the roles and responsibilities in an agile project and organization
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The Roles and Responsibilities in an Agile
Project and Organization: Case NAPA
Toivo Vaje
@ToivoVaje
Manager, Software Releases
NAPA Technology
#projektipäivät
#onnistu2014
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Context: NAPA IN NUMBERS
95%OF SHIPS BUILT ANNUALLY
ARE DESIGNED BY OUR
CUSTOMERS USING NAPA
9COUNTRY OFFICES
WORLDWIDE
175 EMPLOYEES
© NAPA
25 YEARS
Software 3DEVELOPMENT
SITES
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Me
• Master of Science (Physics)
• 7+ years is Software Development
• Developer,
Scrum Master,
Coach,
Process Owner,
Value Chain Owner,
Manager
• Jack of All Trades
• Optimize the whole
• @ToivoVaje
Contents
How we make Releases
Roles in Agile Organization
Responsibility for Quality and Results
Statement: Learning is everything
Annual major releases
Projects (a lot of)
Variable scope and schedule
History
How we make Releases Now
Stabilization Period
Different Levels of Abstraction
Splits down into
SprintsIs part of a
larger entity
Release Planning
• Whole company together
• Event called Release Planning Day
»Why?
*see http://www.scaledagileframework.com
Shared Vision
Linking Abstraction Levels
Communication
Release in a nutshell
Plan Execute
DemonstrateLearn
Publish &
Follow-up
Sprints
Short iterations
Same structure as Release,
but shorter time span
Planning Review Retrospective
Contents
How we make Releases
Roles in Agile Organization
Responsibility for Quality and Results
Scrum Teams: Development Team
Scrum Teams: Scrum Master
Scrum Teams: Product Owner
Split work between Product Owner and Manager
Product Manager
Product Manager
Product Manager
Release Train Engineer
How we make Releases
Roles in Agile Organization
Responsibility for Quality and Results
Responsibility for Quality and Results
We don’t have separate QA function
We don’t have Project Managers
TEAMS are responsible for the quality and results
Aiding the teams
• Continuous Integration + Test automation
• Development Practice trainings
• Scrum Master Community of Practice
• Test Community
Conclusions
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Thank You
@ToivoVaje
+358-41-5372657
Manager, Software Releases
NAPA Technology