Agile for the Masses: How to Make Any Team More Effective - John Wetenhall

JOHN WETENHALL • PRODUCT MARKETER • ATLASSIAN • @JPWETENHALL

Agile for the MassesHow to make any team more effective

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Who am I?

• Product Marketing - Confluence + Confluence Questions

• @ Atlassian since May 2013• Scrum Master for Collaboration PMM

team

Track AdaptPlan

Agile for everyone

Agile for everyoneCore concepts

Agile for everyoneCore conceptsAgile applied

Agile is not just about software

Agile is not just about software

5.4

Agile for marketers

Who is your “customer”?

What are you shipping?

Team Customer Product

Core concepts

Agile is a cycle

Track AdaptPlan

Sprint

Sprint components

Sprint: 2 weeks

Sprint components

Sprint: 2 weeks

Sprint planning

Sprint components

Sprint: 2 weeks

Sprint planning

Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum Scrum

Sprint components

Sprint: 2 weeks

Sprint planning Retrospective


Sprint

Notify Customers of Confluence 5.4


Write email content


Take product screenshots

Write email content


Write announcement blog


Write email content

Confluence 5.4 Marketing LaunchNotify Customers of

Confluence 5.4



Write email content

What do tasks look like?

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EpicIssueIssue Issue

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Marketing Epics

Marketing Epics

5.4

Sprint

Epic

Sprint Sprint Sprint

Key roles: Scrum Master

• “Servant leader”• Facilitates:• Scrum, planning, retrospective meetings• Tracks roadmap• Coordinates with other teams

Key Roles: Product Owner

• Source of truth for goals/objectives• Prioritizes the backlog• On our team: Ryan Anderson

Key roles: Team

• Everyone else• Owns estimates and work• Self-organizing

Agile applied

Track AdaptPlan

Sprint

Sprint planning goals

Start before you meet

Start before you meet

Issue

Sub-task

Sub-task

Step 1: Clarify Priorities

Prioritize epics

Step 2: Translate priorities into work

Planning poker

1/2 1 2 3

5 8 13 20

Step 3: Estimate work




Write email content

Step 3: Estimate work




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Step 4: Sum it up

Track AdaptPlan

Sprint

• 10 minute limit• What did you accomplish

yesterday?• What will you accomplish today?• Any blockers?

Daily Standup

Track and complete work

Track AdaptPlan

Sprint

Complete sprints in JIRA

Run Retrospectives in Confluence

Repeat the cycle!

Sprint: 2 weeks

Sprint planning Retrospective


Any team can be Agile

Keys to becoming Agile

Who is my customer? What product am I delivering?

Principles > process

Focus on delivering value

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JOHN WETENHALL • PRODUCT MARKETING • ATLASSIAN • @JPWETENHALL

Agile for the Masses: How to Make Any Team More Effective - John Wetenhall

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