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Building Lean and Agile in the Real World
The document discusses lessons learned from implementing lean and agile approaches in three different products or organizations: Microsoft Windows CE.Net Platform Builder, Adobe Revel, and Spotify. For each product, both positive and negative lessons are outlined, such as isolating the effort as an experiment and being careful of early success for Windows, and balancing autonomy and collaboration for Spotify.
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- 1. Building Lean and Agilein the Real World Kevin Goldsmith Director of Engineering Spotify, AB October 28, 2013 Monday, October 28, 13
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- 3. Lessons Learned 3 Products Monday,October 28, 13
- 4. Lessons Learned Microsoft WindowsCE.Net Platform Builder Monday, October 28, 13 4
- 5. Lessons Learned Microsoft WindowsCE.Net Platform Builder Positive Lessons Learned •Isolate effort as an experiment •Pick a low-risk project •Disarm naysayers by taking responsibility Negative Lessons Learned •If the goal is transformation, do a victory lap •Build on your success with a bigger project Monday, October 28, 13 5
- 6. Lessons Learned Adobe Revel Monday,October 28, 13 6
- 7. Lessons Learned Adobe Revel PositiveLessons Learned •Make the effort cross-functional •Minimize Dependencies on non-Lean/Agile organizations Negative Lessons Learned •Beware early success •Scale the effort slowly •Make sure everyone who joins is a believer Monday, October 28, 13 7
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- 9. Lessons Learned Spotify Positive LessonsLearned •Can use lean for features too •Data wins •Be careful of your windows •Lean and Agile can scale to large organizations Negative Lessons Learned •Find the balance between autonomy and collaboration Monday, October 28, 13 9
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