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TPS  Reports  Who  actually  uses  those?  

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Ben  Ellio:  

•  BA  in  Computer  Science,  Coe  College  in  2004  •  Internship  at  Genova  Technologies  •  Work  Experiences  at  Genova  Technologies  

–  Waterfall  Development:  •  Aerospace  Equipment  Automated  TesMng  applicaMon  •  Business  Jet  cabin  soPware  •  Website  to  track/show  informaMon  about  natural  resources  •  SituaMonal  Awareness  Test  Engineer  for  Rotary  Wing  Aerospace  

–  Cowboy  Development:  •  Display  route  informaMon  and  adverMsements  for  transportaMon  •  NavigaMon  and  operator  data  display  for  Municipal  TransportaMon  

Waterfall  

Waterfall  Struggles  

•  DocumentaMon  outdated  before  its  reviewed  •  Change  is  painful  •  Customer  dislikes  the  results  of  what  they  said  they  wanted  

•  Time  to  market  •  Overkill  for  some  projects  •  Hard  to  do  for  new  developers  

Cowboy  Style  

No  documentaMon  at  all  

Cowboy  Struggles  

•  Onboarding  new  team  members  •  SoPware  ValidaMon  •  Is  it  the  right  soPware?  •  Determining  value?  

IntroducMon  to  Agile  

•  Team  Member  •  Scrummaster  – CSM  (April  2014)  – Chosen  as  SM  (Summer  2014)  

•  Product  Owner  – Owned  a  team  (June  2015)  – CSPO  (August  2015)  

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Agile  Manifesto  

Waterfall  DocumentaMon  

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Cowboy  DocumentaMon  

•  What  is  needed  to  convey  what  the  Product  Owner  and  stakeholders  need?  

•  What  is  needed  by  the  team  to  transfer  knowledge  quickly  and  easily?  

•  What  is  needed  by  the  team  to  prove  that  they  have  done  the  work  required?  

•  What  is  needed  to  reduce  maintenance  costs  with  maintaining  the  soPware?  

•  Who  am  I  making  this  document  for?  

DocumentaMon  QuesMons  

Atypical  Scrum  Setup  

•  Team  consists  of  – 8  Developers  

•  PV  team  handles  product  validaMon  •  UX  team  creates  a  consistent  look  and  feel  for  applicaMon  UI  

My  Scrum  Team  

•  DocumentaMon  –  Inputs  

•  System  SpecificaMon  •  UI  SpecificaMon  

– Outputs  •  SoPware  Release  SpecificaMon  •  TesMng  Notes  

Summary  

•  DocumentaMon  can  be  useful  •  Documents  should  only  be  created  to  fill  a  specific  need  and  have  a  specific  audience  

•  DocumentaMon  should  depend  on  the  complexity  and  size  of  the  work  

•  Let  the  team  and  stakeholders  have  input  •  DocumentaMon  is  a  deliverable  

QuesMons?  

Contact  InformaMon  

Ben  Ellio:  Genova  Technologies,  Inc  Cedar  Rapids,  IA  Ben.ellio:@genovatech.com    319-­‐378-­‐8455    www.genovatech.com