When fairy tale meets reality

Anna Lavrova Ciklum

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Why me? ● 8+ years of Project Management in IT

● Certified Scrum Master

● Implemented Agile methodologies

from scratch in 3 projects

● Released 3 Platinum Casual Games

● One of only 5+ female Project

Managers in Ciklum

● Mentor and tutor at several IT

trainings centers teaching young

managers and junior developers the

art of soft skills

● Speaker at 10+ conferences in 2016

● Proud feminist setting new attitudes

for Women in IT

That’s Alice!

And she

believes IT is a

fairy tale.

Ain’t it so?

Which kingdom do you choose?

Non clear user stories

Non clear user stories Set intentions - not requirements

Think of pornhub effect

Experiment

Talk to sales team

No Product Owner and

No Designer

Be the change owner

Demo or die

No Product Owner and

No Designer

Who changes requirements

before demo?

Who changes requirements

before demo?

Business priorities matter

Pornhub effect again

No breaking changes shall

pass!

No breaking changes shall

pass!

How to make

people

awesome?

How to make

people

awesome? Introduce mentors

Hire juniors

Have subteam leaders and

secure broken leg effect

Give enough power to team

leads

Thank you and

I’m open for the

questions!

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lavrovanna@yandex.ru

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0934548455