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Agile... we are not there yet! Let's get closer with
"well rounded product teams"
Eduardo da Silva (@emgsilva|[email protected])
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We still have “Business” and “IT”
silos with “hidden waterfalls”
between each other
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Silos & Hidden Waterfalls
“Business”
{Why, What}
Complex
communication
(hidden
waterfalls)
“IT”
{How}
(feature factory)
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How can we enable Business and Tech
working more closely together?
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How can we reach that?
Dev + Ops = DevOps Teams (already WIP)
Why not DevOps + Biz = BizDevOps?
Aim: everyone moving on the same direction
at “high velocity” => truly
multidisciplinary team!
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BizDevOps <=> Product Teams
“Product Team” (and product
organization) is becoming the term &
approach for such team setup
>> “team that owns the product”
Follow this model
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Product Teams - Some Properties
Clear product goal and how to get there
Focus/obsess on customer value
Top-down Strategy & Bottom-Up / Emerging
Strategy (with Experimentation and
customer Validation)
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Tech Leadership is a core skill for
Tech-Savvy people within Product
Teams
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Stop being “feature factories”... Look at big picture
Participate in the
Product "Why" and
"What"
Govern the product
technical vision
Shiny tech is cool, but
Product value is cooler
Validate before
over-engineer
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Well Rounded Product Teams
What does it take? How can we start
going there?
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Some Principles for building Well Rounded Teams*
Learning
Culture & WoW
* Company Leadership needs to support this, otherwise it will not work!
Scoping
(Product,
Architecture)
Leadership
(Product, Technical)
Entrepreneurship
People & Collaboration
Products & Projects
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Conclusion...
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From “YBIYRIYLI” to “You own it, you make it shine”
“Product Team” owns the product
life-cycle “end-to-end” from
“idea” to all the necessary
activities to “make it shine”
Team goal: “What shall we do next
to improve our product”
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Thank you!
More on this in:
http://esilva.net/well-rounded-product-teams
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