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Patrice Miller
Business mindset, experienced
From Switzerland, education in Computer Science, B. Sc. Business Administration, Product
Manager
Came to AUS to do Masters degree in Int. Business & Int. Relations at Griffith
Yes – companies like Spotify, Netflix, and LEGO, are examples of this
1940s, Toyota
Scrum – Rugby term – stick in tight group to work things out together
2001 Agile Manifesto – one of turning points in defining what agile means in business
2000s onwards – all about the scale of the business
Software – the origin of agile
After ‘agile’ came ‘business agility’
Golden Key Webinar #12
Ability to think on your own, and value human connection and collaboration
MVP = Minimum viable product
Feedback from customers is key
Plan what the team should look like, and how they should work together
Diversity can allow more efficiency
Prioritise budget and time and profit and effort
As a leader, you need to give guidance and alignment – prompt an action in the team
Servant leadership drives Agility
Incremental vs Iterative
Incremental: You know what the end goal is, but it’s harder to change your plan midway
Iterative: Start with rough idea and then polish towards the end
Iterative – better because you can have customer feedback through every stage
But in reality, we blend both, which is even better
Golden Key Webinar #12
E.g Apple watches performance was not great for people with darker skin or people with lots
of tattoos
There are tools for customer centricity
Challenge 1
Monday
A
Tuesday
B
Wednesday
C
Thursday
D
Friday
E
Saturday
F
Sunday
G
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Challenge 2
This example is an example of the Kanban method – can be used for studying, work, etc…
Ideally, the middle section has the least amount of things in there at a time
To Do, Doing, Done table
Summary