Wednesday, November 06, 2019

SAFe Requirements Model... (Source: SAFe Agile Portal)








Sample Epic, feature and US

Campaign management -- Epic
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Features
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1. Set up campaign
2. Run campaign
3. Gather campaign stats

User stories under set up
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Create campaign specific to MDA brand
Review and publish MDA brand campaign requests

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Create ZS pega sales portal [EPIC]
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Features
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1. Create base portal
2. Portal delta (set of additional features)

Stories under base portal
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1. Set up base portal from Quantum

Stories under Portal delta
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2. Ability to select MDA fin options for trade-in details
3. ZS provision to capture 3rd party supplier details
4. Update TSS field reference


Lean startup - Image (Dave Landis)


Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Behavioural questions -- Kirsty Bonner

  • Tell me about a challenging client-facing situation and how you handled it.
  • Provide an example of a time when you personally demonstrated ownership.
  • Give me an example of a time when you faced a conflict whilst working on a team. How did you handle that?
  • Give me an example of a time when you had to challenge a management decision.
  • Tell me about a time when you had to quickly adjust your work priorities to meet changing demands.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Human Centered Design

  • Creative approach to problem solving.
  • Places customers at the center (a way of working and thinking).
  • Design from their perspective.
  • Introduces
    • Collaboration.
    • Empathy.
    • Problem re-framing.
    • Evidence-based decision making.
    • Experimentation.
  • Needs these
    • Curiosity
    • Optimism (See problem as an opportunity)
    • Mindset to learn
    • Creativity

If we already have automation, what's the need for Agents?

“Automation” and “agent” sound similar — but they solve very different classes of problems. Automation = Fixed Instruction → Fixed Outcome ...