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Vasco DuarteAgile Coach, [email protected]
Vasco Duarte
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Next?isWhat
Business at warp speed…
How to Cope?
How to tackle these changes?ACT I – tackling the challenges
Understand what is slowing us down
Idea
Meetings to get idea approved
Trying to get the project started
Time is ticking
Slow Processes: a (BAD) example
Time
Ad
ded
Valu
e
6 months trying to get the project approved
One dayBrainstorming new product idea
6 months product development
Consequences of slow processes:
• Higher costs -> due to the amount of work that is pending while the costs are accruing
• Lower quality -> slow processes allow for “dirty” workarounds and hide quality problems (which in turn increase costs due to rework)
Corollary of fast processes
For any given process, ifyou can reduce the Time ittakes to execute it, you willconsequently reduce Costsand increase Quality
CASE I: How to reduce the time it takes to execute a particular process
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Faster? Sure! But why?
You
Customer
+
=
Best ProductManager
CASE II: Flexible Requirements Management
Different content abstractions for different stakeholders
User Stories
Features
EpicsPortfolio Items – Customer marketable
Longer term planning (more than 1 iteration)
Where the rubber meets the road – what we do in one iteration
Product Marketing and
Portfolio
Product Owner + Architect + UX
Team + Product Owner
Different ways to manage a
portfolio of Epics/FeaturesEpic
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Epic Epic
Feature
Feature
Feature
Epic
Feature
Feature
Feature
Epic Option 1:
• Many epics
• Shallow implementation
• New market / new business
innovation
• Typical goal: catch up (me too or
tick-in-box products for reviews)Epic
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Epic
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Option 2:
• Few epics
• Deep implementation
• Technological innovation
• Typical goal: Hero products,
unique experiences, Niche-
focused products
Feedback is essential to get it right
When I grow up I want to
learn…
Nu
mb
er
of
Bu
gs
Timeline
Bug evolution in a non-agile project
Open
Closed
Submit
Development phase Desperately testing and fixing phase
Waterfall
Your Team is the best design team!
CASE III: The learning process for the whole company
DiscontinuationGeneral AvailabilityProduct Realization
S3 R1S1 V3 V1V2
ReleaseDevelopment
D1S2 R2
Idea
Screening
Release
Planning
Feasibilty
Study
System
Test
Beta
Validation
RC
Validation
Launch
PreparationDevelopment IterationsMarket
Launch
Screening and Initiation Validation
D2
Product life-cycle and product realization cycle
DA Dn ...
Project
Initiation
Step 1: A classic waterfall-like process framework
• Learning comes too late• Requires the world to be perfect• Not flexible to changes (especially late changes)
Step 2: Agile process framework for the whole company
• Includes feedback/learning cycles for major company processes
• Regular reviews allow us to adapt to change
Now for the real challenge…ACT III – How to take this into practice?
Workout
Work OUT!OR…
Epic Epic Epic Epic Epic
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Feature
Depth
of th
e p
ort
folio
Is t
his
Epic
a “
kic
k-a
ss”
or
a “
me t
oo”
or
a “
check in b
ox”?
Breadth of the portfolioHow many experiences do we offer our customers?
Flexible Scope techniques
Design a learning process
Source: Eric Ries, Lean Startup
Stop starting, start finishing!
Here’s a tip you can take to the bank: Hire someone who has done it before.
Currently a Managing partner at Oikosofy, Vasco Duarte is an experienced Agile Coach, Product and Project Manager. Having worked in the software industry since 1997, Vasco has also been an Agile practitioner since 2004, he was one of the leaders and catalysts of Agile methods and Agile culture adoption at Avira and previously at Nokia and F-Secure.
Vasco's contributions to the development of the Software industry and professions can be read at his blog: http://SoftwareDevelopmentToday.com
Or you can follow Vasco on Twitter: @duarte_vasco
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