MARKUS THORNELL - AXIELL

Waterfall to agileThe line manager perspective

AXIELL IS A GLOBAL COMPANY ON THE CROSS SECTION BETWEEN

THE IT AND THE CULTURE SECTOR.

WE SECURE THAT PAST ANDPRESENT KNOWLEDGE

MERGE WITH THE FUTURE.

AXIELL TODAY

3000PUBLIC LIBRARIES

AXIELL Background

PUBLIC LIBRARY

One product to serve all countries!

Agile development

UX-driven development

Approximately a two year project!

Brave and bald decision! WOW!

That’s why I was hired

Background

Me15 years of SW development experience.

Coming from SONY where I just made the same journey.Going from 6 months’ cycle to 6 weeks’ with applications.

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The development team was created here

Let’s go Agile!

Let’s go Agile!

Does the company really understand what they just said yes to?

Short answer: No. They have no idea…

Let’s start from a development perspective.

When are you ready?

How much will it cost?

What about the rest of the organisation?

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Development

We are already there! We have done Scrum for a long time!

Honestly…

Is just a nice way of protecting the development team.

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The change is bigger than that!

The ChallengeThere is a big organization in place already.Everybody need to understand.

Prestudie:Managers, Product Manager, Product Owner, CTO, Design

Owners of the company,The board,CEO,Managers,Project Manager – Scrum masterLead architect,Customer Service,Developers,

And then there was me…

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And then there was me…

What’s the line managers responsibility?

Expectations on me.

“You are hired as head of this project!!”

“You go fix!”

But formally I am not:Project managerProduct OwnerTechnical expert

I am definitely not in charge of the rest of the organisation

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What’s the line managers responsibility?

Create conditions for a high performing team.

High performing team.1. All competence and responsibilty lie within the team• Design, development, test, product owner,• CTO – in our out?• One and only one backlog - PO. All others – Stakeholders!

2. Feeling of control within the team• We threw away the list with thousands of requirements.• UX Driven development – What problem do we solve?

3. Trust• Trust, Feedback• Going from one big team to 3 small increased the velocity 50%

4. Knowing that what you do actually gives value• Build, Measure, Learn• First time in life we are actual Agile!!

5. Always have time to try new ideas• Always have ongoing investigations (two weeks)• Idea, paper prototype, evaluate, throw away

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What do I do all day?

Listening…

Face 2 Face

It takes courage and discipline NOT to decide in the daily operations!

I don’t know the answer to that question Mr president!

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What do I do all day?

An own kanban board – separated from the team. Me and Scrum master.

I used to say the goal is to make me redundant…

But I don’t anymore

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The answer to the question

• Take the blame

• Listen to co-workers