid...
✔ Scaling Scrum... can be just Scrum
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10. “...any change initiative will be reduced to redefining or
overloading the new terminology to mean basically the same as
status quo.”
“Culture follows structure”
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12. CASE
STUDIES
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