A very common question asked by Project Managers who are new to Agile is - “What happens to my role?” In this session, let us explore the practical applicability for scrum roles and view the possibilities of seeing beyond the traditional project management role. Event page: http://pmiatlanta.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=514:agile-forum-140819&catid=95&Itemid=102

1. Change in mindset: Specialist to Generalist
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Sameer S. Bendre CSM, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, CSP, PSM I
19th August 2014
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2. • Engagement manager, Technical Services @Outsystems
• Community Knowledge Management Lead – @PMIAgile CoP (2011-2014)
• Program Manager @PMIATLAgile (2011-2013)
• Contributor to @agilescout blog
• SFAgile2012 co-organizer
Reviewer, Contributor to the
following titles:
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About Sameer
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Email: sameer.bendre@outsystems.com

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What are we here for?

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What are we here for?

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Agenda
• Changing times, Changing mindsets
• Agile
• Scrum
• Scrum Roles
• Project Manager
• Exercise
• Q & A

7. Mindset
• Industrial vs. Knowledge work
• Being an expert/Hands on
• Time to market (Years à weeks)
• Projects à Products
An organization flexible to adapt to
market needs in a timely manner.
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Agile Manifesto
agilemanifesto.org

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Did you know the Principles?!
http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

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Scrum

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Show of hands
– PM’s
– BA’s
– QA’s
– Architects
– Developers

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13. Scrum Role: Product Owner (PO)
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14. Does any of the duties, attributes
sound familiar to what YOU do
today?
Can you see a possible alignment
with this role?
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15. Scrum Role: Scrum Master (SM)
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16. Does any of the duties, attributes
sound familiar to what YOU do
today?
Can you see a possible alignment
with this role?
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17. Scrum Role: Development Team
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18. Does any of the duties, attributes
sound familiar to what YOU do
today?
Can you see a possible alignment
with this role?
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The (shared) canvas

20. What about the Project Manager?
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• People
• Process
• Technology
Address:
Why, Why now?
What?
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Project Manager Involvement

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Project Manager Involvement

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.. as Functional Managers..
External Stakeholders
Internal Stakeholders
PMs as Functional Managers

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..as Community Leaders..

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..across multiple teams…

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..in complex teams…

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In an enterprise

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In a product company

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Generalist
Cross Functional
amsciences.com

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Exercise
Let’s form TEAMs!

31. We had the lowest prices for auto
parts for over a decade.
We still have the lowest prices but
our sales are dropping
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Auto Parts - Business Need
Jack
CEO
We checked and realized that we
are loosing sales due to the online
selling strategy of our competitors
We need to adopt
an online shop for
our parts! Tony
Marke0ng
&
Sales

32. 1. You have 25/30 min to work on your
exercise
2. Create a Backlog/Use cases list for your
team (~ 5 min)
3. List 2 personas/actors (~ 3 min)
4. Write top 3 User Stories/Features
(~10 min)
5. Write Acceptance Criteria/How will you
test? (~10 min)
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Exercise

33. 1. Titles do not matter, connect with your teams
2. Be a Leader
3. Communicate to understand & be understood
4. Strive for a shared understanding (Vision, Goals)
5. Address the Why(s)
6. Acquire new skills (Technology, Process etc.)
7. Share your expertise
8. Build your circle of influence (Dev, QA, BA etc.)
…There IS a place for YOU on an agile team. Collaborate to find it and
Watch the teams do magic! (you will be a part of it J).
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Wrap-up

34. References/Acknowledgements
1. http://www.innolution.com/resources/
visual-agilexicon
2. Essential Scrum – Kenneth Rubin
3. Agilemanifesto.org
4. Scrum Guide
5. agileproductdesign.com (Jeff Patton)
6. Outsystems team
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Q&A/Discussion

36. Thank YOU from @Outsystems!
To you all for joining us to day:
• Sameer Bendre (Engagement Manager)
• Miguel Baltazar (Technical Services Director)
• Stacey Levine (Sales Engineer)
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