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Managers DilemmaHandling a Lean Team in a Small
Organization
By
Soma Bhattacharya
Netherlands | USA | India | France | UK
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT DONE RIGHT
www.xebia.in; Blog :http://.xebee.xebia.in
A THINKER over a WRITERA WRITER over a SPEAKER
An Observer. A Learner
Who am I ?
My Team does Kanban
• Pushing out Features/stories
• More productivity from Teams
• Make his/her team’s work more transparent to higher management
• Reach his/her quarterly/yearly goal
• Be in charge and have the authority
• Make decisions for the team.
What a Manager wants?
• Good work environment• Good
salary/hikes/reviews• Work in a good product
and team that build his/her resume
• To be part of a winning team
• To be recognized
What a Team Member wants?
The Conflict
A single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of bowl of cherries but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches - Rozin
Why is Culture Important?
What Inspires a Team Member?
What is a Manager Responsible For?
Dissect Roles and Responsibilities
Keep it in Ready State to Pull
The Thinking Process
Kanban in a Start Up Culture: Predictability and Visibility
Stop Moving-Stay Where You Are
Learn from Your Failures
Management is not about being at Center Stage
Value Map Steaming- Find the gaps
Know your luggage and Monitor it
Release PlanningPlanning Timeline Happens Done By Inputs Outputs
Roadmap 4 hours Once a quarter
Executive Management
• Business Epics• Architectural Epics• Goals • Vision• POC• Parking Lot
• Final Roadmap• Feasibility• Approximate Timeline• Risk Assessment
Release 4 hours 1/month PO, Domain Experts, Security Team, PM
• Final Roadmap• Teams ( Capacity +
Velocity )• POC - Arch/Secure
Design review docs• Risks ( Mitigation plan ) • Cross Team
Dependency
• Release plan per team • Release Definition of Done • Success criteria for release
Grooming 1
2 hours Every sprint PO, Team • UX (high level)• Hierarchy of stories
• Team Backlog• success criteria for feature outline
Grooming 2
2 hours Every Sprint PO, Team • UX ( detail ) • Ready backlog
• Final frozen Backlog • UX ( final ) • Security Risk Assessment• Security Impact Areas • Hierarchy of user stories • Acceptance tests for feature• Final - Release Definition of Done
Plan From the Beginning, Not @ Team Level
Agile Consulting and Transformation Services Scrum
XP, BDD, ATDD DSDM
FDDPoint based coaching workshops
Agile transformation readiness review
Mid-cycle intervention and correction
Agile transformation solution design and execution
Agile Consulting
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