Sg2009wc:agile
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Title: Program Management Beyond Agile
Session: 5-C Bay Area Jan 2009
Convener:Claudia Galvan Attendees: DeborahS, JillW, Muit, Sadie, DancyF
Notes:
How are managing Agile projects today?
- Four week sprints, with PM defining big picture and product team defining/committing what can be accomplished in each milestone
- Agile allows to quickly react to competition and changing environment
- Phase gates allow to re-evaluate priorities at the end of each milestone
How do handle burnout?
- Rotate projects
- Provide steady/sustainable work
- Empower team to decide what can be done
- Include blackout dates for holidays and vacations
What is next?
- Have a single drumbeat with smaller pieces that can go along with the ride
- “Waste on person”
- Reduce Context switching
- Account for a least 6 months to adapt to Agile when first adopting Agile
- Usability team working on 1 Spring Ahead on mock paper mockups
- Allow 1 day of “recoup” time
- Leverage interns to allow for innovation/downtime of the product team