doing it the right way - marcin kaczmarek, consileon

Doing IT the right way Marcin Kaczmarek/Consileon Startup Weekend 2015.10.25

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Based on the story of INK ...

Jonathan Manzi

Denis Benic

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INK UNL

Michał Orman

Have your own “CTO” ...

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technology stack

architecture

external help

efficiency of development

team

Founders : coding is 2nd priority

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founders can’t be just hired

harder to sell then create

don’t interfere

give up development

… and don’t pretend to be an End-user...

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assure feedback

loop

you are not your target

group

grab user statistics

obbey UX/ UI standards

… and find Product Owner

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power of decision making

domain know-how

time to act

goal within the budget

Work with seniors and use “one-man-army” scenario

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value for money

too poor to buy cheap

no “silver bullet”

technology

whole software life-

cycle

Scale with the team from vendor

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replacement mechanism

costs of teambuilding

access tp vendor’s global

experience

longer payment

dues

Build relation with vendor, meet your future team

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employer branding

networking

on-site of core candidates

joint brainstorming

session

Goals and values - focus on what not how

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innovation can’t be well

specified

always wrong about the

scope

as agile as your team

seamless change

How to save some money

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with trust you avoid waste

pay for effort only

reduced management

overhead

fair share of risks

Trust based contract with emergency exit

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communicated budget and managed

scope

fixed goal and quality

transparency of progress and fail fast

option

clear roles and commitment

from the team

Safety with no vendor lock-in

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NDA NCA NRA

source code and IPR transfer

friendlygoodbye

know-how transfer phase

Agility is a mindset

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frank feedback for

improvements

framework is not enough

all good things come

with time

step back for the big picture

On-site is a must for effective teamwork

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joint discussion sessions

kick-off

text and sound are

not enough

feel as one team in good and bad times

Change is inevitable!

If you want to have something, you have never had...

… you need to do something, you have never done before 16

Thank you for your attention

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