‣Prioritizing Clear Outcome Goals
‣Enforcing Scope
‣Listening To Developers
‣Building Quality Assurance Into
Processes & Budgets
Working with Developers as a Product Champion
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Working with Developers as a Product Champion
Prioritize Clear
Outcome Goals
De
fi
nition of Done
Settling Disputes
What Success Looks Like
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A sentence or two included in the work
description that explains the behavior of
the application after the work is complete.
Definition of Done
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If there is a disagreement, it’s the
Product Champion’s job to step in and
choose a path forward for the team.
Settle Disputes
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If there is a disagreement, it’s the
Product Champion’s job to step in and
choose a path forward for the team.
Settle Disputes
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Be intentional about sharing the goals for
each sprint, deadline, and engagement.
Define Success
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Be intentional about sharing the goals for
each sprint, deadline, and engagement.
Define Success
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Clear outcome
goals keep the team
moving toward
success.
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Working with Developers as a Product Champion
Enforce Scope
Scope Creep
Increased Headcount
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When work that is unaccounted for in
the original project plan sneaks its way
in.
"Scope Creep"
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"Scope Creep"
‣Business Leadership
‣Design Revision / Polish
‣Developer Refactors
Working with Developers as a Product Champion
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What are you
willing to cut in
order to add this
feature?"
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Increasing team size comes with
hidden costs, think carefully before
growing the team.
Should I just increase headcount?
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Product Champions
are ultimately
responsible for
increased scope.
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Working with Developers as a Product Champion
Listen to Devs
Refactoring
Tech Debt
Estimations
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Dev Quality of Life improvements keep
your team motivated and prepared to
accomplish business needs.
Prioritize Refactors
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We've been trying to contact you about
your codebase's extended warranty.
Tech Debt
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Include the entire developer team when
estimating work.
Estimate Accurately
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A key factor to
working with
developers is
listening to them…
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…and trusting their
expertise.
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There may be a faster or more
accessible way to accomplish
a similar goal.
Consider Alternatives
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Working with Developers as a Product Champion
Don't Forget QA
Browser & Accessibility Support
Design Review
Automated Testing
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Incorporate quality
assurance checks into
your process early.
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Quality Assurance can also be done
alongside feature work, not just after.
Incorporate QA Into Your
Process
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Build it fast, build it
cheap, or build it well.
Pick two.
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Your De
fi
nition of Done can include
light browser and accessibility testing.
Take a note
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Be an advocate for
quality via process,
reducing strain on
the team.
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You can create a
sustainable, healthy
development
environment.
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Working with Developers as a Product Champion
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