Anna Lavrova has over 8 years of project management experience in IT and is a certified Scrum Master. She emphasizes the importance of clear user stories and effective team dynamics in project management, advocating for mentorship and leadership development. Lavrova also promotes feminist perspectives in the IT industry and has participated in numerous conferences as a speaker.

1. When fairy tale meets reality
Anna Lavrova
Ciklum
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2. Why me?
● 8+ years of Project Management in IT
● Certified Scrum Master
● Implemented Agile methodologies
from scratch in 3 projects
● Released 3 Platinum Casual Games
● One of only 5+ female Project
Managers in Ciklum
● Mentor and tutor at several IT
trainings centers teaching young
managers and junior developers the
art of soft skills
● Speaker at 10+ conferences in 2016
● Proud feminist setting new attitudes
for Women in IT

3. That’s Alice!
And she
believes IT is a
fairy tale.
Ain’t it so?

4. Which kingdom do you choose?

6. Non clear user stories

7. Non clear user stories
Set intentions - not requirements
Think of pornhub effect
Experiment
Talk to sales team

9. No Product Owner and
No Designer

10. Be the change owner
Demo or die
No Product Owner and
No Designer

12. Who changes requirements
before demo?

13. Who changes requirements
before demo?
Business priorities matter
Pornhub effect again

14. No breaking changes shall
pass!

15. No breaking changes shall
pass!

17. How to make
people
awesome?

18. How to make
people
awesome?
Introduce mentors
Hire juniors
Have subteam leaders and
secure broken leg effect
Give enough power to team
leads

19. Thank you and
I’m open for the
questions!
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lavrovanna@yandex.ru
ua.linkedin.com/in/lavrovanna
0934548455