1.
Adriana Katrandzhieva
Twitter: #YConf2020 @katrandzhieva

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Dual Track Agile for
Discovery & Development

3.
What will be covered

4.
Poll

5.
Poll

6.
What is Dual-Track Agile & Where it
comes from?
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7.
20072005 2012
Intro to
‘dual-track
scrum’ by
Marty Cagan
and Jeff
Patton
First
referenced by
Lynn Miller
Referenced in a
paper by
Miller’s
colleague -
Desirée Sy
What is Dual-Track Agile?
2020
Cagan speak
of continuous
discovery
2015

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“The ‘Dual-track’ model shows the parallel tracks of
discovery and development throughout the
product design and delivery process.These
continually feedback into each other informing
new hypothesis. ”

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Benefits of using the Dual-Track
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Managing a vast
product space
Benefits
Team comms &
user/stakeholder
involvement
Accelerated delivery (of
the right thing)
Stakeholder
management
Lower development
cost

11.
Challenges of using the Dual-Track
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Team split for
delivery vs
discovery
Delivery pressures can
often make the delivery
track a higher priority
focus
Challenges
Making a call: build
it, kill it or keep
learning
Timeboxing
discovery
activities is
hard
Prioritising discovery
items - ‘How to predict
what you need to learn
next?’

13.
How to apply in practice?
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14.
Ideas
Priority for
Discovery
In
Progress
Ready for
Delivery
Explored
Explored
& Parked
Discovery
track/Board
Development
track/Board
Backlog Prioritised
In
Analysis
Ready
In
Progress
Sign off Done
Discovery
track/Board
Delivery
track/Board

15.
Ideas
Priority for
Discovery
In
Progress
Ready for
Delivery
Explored
Explored
& Parked
Discovery
track/Board
Backlog Prioritised
In
Analysis
Ready
In
Progress
Sign off Done
Discovery
track/Board
Delivery
track/Board
Development
track/Board

16.
Breaking some Myths
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17.
Dual Track Myths
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18.
Dual Track Myths
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Dual Track Myths
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20.
Poll

21.
Poll

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Adriana Katrandzhieva
Senior Business Analyst & Delivery Consultant
akatrand@thoughtworks.com | thoughtworks.com
Twitter: #YConf2020 @katrandzhieva
Thank You!