DrupalCon Dublin 2016: Managing an agile team of internal and external partners
Video Description
Managing an agile team is one thing when you're all part of the same organisation, so how do you manage a hyper-creative, cross-functional team made up of partners from many various agencies?
Our make-up is quite unique: we are an in-house product team and two procured agencies.
We have a brand team that owns the vision for the product, manages on-the-ground delivery, and supports and trains users on the front line; a Drupal consulting agency procured part-time to lead on technology and agile transformation; and a separate agency of developers (in-house and outsourced) with dedicated Scrum Master.
We're a team of around 8 core people working to design, build and test product iterations for the Investors in People online suite (https://www.investorsinpeople.com/).
This presentation will take you through the steps we have faced in applying agile principles in our context, including a look at the successes, the failures, the pitfalls and the many opportunities. Some of the topics we will cover are:
Alignment: collaborating on one shared goal.
Communication: communicating the product vision to external developers (PO); bringing multiple parties together in line with one sprint goal (SM); communicating product developments and value back to the business (PO).
Product delivery: managing an in-life product, iterative releases and a large user base.
Organisational shift: championing the value of agile to the wider Investors in People business and promoting culture shift.
Our make-up is quite unique: we are an in-house product team and two procured agencies.
We have a brand team that owns the vision for the product, manages on-the-ground delivery, and supports and trains users on the front line; a Drupal consulting agency procured part-time to lead on technology and agile transformation; and a separate agency of developers (in-house and outsourced) with dedicated Scrum Master.
We're a team of around 8 core people working to design, build and test product iterations for the Investors in People online suite (https://www.investorsinpeople.com/).
This presentation will take you through the steps we have faced in applying agile principles in our context, including a look at the successes, the failures, the pitfalls and the many opportunities. Some of the topics we will cover are:
Alignment: collaborating on one shared goal.
Communication: communicating the product vision to external developers (PO); bringing multiple parties together in line with one sprint goal (SM); communicating product developments and value back to the business (PO).
Product delivery: managing an in-life product, iterative releases and a large user base.
Organisational shift: championing the value of agile to the wider Investors in People business and promoting culture shift.