Software projects are like a big ship So what better metaphor than the titanic?
"With a talk like that, you'd better have a good icebreaker." - Amanda
- Tech lead = informal agile coach - I've seen some things - Normally don't get to give these talks - Excella has agile coaches; they have not signed off on this.
Transparency goes under trust; introspection goes under adaptation.
- Multiple backlogs - Multiple stakeholders to please - SMEs != POs
Testing as a phase <br/>Lack of automation <br/>Mini waterfall sprints
PO / SM as PM
Three amigos, etc.
Book: Read this before our next meeting
Believe it or not, this is actually a bad thing. <br/>Conflict spectrum <br/>Radical Candor
Wins: things that the client may not think of but that spikes helped with
Comic: Technical debt cave / water