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how do system migrations work efforts fit into Agile and User story prioritiztions?

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how do system migrations work efforts fit into Agile and User story prioritiztions?

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Any work that needs to be done by a team can be put in the backlog and prioritized. The key is to breakdown the work into granular portions that will fit in a sprint iteration.

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when a system is being retired/out of service for good, and migrations become mandatory- does all the migration work for that product then be included with the rest of the work and ALL gets prioritized? or how do system migrations work efforts fit into Agile

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when a system is being retired/out of service for good, and migrations become mandatory- does all the migration work for that product then be included with the rest of the work and ALL gets prioritized? or how do system migrations work efforts fit into Agile

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Migration work can also be tracked in a backlog and prioritized.

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The Product Owner acceptance of the user story - is this the equivalent of the business user sign-off in traditonal waterfall?

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The Product Owner acceptance of the user story - is this the equivalent of the business user sign-off in traditonal waterfall?

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The PO acceptance is one of the audit control for Agile. See audit controls for more information.

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Do you have tips for associates who are both a BA and Product Owner for an Agile Project? What conflict arise from performing this dual role, and how would the associate manage these conflicts?

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Do you have tips for associates who are both a BA and Product Owner for an Agile Project? What conflict arise from performing this dual role, and how would the associate manage these conflicts?

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I would suggest that you choose whether you want to be a BA or PO and be dedicated to that role. Each role has work that will need your full attention.

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In your experience, is Product Owner role a full time role? Should the PO be 100% dedicated to the project?

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In your experience, is Product Owner role a full time role? Should the PO be 100% dedicated to the project?

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Yes, the PO should be dedicated to their product. As mentioned in the training overview, the PO has several responsibilities and trying to multi-task will not be sustainable.

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What is the process for tracking work between scrum and kanban teams?

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What is the process for tracking work between scrum and kanban teams?

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Teams can collaborate and communicate in the Scrum of Scrum.

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When should sub task be created and assigned?

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When should sub task be created and assigned?

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Sub-tasks are created in Sprint Planning part 2 when the Development team(anyone working towards sprint goal) breaks down user stories into hour based sub-tasks. The team assigns the work themselves as they are 'self-organizing',

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What is the most challenging parts of the PO role?

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What is the most challenging parts of the PO role?

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This is probably different for each PO but some examples might be:
-Making the decisions on what priority is first.
-Saying 'no' to work that you feel doesn't have business value.
-Keeping in step with both the Scrum team and the customers/stakeholders

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Is the SCRUM Master responsible for scheduling all of these meetings?

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Is the SCRUM Master responsible for scheduling all of these meetings?

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Yes, the Scrum Master normally setup up the events on the calendar after the team decides on the meeting times.

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How do you include operational items (non-technical) items? Such as communications, training, etc

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How do you include operational items (non-technical) items? Such as communications, training, etc

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Training is normally done before a team is activated and begin sprinting. Communications for software changes can be part of the team's Release Definition of Done.

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Is it up to the stakeholder to reorder the product backlog during the sprint review session?

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Is it up to the stakeholder to reorder the product backlog during the sprint review session?

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Changes that come out of the Sprint Review would be added to the product backlog either by the Product Owner or BA. The PO will decide the order that the team will work on new features/changes.

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How would you minimize dependencies between the Scrum Teams?

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How would you minimize dependencies between the Scrum Teams?

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There are several ways you can do this. Have early collaboration between the teams to discuss the dependencies. Organize teams to be made up of people with all the skills needed to complete the work needed(feature teams). This end-to-end development will reduce dependencies among external teams. Lastly, mark dependencies and make them visible to teams to discuss on a shared meeting such as Scrum of Scrum. See Three-Tier Model

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what happens if the team continues to change members how can you estimate velocity

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what happens if the team continues to change members how can you estimate velocity

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Scrum teams are meant to be long-standing teams. If that is not happening, then the velocity will be difficult to estimate.

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If a scrum team is working multiple unrelated projects, do you add all the user stories together in the same product backlog? 

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If a scrum team is working multiple unrelated projects, do you add all the user stories together in the same product backlog? 

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Scrum teams work on a product that will be comprised of new features, change requests, bugs, technical work, etc. Work that is required to support external changes would also be part of the backlog and prioritized with all work.

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Is there still a need for the business users to sign-off on the user story similar to the Waterfall world, or did this sign-off process go away with Agile

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Is there still a need for the business users to sign-off on the user story similar to the Waterfall world, or did this sign-off process go away with Agile

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There is still audit controls in place for Agile. The PO is also responsible to accept/reject stories in the sprint which becomes an audit check.

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Where does the business analyst (BA) come into the picture when it comes to the ownership of user stories? 

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Where does the business analyst (BA) come into the picture when it comes to the ownership of user stories? 

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The BA is an integral part of the Scrum team and will help PO with getting the backlog in place as well as acting as SME in refinement sessions.

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Is "scrum master" an Anthem job title, or do other titles play that role, such as someone on the dev team?

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Is "scrum master" an Anthem job title, or do other titles play that role, such as someone on the dev team?

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Yes, the Scrum Master,  Release Train Engineer, Agile Coach are all new Anthem roles

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The PO will create the goal and team will provide input based on technical stories needed.

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When should the Product Backlog be refined?

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When should the Product Backlog be refined?

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The product backlog should be refined as needed to get 'sprint-ready' stories for 2 sprints ahead. Teams usually meet twice a week for at least an hour or as needed to have stories ready.

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https://confluence.anthem.com/display/AAFCL/Product+Owner+Training+On+Demand
https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/10-product-owner-questions

Agile@Anthem Pulse Community

Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell

Agile Product Owner Resources from AgileReliefPain.com

Agile Product Owner Resources from ScrumCrazy.com

Product Owner Cheat Sheet from Anthem Agile Framework

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Let me know if you have any questions you want addressed in the class.