POrole‐thekeyforsuccess
AgileGathering7,KievAlekKozlov
Aboutmyself• CSM,CSP• MagisterofArtinITmanagement(CUMLAUDE)• Happilymarriedwith4children• FirstOmeIhaveheardaboutagilein2001• Ihavestartedworkingbyagilein2004atEstonianMinistryof
Finance,whereIwasITprojectanddevelopmentmanagerforEUStructuralFundsinformaOonsystemdevelopmentandintegraOonlayerdevelopment.
• Then,asIT/ISdepartmentmanagerinlargeretailcompany,IlaunchedalldevelopmentprojectsiniteraOveandincrementalapproach.Scrumwasusedforthatpurpose.
• Now,asaconsultantandscrum.eefounder,fullydedicatedandcommiWedtocoachingandteachingscrumtomyclient’ssoYwareteamsandleaders
“Self‐checking”matrix
3ROLES:ProductOwner
SOTeamScrumMaster
3ARETEFACTS:ProductBLSprintBL
BurnDownChart
3CEREMONIES:Plan(PlaningM)
Act(DSM)Feadback(Retro)
AGILEVALUES:12FROMAGILEMANIFESTO(e.g.Courage,
workingsoYware)
THEORY
SOMEPROBLEMS
ROLES:WHOISTHE
BESTPRODUCTOWNER?
ARTEFACTS:EPICUS
DEFINITIONOFDONE
WHENTHEUSISDONE?
CEREMONIES:“AGILE
CEREMONIES”
VALUES:NOTEMBRACED
“DOINGBYBOOKS”
SOLUTIONSROLES:MUSTBECLARIFIED
ARTEFACTS:TEACHING,
EXPLAININGANDLEARNING
(e.g.USDEFINITIONSKILLS)
CEREMONIES:“KEEPTHEFAITH”orinotherwords“JUSTKEEPDOING
THEM”
VALUES:RETHINK,WHYYOUAREDOING
AGILE?
Rolesmustbeclarified
• FirstroleinScrumisaProductOwnerrole• MyworkingexperienceconvincedmethatforsuccessfulprojecttheroleoftheProductOwneriscrucial
• FurtherIwillfocusonthat–“simple”role,andIwilltrytoclarifythatroletomyselfandhopefully,youwillfinditalsohelpful
ProductOwnerresponsibiliOes
• Productbacklogmanagement– GatheringrequirementsasaUserStories– UserStoriesproperdefiniOon– ConOnuousUserStoriesre‐prioriOsaOonformaximisaOontheproduct/projectbusinessvalue
• Co‐operaOonwithteamandSM– Userstory(requirements)explanaOonstotheteamspecialists
• Teamworkacceptance• Releaseplanning
ScrumrolesresponsibiliOes
AgileplanningandesOmaOon
USdefini,on
USPriori,za,onUSworkes,ma,on
WhoisthebestPO?
• Client?• PowerUser?• Somekindofmanager?Fromoursideorfromclientside…?
• ScrumMaster?• ProjectManager?• Analyst?• Tester?• ….• Yourexperience?
Rolesmustbeclarified
Client PO PM SM
Client
PO
PM
SM
PO–ProductOwner
PM–ProjectManager
SM–ScrumMaster
Rolesmustbeclarified
C PO PM SM
C
PO
PM
SM
SUMMARY
• Client=ProductOwner=– PROBLEM:normallyclientsaretoobusyforbeingfullOmePO,
butifhe/sheisreadytobePOthatwouldbeliketeam’sdreamcametrue
• ProductOwner=ProjectManager=– PROBLEM:soYwarecompaniescan’tfullgatherandunderstand
theconcept,conOnuingtopushthe“client=PO”varianttoownclientswhoarestronglyresistanttotheidea.ThisisthemostoYenencounteredobstacleseenandthereasonwhymanysoYwarecompaniesstoppedtoimplemenOngthescrum
– SOLUTION:embracingtheideaforin‐housePO=PM.ThatcanbemuchmoreeasierwayforsuccessandcanprovidebestvalueandsaOsfacOontothecustomer
Thankyou!
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