The document describes an Agile coach's experience transitioning to becoming a startup owner. It discusses building an experienced and self-sufficient remote team, managing requirements through user stories, planning releases using a story map to visualize work, delivering value through Kanban and retrospectives, and succeeding as a team through believing in the process. Lessons learned include searching for the best team takes time but pays off, keeping releases short and celebrating each one, and deploying from day one while balancing quality and releasing value.

1. From Coach
to Owner

2. Using Agile
from the Other
Side

3. 20 years ago
I became a senior dev

4. 15 years ago
I became an architect

5. 10 years ago
I became a tech lead
and trainer

6. 6 years ago
I became an Agile coach

7. 2 years ago
THE
UNTHINKABLE!

8. http://smartviewapp.com
The Smartest tool
for lean project
management

9. The story goes...

10. Switching to the
Other Side

12. New concerns

13. Never deliver

14. Lack of users

15. Run out of money

16. Sleeping on the couch

17. Trust my experience

18. Lean on others to
narrow gaps

19. Building a Great
Team

20. Experienced
professionals

21. Self sufficient

22. Graphic design from
day one

23. Quality first

24. Adhere to a
methodology

25. Distributed team

26. Lessons
learned

27. Search for the best
takes time

28. But it pays off!

29. Tools for team
communication are
essential

31. Mitigate panic by
trusting a process

32. Lead by example

33. Managing
Requirements

37. Reality always wins

38. Requirements will
change

40. Spare the details until
you are ready

41. User Stories

42. Placeholder for
Conversation

43. Fits in a card

44. Focus on adding value

45. Lessons
learned

46. Use the format as a
guideline

47. When in doubt... write
a story for later

48. Don’t let acceptance
criteria slip

49. Make sure you have
scenarios

50. Lead by example

51. Planning Releases

52. Avoid status meetings

53. Visualize Releases

54. Visualize Priorities

55. Visualize Progress

56. Story Map

58. Manage your backlog
from the Story Map

59. Lessons
learned

60. Keep the releases short

61. Celebrate each release

62. Update expectations
often

63. Scope creep

64. Simplify features in
order to hit deadlines

65. Listen to your users

66. Lead by example

67. Delivering Value

68. Visualize work status

69. Kanban board

71. Use scenarios to drive
automated testing

72. Find your capacity

73. Estimate using my
team’s velocity

74. Get better at it

75. Retrospective
meetings keep the team
healthy

76. Lessons
learned

77. Deployment from day
one

78. Balance between quality
and releasing value

79. Negotiate scope but
keep quality high

80. Don’t be afraid of
splitting stories

81. Review capacity often

82. Find bugs before the
users do

83. Value user experience

84. Lead by example

85. Succeed as a Team

86. Be a user as well as a
developer

87. Believe in the team

88. Believe in the process

89. Less of
“How come it’s not
ready?”

90. More of
“How can I help?”

91. Lead by example

92. Guidelines are a great
start...
find what works
for you and your
team

93. Thank you!

94. http://smartviewapp.com
The Smartest tool
for lean project
management

95. amir@barylko.com
@abarylko
http://bit.ly/abarylkop

96. Photo Credit
• Under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/
• Joe Cheng, DSC_7820-01, http://flic.kr/p/2Zt2u
• Bill Ward, Derek Schin's Trucks 1, http://flic.kr/p/m5L5S
• Jeremy Keith, Roast beef, http://flic.kr/p/TKUz
• Rob Campbell, Field of daisies, http://flic.kr/p/6QJjU4
• Karin Dalziel, The Thinker, http://flic.kr/p/4UYArc

97. Photo Credit 2
• Under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
• Don LaVange, To Irene, https://flic.kr/p/49ihZX
• Under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/
• Derick Bailey, SOLID Motivational Posters, http://bit.ly/17aVaHg
• MGA Roadster 1600 in Chariot Red: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C414652
• Cone of Uncertainty, http://www.agilenutshell.com/cone_of_uncertainty
• Burning Money, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_burning#mediaviewer/
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