waterfall to agile - the line manager perspective | markus thornell | ltg-40
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MARKUS THORNELL - AXIELL
Waterfall to agileThe line manager perspective
AXIELL IS A GLOBAL COMPANY ON THE CROSS SECTION BETWEEN
THE IT AND THE CULTURE SECTOR.
WE SECURE THAT PAST ANDPRESENT KNOWLEDGE
MERGE WITH THE FUTURE.
AXIELL TODAY
3000PUBLIC LIBRARIES
AXIELL Background
PUBLIC LIBRARY
One product to serve all countries!
Agile development
UX-driven development
Approximately a two year project!
Brave and bald decision! WOW!
That’s why I was hired
Background
Me15 years of SW development experience.
Coming from SONY where I just made the same journey.Going from 6 months’ cycle to 6 weeks’ with applications.
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The development team was created here
Let’s go Agile!
Let’s go Agile!
Does the company really understand what they just said yes to?
Short answer: No. They have no idea…
Let’s start from a development perspective.
When are you ready?
How much will it cost?
What about the rest of the organisation?
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Development
We are already there! We have done Scrum for a long time!
Honestly…
Is just a nice way of protecting the development team.
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The change is bigger than that!
The ChallengeThere is a big organization in place already.Everybody need to understand.
Prestudie:Managers, Product Manager, Product Owner, CTO, Design
Owners of the company,The board,CEO,Managers,Project Manager – Scrum masterLead architect,Customer Service,Developers,
And then there was me…
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And then there was me…
What’s the line managers responsibility?
Expectations on me.
“You are hired as head of this project!!”
“You go fix!”
But formally I am not:Project managerProduct OwnerTechnical expert
I am definitely not in charge of the rest of the organisation
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What’s the line managers responsibility?
Create conditions for a high performing team.
High performing team.1. All competence and responsibilty lie within the team• Design, development, test, product owner,• CTO – in our out?• One and only one backlog - PO. All others – Stakeholders!
2. Feeling of control within the team• We threw away the list with thousands of requirements.• UX Driven development – What problem do we solve?
3. Trust• Trust, Feedback• Going from one big team to 3 small increased the velocity 50%
4. Knowing that what you do actually gives value• Build, Measure, Learn• First time in life we are actual Agile!!
5. Always have time to try new ideas• Always have ongoing investigations (two weeks)• Idea, paper prototype, evaluate, throw away
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What do I do all day?
Listening…
Face 2 Face
It takes courage and discipline NOT to decide in the daily operations!
I don’t know the answer to that question Mr president!
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What do I do all day?
An own kanban board – separated from the team. Me and Scrum master.
I used to say the goal is to make me redundant…
But I don’t anymore
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The answer to the question
• Take the blame
• Listen to co-workers