When fairy tale meets reality

Anna LavrovaCiklum

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Why me?● 8+ years of Project Management

in IT● Certified Scrum Master● Implemented Agile

methodologies from scratch in 3 projects

● Released 3 Platinum Casual Games

● One of only 5+ female Project Managers in Ciklum

● Mentor and tutor at several IT trainings centers teaching young managers and junior developers the art of soft skills

● Speaker at 10+ conferences in 2016

● Proud feminist setting new attitudes for Women in IT

That’s Alice! And she believes IT is a fairy tale.Ain’t it so?

Which kingdom do you choose?

Non clear user stories

Non clear user storiesSet intentions - not requirements

Think of pornhub effectExperiment

Talk to sales team

No Product Owner and

No Designer

Be the change ownerDemo or die

No Product Owner and

No Designer

Who changes requirements before demo?

Who changes requirements before demo?

Business priorities matterPornhub effect again

No breaking changes shall pass!

No breaking changes shall pass!

Pay attention to release notes and prepare for worseGet more people involved

How to make

people awesome?

How to make

people awesome?Introduce mentors

Hire juniorsHave subteam leaders

and secure broken leg effect

Give enough power to team leads

Thank you and I’m open

for the questions!

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