agile roles

Agile RolesWhat do I do now?

Topics

Scrum

Agile/Self Organizing Teams

How specific roles differ

questions?

Scrum?

Scrum

Unlike other Agile methods, Scrum has formal roles

Scrum Master

Product Owner

Team

Chickens and Pigs

Self Organization

Agile Roles

Cross Functional

Paired

less time in meetings, more time doing

Daily stand ups instead of status meetings

Project Manager RoleWork the problem/issues, not the plan or people

Less detailed plan, if at all

Less detailed estimates

liaison between Agile and Traditional

provide Facade services

protect the team

Analyst Role

works with testers to define scenarios

focus on light weight documentation

user stories/specification-by- example

work side-by-side with developers

less focus on documentation

Developer Role

not just a code-monkey

understands the requirements

works with the business

Tester Role

works closely with analysts to understand requirements

focus on automated tests

focus on test leadership not execution

Team mate RoleAnalyst/Developer/Tester/Project Manager

Agile Teams

100% committed to project

co-located

cross-functional

Visual Project Management

crucial to all roles

short feedback loops

Kan Ban board

Why cross-functional?

minimize blocks and bottlenecks

minimize waste

maximize flow

minimize hand offs and miscommunication

Just enough

just enough architecture in Iteration 0 to get started

just enough estimation to get approval

Agile Project Charter

As A : I will : When : So That

Agile Team Member

Update my tasks on the Kan Ban Board

Every Day

The status of the project is known

Questions