Teams who work well together deliver better product! Right ? so… What makes a team successful? What make people engaged and excited ? How can we achieve better collaboration? How can we improve the success of our digital product? We will answer those questions and highlight some key Agile principles that improve collaboration, boost team happiness and increase project success. We will also share some tips to help you thrive within your team and take your career to the next level.

1. AGILE COLLABORATION
TomVignard - November 2016
SoCall BootCamp 2016 and Carbon Five Hack night

2. PRODUCT MANAGER - MARKETER - ENTREPRENEUR
• Business:
• Startup, Enterprise
• Hire, mentored team
• Agile transformation
• Sport:
• Basketball player, coach linkedin.com/in/tomvignard
@tomvignard

3. BAD TEAM ?

4. • Not communicating, sharing info
• Not trusting each other
• Not dedicated, lazy
• No Collaboration
• Not Engaged
• High Turnover

5. “The Big Four”

6. GREAT TEAM ?

7. • Communication
• Trust
• Strong leadership
• Collaboration
• Passion
• Happy

8. WHAT MAKES A GREAT
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ?

9. WHAT DRIVE TEAM MEMBERS ?

10. Product Manager
• Good KPIs
• Features delivery
• No defects
• Cool features

11. Designer
• Big picture
• Creative process, brainstorming
• Design freedom, flexibility
• Great design portfolio

12. Developers
• “no blockers”
• Clear requirements.
• Learn, Growth.
• New technologies.

13. • Big pictures/ vision
• Clear requirements
• Ownership
• Features delivery
• KPIs
• No defects
• Learn, Growth
• Brainstorming
• Ownership
• Brainstorming
• “no blockers”
• Cool Features
• New technologies
• Creative process
1. Shared Goals & Ownership 2. Innovation
3. Growth 4. Collaboration 5. Appreciation

14. HOW AGILE FOSTERS
TEAM COLLABORATION ?

15. Plan Design Development
Long development cycle vs Short iterations
Separated responsibility vs shared ownership
Documentation vs Collaboration
Known requirements vs unknown, changing environments
AGILE 101

16. 1. Shared Goals
• Requirements: Simple and complete
• Road mapping, Iteration Planning Meeting (IPM)
• Icebox / backlog —> ideas, recommendations
• Shared ownership, accountability
Plan Design Development

17. 2. Innovation
• Shorter iterations
• Spikes, POC opportunities
• Low risks, local Maximun
• Passionated Team

18. 3. Growth
• Pairing, workshops
• Knowledge transfer
• Strong culture

19. 4. Collaboration
• Small team, Co-location
• Pairing, stand-up
• Slack channels vs emails
• Engaged Team

20. 5. Appreciation
• Frequent deliveries
• Momentum through success
• Short feedback loop
• Results

25. 1. Shared Goals & Ownership
• Engaged
• Passionated
• Self-driven
• Happy
• Successful
• Sustainable
2. Innovation
3. Growth
4. Collaboration
5. Results/ Appreciation

26. WHAT CAN YOU DO ?

27. • Talk vs email
• Engage, Connect,Trust
• Ask questions
• Share ideas
• Help others

28. “Trade your expectations for appreciations.”
Tony Robbins
“It is by doing more for others that you become
more.”
It is up toYou!

29. THANK YOU.