Managing High ROI Software Development Arne Åhlander

ManagingHigh ROISoftware

Development

ArneÅhlander

•Challenges

•How to deal with them

Today

Good and Bad

What about you?

•Characteristics of GOOD projects

•Characteristics of BAD projects

Characteristics of GOOD Projects

•Good communication and collaboration

•Clear vision

•Clear roles

•Clear responsibilities

•Link to customer

•Openness and frequent feedback

•Satisfied customer

•Happy team

Dealing with the Challenges

Management Onion

Strategy

Portfolio

Product

Release

Iteration

Daily

Levels and Roles

•Team

•Product Management

•Line and upper Management

Challenge 1

•Pointing out direction

Challenge 2

• The Note Table, by Tom Seymour

Challenge 3

•Clarity

Challenge 4

Challenge 5

•happy campers

•team members

•POs

•everyone

need to be happy about their work

Who does what?Who does what?

Line Management

•Pointing out direction

•Communication

•Clarity

•Boundaries for self organization

Product Owner

•Available to team

•Create Product Vision

•Communicate Product Vision

•Iteration Goals

•Collaborate with stakeholders

Team

•Commitment

•Focus

•Communication

•Openness

•Decisions

Now it’s your turn

Identification

Ranking

•Pointing out direction

•Communication

•Clarity

•Boundaries for self organization

•Happy campers

Summary and Conclusions

Challenges

•Pointing out direction

•Communication

•Clarity

•Boundaries for self organization

•Happy campers

Possible Solutions

•Vision

•Face to face as well as written

•Verify clarity

•Setting up necessary boundaries to support self organization

•Ask and give feedback

Three things to remember

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