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OUR DOCUMENTATION TEAM
AGILE MANIFESTO
Mikey Ariel
Senior Technical Writer, Red Hat
STXNext Tech Summit, March 2015
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Why are we here?
Who am I and what do I want
My personal agile story
The Agile Fuse docs story
Q & A
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Who am I?
Technical writer at Red Hat
Write the Docs EU community lead
Scrum master and agile coach
nOOb-friendly and inclusive
Excited about all the things
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ag·ile adjective \ a-j l, - jī(- )l\
ˈ ə ˌ ə
1. marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace
2. having a quick resourceful and adaptable character
(Merriam-Webster dictionary)
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In the beginning...
Red Hat acquires Fusesource, enter chaos
Enter hyperactive docs lady, stage left
Debut personal agile doc talk
Enter Red Hat content services revolution, stage right
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Queue lightbulb!
Mad scientist montage
Agile Fuse docs 1.0 goes into production
Enter content strategist / program manager
Team grows from 3 to 9 writers
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Before...
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… After!
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… After!
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… After!
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What works?
Sprints keep us on top of our tasks
Kanban board provides transparency and clear goals
Retrospectives uncover problems quickly
Clear role division keeps us focused and effective
The processes and tools serve us!
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What still needs work?
Most of the team is new to agile
Distributed team requires compromises
Development is still chaotic
Beurocracy still rears its ugly head
Workflow is still fragile and needs lots of love
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QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
FLOWERS? TOMATOES?
You can also ask me later here, here, here, and there:
Email mariel@redhat.com
Google+ mikeymay972@gmail.com
Twitter @thatdocslady