1.
INTRO TO AGILE FOR
PRODUCT MANAGERS

2.
Years of AgileExperience
David Hawks
Agile Velocity
Role
12 yrs
Name
Company
Agile Coach
david@agilevelocity.com
Email Address
(If you would like a copy of the
slides & to receive periodic
information about agile)

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4.
Intro to Agile for Product Managers
Why Agile?

5.
Traditional Waterfall Development
7

6.
Defined Process Control Model
8

7.
Empirical Process Control Model
11

8.
Intro to Agile for Product Managers
Marshmallow
Challenge

9.
Illusion of Waterfall
Requirements
Design
Development
QA
Waterfall
Release
80%Done??
15

10.
Scrum Process Overview
17

11.
Agile
Requirements
Design
Development
Sprint 1
QA
Requirements
Design
Development
Sprint 2
QA
Requirements
Design
Development
Sprint 3
QA
Requirements
Design
Development
Sprint 4
QA
Potentially Releasable
Product Increment
Working software is the primary
measure of progress
18

12.
Release Burnup
20
40
60
80
2 4 6 8 10 12
Weeks
Points
Scope
Work Complete
19

13.
Product Owner Responsibilities
Product
Owner
Drives Product
Success
Creates the
Product Vision
Creates and
Maintains the
Product
Backlog
Collaborates
with the Team
Collaborates
with
Stakeholders
Participates in
Sprint
Meetings
25

14.
Characteristics Required of a PO
26
Knowledge)
Authority)
Time)
)

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30

16.
Backlog Physics
31

17.
Story Funnel
32

18.
What is one thing you learned in this
session?

19.
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