This document discusses going agile with Atlassian tools. It recommends keeping processes and workflows simple, with minimal issue types and workflow steps. It also stresses the importance of people over processes and automating tasks. The document cautions that Atlassian features are not always around the corner and not to depend on future capabilities. It provides advice on defining roles, processes, products and methodologies for agile teams using Atlassian tools.
13. Trust, but verify…
• Don’t depend on Atlassian futures
• It is never, “Just around the corner…”
• Don’t plan on it, until you have it in hand
• It is never a…
• Simple change
• Enhancement
• Addition
27. Your checklist!
• Why do you want to do this?
• Define a minimally viable process
• What issue types do you absolutely need?
• What are the minimal steps in your workflow?
• What is the minimal information you must capture
• Ruthlessly Pair Down
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At the heart of the Agile movement is a value on Individuals and interactions over processes and tools, as we design work to embrace Agile in our development practices, we have to keep this in mind. Scrum master certifications, JIRA workflows, and all of the rest have to be in support of the people.\n
As noted in the Agile manifesto, “Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.” If we want to get folks to embrace changes in process and working style, it has to be simple and easy to do so…\n
Why are you doing this? What does this gain for the team? How does this make the team more productive and efficient? \nWhatever you do can’t be exclusively about your needs and desires as a project manager or manager. It has to be aligned with the team’s needs.\n
How is what you are asking the team to do aligned with their interests? \nThe path of least resistance is to make sure that interests are aligned.\n
The only way to get repeatable results in any system is to automate it.\nThe only way to get people to do something consistently is to automate it.\nA half day of automation work will save you days of aggravation and pain down the road. \nIf you don’t have the skills to automate things, start gaining them now.\n
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Everyone has their reasons, here are some of mine.\n
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Stealing from lean processes, let’s look to having a minimally viable process. \n