Agile product management Manage your scope 2242021 1

Agile product management Manage your scope 2/24/2021 1

Beyond Scrum Use common sense 1. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it 2. Scrum doesn’t have all the answers 3. Don’t expect any miracles 4. Conflict is not a bad thing 5. Practice makes perfect http: //blog. 3 back. com/musing/5 -common-sense-guidelines-for-scrum/ 2/24/2021 2

Beyond Scrum Embrace change, it is the only constant 2/24/2021 3

Beyond Scrum Build trust in your teammates partners The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 2/24/2021 4

Beyond Scrum Invest in the team 2/24/2021 5

Beyond Scrum Challenge the team 2/24/2021 6

AGILE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

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Agile product management The PQD product development process The vision and roadmap Business Strategy Execute! Scrum User Story Grooming Get a backlog! 2/24/2021 Priority Alignment Epic Grooming Ceremony to work through priorities with all stakeholders ROI MMF Architecture Sizing 9

Agile product management Epics – A lightweight business case created for features, functionality, and content created by Product Management. Includes information (when applicable) on: - 2/24/2021 Market segment Use case Persona (e. g. , Info. Pro, End User) Specific customer requests Expected revenue Usage & Pricing requirements - High level sizing (team sprints) Minimum Marketable Feature (MMF) vs. Nice to Have Degree of customer feedback required Competitive information Sales cycle information (is this required for a sale or program? ) 10

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RESULTS

Results What we learned from Datastar Separated Dialog from Academic Bug fixing dropped below 20% Resolved all major architecture challenges Realization that academic platform foundation does not meet corporate market needs 70% of development capacity bug fixing Major architectural challenges Rising outsourcing costs Reduced development costs by 3 x!!! Alert success rate to 99. 9% Quality no longer a customer complaint Alerts not working Poor quality Eroding trust Regained trust through transparent communication and results 2/24/2021 14

Results And most importantly, we delivered a migration ready platform and completed migration in 2013

TAKEAWAYS

Takeaways 1. Scrum is not a silver bullet 2. Use common sense to customize scrum to your team and culture 3. Understand the business problems and context through “Epics” 4. Empower your teams 5. Optimize for the whole, rather than as individuals or sub teams 6. Celebrate successes 2/24/2021 17

Takeaways But remember… 2/24/2021 18