managers: three things your agile dev team want you to know
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Managers:
wants you to knowDEV TEAM
3 things yourAGILEV
If you’re here… PROduct
owner
… or here CTO /BIZ OWNER
PROductowner
We…
CTO /BIZ OWNER
PROductowner
LeadDev
DevTEAM
WORD… would like a
or three
But not that Agile.Agile.
We’reNo.1
BACKLOGThe
is all yours…
CHANGE ITFeel free to
as often as your like.
BUT
a ticket…StartedOnce we’ve
the ticket!FINISH… please let us
WHY?
this is a good
thing for all
of us. LET US CONCENTRATE ON MOVING tickets across the board AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
CONTEXT SWITCHING IS EXPENSIVE: it
takes time to “ramp up”, so it’s best
if we start each task just once.
when it will de finished.No idea
We’veNo.2
about this one…SORRY
on progressREPORT
We know you need to
to specific datesCOMMITBut we can’t
WHY not?
hasn’t been built beforeBUILDING
A lot of what we’re
BLOCKEDWe might get
PROBLEMSWe might run into
HAPPENSStuff
BUT we can commit to delivering
the highest value features first
time
customer value
YOU get to choose WHEN
enough value has been
delivered
are a big deal.STANDUPs
DailyNo.3
Surprised?
We know what you’re thinking…
NothingWe’ve
LATEWe turn up
to say
HATEWe seem to
standups!
BUT
themNEED
We really, really
insistingby
HELPYou can
that they…
everyhappen
day
us…
YOUEven if
TIMEAt the same
can’t make it
LOTS(We know you have
of other meetings)
of day
are a big deal.STANDUPS
Daily
No.1 No.2 No.3
when it will be finished.
NO IDEAWe’ve
But not that Agile.
AGILE.We’re