Short presentation about how to improve communication in a software team to improve productivity

1. Communication
Key to Teamwork

2. From Developer to
Owner

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

4. Sharing expectations

8. What happened?

9. Lack of time?

10. Lack of skill?

11. Lack of coffee?

12. Reality always wins

13. Requirements will
change

15. Spare the details until
you are ready

16. User Stories

17. Placeholder for
Converstaion

18. Fits in a card

19. If it is important you
would not forget it

20. Planning as a Team

21. Avoid status meetings

22. Promote visual tools

23. Visualize Releases

24. Visualize Priorities

25. Visualize Progress

26. Build a Story Map

28. Populate your backlog

29. Working as a Team

30. Really, avoid status
meetings

31. Visualize Work Status

32. Kanban Board

33. New work is New work is
pulled pushed
into the system
based on
into the system
based on
capacity demand

34. Model your process

36. Find your capacity

37. Estimate using your
velocity

38. Get better at it

39. Retrospective
meetings help keep the
team healthy

40. Succeed as a Team

41. Believe in the process

42. Less of “How come is
not ready?”

43. More of “How can I
help?”

44. First understand your
reality, then you can
improve

45. Thank you!

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

47. 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
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• Don LaVange, To Irene, https://flic.kr/p/49ihZX
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• Derick Bailey, SOLID Motivational Posters, http://bit.ly/17aVaHg

48. Photo Credit 2
• MGA Roadster 1600 in Chariot Red: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/
C414652
• Cone of Uncertainty, http://www.agilenutshell.com/cone_of_uncertainty