Working with Pivotal Labs

Given at the 2015 Pivotal Japan Summit @ Roppongi Hills

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1. Working with Pivotal Labs Danny Burkes Director, Pivotal Labs Tokyo dburkes@pivotal.io
2. Our mission is to transform how the world builds software
3. Helping great companies become great software companies
4. How do we do this? We teach your team by creating together
5. We build together We learn together We teach each other We improve together
6. Step 1 - Build a small team Six to ten people, mixed staffing Developers, Product Designers, Product Managers Work face-to-face every day Deliver production-ready software every day
7. Step 2 - Build a backlog Always focus on the users, not the technology Build what the users want Talk to the users, continuously Break the work into small, discrete chunks of value
8. Step 3 - Pair everywhere Pair your developers with ours Pair your product designers with ours Pair your product manager with ours Learn every minute, as a part of every activity
9. Step 4 - Deliver value continuously Always be shipping (or at least shippable) Gather user feedback regularly Adjust your priorities and direction as needed Find product/market fit faster and at a lower cost
10. Discover Prioritize Implement Release Gather Feedback Repeat
11. Cycle times in days, not months Build less Lower risk Trust your users Trust your team
12. What does success mean? A product that your users love A team that can continue iterating Cultural value plus business value Trained staff that can lead your transformation effort
13. You know your customers You know your market
14. You’re most of the way there
15. Unlock your innovation potential Modern tools Modern methods
16. We’re here to help Just take the elevator down to 20F
17. Thank You