Agile thinking and building the right thing
- 1. Project Management Workshop Agile thinking & Building the right thing @Kev_C_Murray
- 2. Understand agile thinking Learn techniques you can use tomorrow Create teams with empathy for user needs Have fun Objectives for today
- 3. - Accepting there’s important stuff we don’t know yet - Responding to new information when it arrives - Focusing on delivering outcomes (not outputs) - Working as a team What is agile thinking?
- 4. New domains New problems New methodologies New technologies New people Digital projects are complex
- 5. A shared vision for success Managing uncertainty Fail fast Fail early User needs User needs User needs 1 2 3 4 What are we doing today? Product box Assumption Mapping Hypotheses Impact Mapping
- 7. New Mcr Digital space Meeting rooms Co-working space Restaurant & bar The Ask • Advertise event information $ menus • Book tables, workspace & meeting rooms
- 9. Logo Main user needs Slogan More user needs Features Product name What is it? Other Services
- 12. We think this is important & we need to validate Uncertainty Urgency
- 13. Uncertainty Urgency We have the evidence that we should build this
- 14. Uncertainty Urgency We have the evidence but we don’t need to build this just yet
- 15. Uncertainty Urgency Uncertain, but we don’t need to validate just yet
- 19. Validate it Uncertainty Urgency Build it Forget it (for now) Defer it
- 20. Select a facilitator 3 - 5 mins quiet time “We assume that…….” 0 - 5 assumptions each 1 assumption per post-it Describe & agree quadrant Compare and adjust Cluster similar ideas Be excellent to each other No such thing as a wrong assumption
- 23. We believe that {………doing this} For {…………these users} Will achieve {…………..this outcome} We will know this is true when we see {………….these results}
- 24. We believe that ……… For ……… Will achieve. ………. We will know when ……. Hypotheses A structured placeholder for a conversation
- 25. We believe that ……… For ……… Will achieve. ………. We will know when ……. As a ……….. I want ……. So I can ….. Given ……… When ……. Then ….. Hypotheses User Story BDD a/c A structured placeholder for a conversation Validate it Build it Test it
- 26. User needs User needs User needs
- 27. Business Goal User User Need Feature
- 28. Why Who How What
- 29. Feature User User Need Feature Business Goal User User Need Feature Feature User Need Feature Business Goal
- 30. The Ask •Advertise event information $ menus •Book tables, work space & meeting rooms Business Goals •Increase membership •Improve retention •£1M Operating profit for further investment
- 31. Business Goal User User Need Feature As a ……. I want…. So I can….. User Feature User Need
- 32. Inspiration
- 33. Understand agile thinking Learn techniques you can use tomorrow Create teams with empathy for user needs Have fun Did we meet our objectives?
- 34. Retrospective
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- 36. Thank you (p.s. we’re hiring) @Kev_C_Murray