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DESCRIPTION:Nearly 40 years ago\, Fred Brooks wrote\, “The single hardest
  part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build.
 ” In the early days of agile software development\, the value stream may
  have begun and ended with the product owner. It was just the product owne
 r who decided precisely what to build. However\, over 20 years\, Agile has
  grown up from just “...uncovering better ways of developing software”
  to uncovering better ways to create the agile enterprise. Deciding precis
 ely what to build is a complex enterprise process. Our traditional simple 
 models of backlog management have not kept up. The result is broken value 
 streams that impede flow. As agile grew up\, so did the need for how we ma
 nage the backlog. We can no longer hide the “hardest part” behind the 
 backlog and product owner if we want to be an agile organization and compe
 te in the digital age.\n\nWhile many organizations struggle with backlog m
 anagement\, others effectively use their backlog to flow value creation. T
 he Rock Crusher is a model that captures these success patterns. The Rock 
 Crusher shifts us from thinking of the backlog as a passive reservoir of w
 ork feeding a development team to a flow-based model for actively managing
  value creation.\n\nDuring this session\, you will learn the following:\n
  How our traditional model of the backlog breaks the value stream and t
 he economic consequences of a broken value stream.\n How the Rock Crush
 er makes the hardest part of building a software system flow\n How the 
 Rock Crusher creates value by stabilizing and throttling turbulent flow an
 d keeps teams focused on value creation\n Explain why only superhumans 
 need to apply for the product owner role and how it takes a village to man
 age a backlog effectively\n\nCo-sponsored by: Computer Society\n\nSpeaker(
 s): Steve Adolph\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/370690
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/370690
ORGANIZER:darrell.koskinen@telus.com
SEQUENCE:26
SUMMARY:Introducing the Rock Crusher: A Flow-Based Model for Backlog Manage
 ment
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/370690
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Nearly 40 years ago\, Fred Brooks wrote\, 
 &ldquo\;The single hardest part of building a software system is deciding 
 precisely what to build.&rdquo\; In the early days of agile software devel
 opment\, the value stream may have begun and ended with the product owner.
  It was just the product owner who decided precisely what to build. Howeve
 r\, over 20 years\, Agile has grown up from just &ldquo\;...uncovering bet
 ter ways of developing software&rdquo\; to uncovering better ways to creat
 e the agile enterprise. Deciding precisely what to build is a complex ente
 rprise process. Our traditional simple models of backlog management have n
 ot kept up. The result is broken value streams that impede flow. As agile 
 grew up\, so did the need for how we manage the backlog. We can no longer 
 hide the &ldquo\;hardest part&rdquo\; behind the backlog and product owner
  if we want to be an agile organization and compete in the digital age.</p
 >\n<p>While many organizations struggle with backlog management\, others e
 ffectively use their backlog to flow value creation. The Rock Crusher is a
  model that captures these success patterns. The Rock Crusher shifts us fr
 om thinking of the backlog as a passive reservoir of work feeding a develo
 pment team to a flow-based model for actively managing value creation.</p>
 \n<p>During this session\, you will learn the following:<br /> How our 
 traditional model of the backlog breaks the value stream and the economic 
 consequences of a broken value stream.<br /> How the Rock Crusher makes
  the hardest part of building a software system flow<br /> How the Rock
  Crusher creates value by stabilizing and throttling turbulent flow and ke
 eps teams focused on value creation<br /> Explain why only superhumans 
 need to apply for the product owner role and how it takes a village to man
 age a backlog effectively</p>
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