DEVELOPER ORIENTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Argues for concrete practices: break work into size-one stories (~4 hours, max 2 days), keep unassigned tickets and follow a take-the-first-task rule so anyone grabs the top-priority item, and use a specification-as-a-floating-ticket to mine big features into deployable slices. Shows Arkency’s workflow: daily or twice-daily deploys, Chef mentioned for infra, 35 small stories delivered over three weeks, and reports tangible gains in closure, collective ownership, async work and lower delivery risk.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:23DEVELOPERS ORIENTED PROJECT MANAGEMENT
3. 3:34STORY OF SIZE 1 • 4hrs (max 2days) • business value • indivisible
4. 4:471 WEEK STORY • alienation • stressful
5. 7:16SMALL STORIES - BENEFITS #1 • easier to track progress • collective ownership . ppl mobile across projects
6. 9:18SMALL STORIES - BENEFITS #2 • Minimize risk of not delivering • Deliver features gradually
7. 12:07LEAVE TASKS UNASSIGNED • Why?
8. 14:07WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PM ASSIGNS TASKS?
9. 15:30WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DEVS ASSING TASKS?
10. 16:47WHERE IS YOUR COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP?
11. 17:16IS IT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR TO YOU IN YOUR CURRENT PROJECT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE WORKING ON AS A DEVELOPER?
12. 18:32TAKE THE FIRST TASK • from prioritized backlog
13. 21:57HOW TO DEAL WITH BIG STORY?
14. 24:01ASSUMPTION: TEAM WANT TO LEARN AND IMPROVE
15. 24:41TLDR: 4 TECHNIQUES Small stories • Leave them unassigned Take the first task • Extract small tasks from specification
16. 27:1225% DISCOUNT • use coupon WROCLOVERB

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