rabbitducks and pickup trucks
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A quick slide show on preserving product vision in Agile environments.TRANSCRIPT
Rabbitducks and Pickup Trucks
Maintaining Product Vision in Agile Environments
Joel HernandezInteractive DirectorRiley Hayes Advertising
A User Story
Acceptance Criteria: The User shall have already progressed past denial, anger, bargaining, and depression regarding futility of process management, per se …
As a Product Owner, I would like to be able to use Agile methods to ensure that my product vision is executed by my teams.
We Need a Rabbit.
No: We Need a Duck.
I See.
Does a Rabbitduck Work for Both of You?
Epic: Build Us a Chevy
Iteration: One of These?
Next Pass: Ah… One of These?
Another Rabbitduck
Agile Processes + Stiff Thinking
Note: Agile Waterfalls Get You Nothing But Wet
All Visions Must Walk Together
Technology, Marketing, Regulation Should Party Like This.
“there is no method except to be very intelligent”
(No, He’s Not a Microsoft Guy.)
That Means “You.”
The Agile Equation
Success =
People + Communication /
Process * Artifacts
Avoiding Bad Things
(Or, “Why Don’t You Yes But.”)
No Single Decision Points
Lots of Good, Small Decisions Required to Make Big Wins
Product Owners Are Consumers
And Trusted Merchants Give Good Advice
More Agile Math
People x Capabilities /
Roles x Needs
≠ One
(TEAMS MATTER)
Trust Me
You’re Going to Have to If You Want to Get to the Top.
Thanks.Let’s Talk About This Stuff Now.
(or later: [email protected]& http://twitter.com/minnesotaj)