BIG - JIRA - Agile by Antons Sapriko

Field experiences and many observations for the Agile adaptations in various programming set-ups. Some of them has been catastrophic, others very successful.

What makes not standard waterfall models to fail or ether to be successful? Is it determined by the size, by customer or by developer teams? How agile can be used to avoid chaos and cost overrun at any parties side?

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1. BIG – Jira - Agile Antons Sapriko Scandiweb.com
2. Assumptions • Use Jira or want to use it • Run or want to run Agile / Scrum • Are or will face projects of 2000-4000+ hours (1-2 man / years)
3. Why? • Works for us, web development, 60 people • Can efficiently finish within budget and deadline projects of large and differentiated scope • Competitive advantage, methodology helped to win US / Canada large projects
6. Idea cloud ->Jira
7. Ideas / Issues -> Sprint • See, some 20 issues out of 500 ;( • Other issues can not be seen by their status easily ;( • Sprint board shows current sprint issues ;( • Other issues are seen in Planning mode in one long list ;(
8. Are all issues in back log specified? Where I will refine and specify them? How to dominate these cloud of 500 issues in different states?
9. Solution 1 - Board for Backlog • Kanban board, only it allows to see all issues in one board • Move them from new -> discovery -> specification -> client action (->on hold?) -> backlog • Helps to cycle 500+ items from “idea” to backlog
11. Solution 2 - Hierarchy • Components – Epics • Issues • Filters based on components • Swimlanes based on epics
14. Agile? • No need to specify entire project before moving to development, can do it by component / select issues for phase I • Ability to change direction of a project within hours without loosing control • Accountability – all is transparent and structured
16. Big Picture Board
17. Big Picture Board
19. Sum up • Components / Epics hierarcgy • Backlog board with discovery and specification related statuses and columns • Communication in Basecamp • Project wiki in Confluence for specified issues • Big Picture Board