1. Thinking & Customizing
Agile
by
Sivaram Athmakuri
(Business First Agile Professional)
PMP, ACP, CSM, CSP, CSPO, Agile PM Practitioner
Assistant Vice President

2. Thinking & Customizing Agile
Agenda
• Welcome
• Thinking Agile
– Changing Mindset
– Agile Benefits
• #1 Challenge
• Customizing
– Product Owner (Onsite), Team (Offshore)
– Proxy Product Owner
• Results
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3. Welcome
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4. Which one have you used ?
Water fall (SDLC)
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5. Thinking Agile
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6. Illustration – Examination (Model)
Annual examination (ONLY)
vs
Semester Exam
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7. Illustration – Mobile Features
• How many features are available?
• How many you use?
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8. Illustration - Shopping
• Do you prepare a list before shopping?
• Do you follow it?
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9. Illustration – Buying Rice
• First time buying …
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10. Agile benefits
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Minimize risk
Respond to dynamics
Involves Users/Customers
Deepens Ownership/relation ship
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11. • How many projects have a Dedicated Product
Owner ?
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12. • How many projects have a Dedicated Product
Owner ?
– Only 24% of Agile projects have dedicated PO
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13. #1 Challenge
• How to win Product Owner (PO) and influence
them better
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14. Product owner at
onsite, team at Offshore
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15. Product owner at onsite, team at
Offshore
• Product Owner available for limited time
– Slows response time
– Introduces errors from both directions
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16. Proxy Product Owner
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17. Proxy acting as Product Owner
– Proxy PO and PO having different visions
– Proxy PO not taking decisions (or not given
authority to take decisions)
– Decisions taken by Proxy PO are over-ruled
– Product Owner acting as Guest
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18. Possible Solutions
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19. Product owner at onsite, team at
Offshore
• Increase Participation/Involvement by
– User Stories (Requirements in Business Language)
– Sprint Planning(PO defines Priority for
functionality)
– Informal Demo after User Story is done -don’t
wait till Sprint review (PO provides continuous
feedback)
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20. Proxy acting as Product Owner
• Find the Best fit from client’s side (to be
Proxy)
– Department Head (ZM-Sales if CRM is developed)
– End Users
– Domain Experts/Business Analysts from our side
(last choice)
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21. Results
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