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Going Agile with Atlassian
…or, herding cats for fun and profit


Jordan Dea-Mattson
Director, Engineering
Numenta, Inc.
Principals and Patterns
Why, then how
It’s the People Stupid
Keep it simple!
It’s not about you!
All together now!
If you want a job done right,
        automate it!
Why Atlassian?
“Atlassian has the worst possible tool suite,
except for all the others…




                                     Winston Churchill
                                     Paraphrased and with apologies…
Atlassian is…
• Adaptable
• Open
• Extensible
• …but a a few words of caution
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
The Nitty Gritty
What kind of site?
• Greenfield?
• Urban infill?
What is your methodology?
What is your product?
Process Patterns
• Abhor processes
• Embrace patterns
A Process Pattern
! Keep it Simple!
• Minimally viable process
• Minimal Issues
 • Story, Bug, Technical Task

• Minimal Workfow
 • Open, In Progress, Implemented, Tested, Deployed
Roles to Play
Visionary
Cat Herder
Score Keeper
Communicator
Closing Words
If it isn’t written down, it
       doesn’t happen
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
Questions?
Thank you!

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Evolving Your Agile Process with Atlassian Tools - Atlassian Summit 2012

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  3. This slide can be used to break up the chapters of your talk - this would be the start to a new chapter\n- OR -\nThis could be used for making a single statement of a few words or a sentence.\n\nYou should choose one or the other, so that there’s a consistent system.\n
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  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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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  19. Stealing from lean processes, let’s look to having a minimally viable process. \n
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