Change in mindset: Specialist to Generalist 
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Sameer S. Bendre CSM, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, CSP, PSM I 
19th August 2014 
© 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
• Engagement manager, Technical Services @Outsystems 
• Community Knowledge Management Lead – @PMIAgile CoP (2011-2014) 
• Program Manager @PMIATLAgile (2011-2013) 
• Contributor to @agilescout blog 
• SFAgile2012 co-organizer 
Reviewer, Contributor to the 
following titles: 
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About Sameer 
Twitter: @Bendre 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbendre 
Email: sameer.bendre@outsystems.com
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Connect with Innolution: 
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InnolutionLLC 
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Visual AGILExicon® 
• Slides in this presentation contain 
items from the Visual AGILExicon®, 
which is a trademark of Innolution, 
LLC and Kenneth S. Rubin. 
• The Visual AGILExicon is used and 
described in the book: “Essential 
Scrum: A Practical Guide to the 
Most Popular Agile Process” 
• You can learn more about the Visual 
AGILExicon and permitted uses at: 
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page 
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What are we here for?
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What are we here for?
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Agenda 
• Changing times, Changing mindsets 
• Agile 
• Scrum 
• Scrum Roles 
• Project Manager 
• Exercise 
• Q & A
Mindset 
• Industrial vs. Knowledge work 
• Being an expert/Hands on 
• Time to market (Years à weeks) 
• Projects à Products 
An organization flexible to adapt to 
market needs in a timely manner. 
www.outsystems.com 
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Agile Manifesto 
agilemanifesto.org
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Did you know the Principles?! 
http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
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Scrum
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Show of hands 
– PM’s 
– BA’s 
– QA’s 
– Architects 
– Developers
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Scrum Role: Product Owner (PO) 
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Does any of the duties, attributes 
sound familiar to what YOU do 
today? 
Can you see a possible alignment 
with this role? 
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Scrum Role: Scrum Master (SM) 
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Does any of the duties, attributes 
sound familiar to what YOU do 
today? 
Can you see a possible alignment 
with this role? 
www.outsystems.com 
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Scrum Role: Development Team 
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Does any of the duties, attributes 
sound familiar to what YOU do 
today? 
Can you see a possible alignment 
with this role? 
www.outsystems.com 
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The (shared) canvas
What about the Project Manager? 
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• People 
• Process 
• Technology 
Address: 
Why, Why now? 
What? 
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Project Manager Involvement
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Project Manager Involvement
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.. as Functional Managers.. 
External Stakeholders 
Internal Stakeholders 
PMs as Functional Managers
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..as Community Leaders..
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..across multiple teams…
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..in complex teams…
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In an enterprise
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In a product company
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Generalist 
Cross Functional 
amsciences.com
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Exercise 
Let’s form TEAMs!
We had the lowest prices for auto 
parts for over a decade. 
We still have the lowest prices but 
our sales are dropping 
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Auto Parts - Business Need 
Jack 
CEO 
We checked and realized that we 
are loosing sales due to the online 
selling strategy of our competitors 
We need to adopt 
an online shop for 
our parts! Tony 
Marke0ng 
& 
Sales
1. You have 25/30 min to work on your 
exercise 
2. Create a Backlog/Use cases list for your 
team (~ 5 min) 
3. List 2 personas/actors (~ 3 min) 
4. Write top 3 User Stories/Features 
(~10 min) 
5. Write Acceptance Criteria/How will you 
test? (~10 min) 
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Exercise
1. Titles do not matter, connect with your teams 
2. Be a Leader 
3. Communicate to understand & be understood 
4. Strive for a shared understanding (Vision, Goals) 
5. Address the Why(s) 
6. Acquire new skills (Technology, Process etc.) 
7. Share your expertise 
8. Build your circle of influence (Dev, QA, BA etc.) 
…There IS a place for YOU on an agile team. Collaborate to find it and 
Watch the teams do magic! (you will be a part of it J). 
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Wrap-up
References/Acknowledgements 
1. http://www.innolution.com/resources/ 
visual-agilexicon 
2. Essential Scrum – Kenneth Rubin 
3. Agilemanifesto.org 
4. Scrum Guide 
5. agileproductdesign.com (Jeff Patton) 
6. Outsystems team 
www.outsystems.com 
© 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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Q&A/Discussion
Thank YOU from @Outsystems! 
To you all for joining us to day: 
• Sameer Bendre (Engagement Manager) 
• Miguel Baltazar (Technical Services Director) 
• Stacey Levine (Sales Engineer) 
www.outsystems.com 
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ChangeInMindset-PMIATLAgile-08192014

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    Change in mindset:Specialist to Generalist www.outsystems.com Sameer S. Bendre CSM, PMP®, PMI-ACP®, CSP, PSM I 19th August 2014 © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
  • 2.
    • Engagement manager,Technical Services @Outsystems • Community Knowledge Management Lead – @PMIAgile CoP (2011-2014) • Program Manager @PMIATLAgile (2011-2013) • Contributor to @agilescout blog • SFAgile2012 co-organizer Reviewer, Contributor to the following titles: www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved About Sameer Twitter: @Bendre LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbendre Email: [email protected]
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    www.outsystems.com Connect withInnolution: Facebook.com/ InnolutionLLC Twitter.com/krubinagile © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved Visual AGILExicon® • Slides in this presentation contain items from the Visual AGILExicon®, which is a trademark of Innolution, LLC and Kenneth S. Rubin. • The Visual AGILExicon is used and described in the book: “Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process” • You can learn more about the Visual AGILExicon and permitted uses at: http://innolution.com/resources/val-home- page Copyright © 2007 - 2014, Innolution, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved What are we here for?
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved What are we here for?
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Agenda • Changing times, Changing mindsets • Agile • Scrum • Scrum Roles • Project Manager • Exercise • Q & A
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    Mindset • Industrialvs. Knowledge work • Being an expert/Hands on • Time to market (Years à weeks) • Projects à Products An organization flexible to adapt to market needs in a timely manner. www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Agile Manifesto agilemanifesto.org
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Did you know the Principles?! http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Scrum
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Show of hands – PM’s – BA’s – QA’s – Architects – Developers
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    Scrum Role: ProductOwner (PO) www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    Does any ofthe duties, attributes sound familiar to what YOU do today? Can you see a possible alignment with this role? www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    Scrum Role: ScrumMaster (SM) www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    Does any ofthe duties, attributes sound familiar to what YOU do today? Can you see a possible alignment with this role? www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    Scrum Role: DevelopmentTeam www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    Does any ofthe duties, attributes sound familiar to what YOU do today? Can you see a possible alignment with this role? www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved The (shared) canvas
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    What about theProject Manager? www.outsystems.com • People • Process • Technology Address: Why, Why now? What? © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Project Manager Involvement
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Project Manager Involvement
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved .. as Functional Managers.. External Stakeholders Internal Stakeholders PMs as Functional Managers
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved ..as Community Leaders..
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved ..across multiple teams…
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved ..in complex teams…
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved In an enterprise
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved In a product company
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Generalist Cross Functional amsciences.com
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Exercise Let’s form TEAMs!
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    We had thelowest prices for auto parts for over a decade. We still have the lowest prices but our sales are dropping www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved Auto Parts - Business Need Jack CEO We checked and realized that we are loosing sales due to the online selling strategy of our competitors We need to adopt an online shop for our parts! Tony Marke0ng & Sales
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    1. You have25/30 min to work on your exercise 2. Create a Backlog/Use cases list for your team (~ 5 min) 3. List 2 personas/actors (~ 3 min) 4. Write top 3 User Stories/Features (~10 min) 5. Write Acceptance Criteria/How will you test? (~10 min) www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved Exercise
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    1. Titles donot matter, connect with your teams 2. Be a Leader 3. Communicate to understand & be understood 4. Strive for a shared understanding (Vision, Goals) 5. Address the Why(s) 6. Acquire new skills (Technology, Process etc.) 7. Share your expertise 8. Build your circle of influence (Dev, QA, BA etc.) …There IS a place for YOU on an agile team. Collaborate to find it and Watch the teams do magic! (you will be a part of it J). www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved Wrap-up
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    References/Acknowledgements 1. http://www.innolution.com/resources/ visual-agilexicon 2. Essential Scrum – Kenneth Rubin 3. Agilemanifesto.org 4. Scrum Guide 5. agileproductdesign.com (Jeff Patton) 6. Outsystems team www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved
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    www.outsystems.com © 2014OutSystems – all rights reserved Q&A/Discussion
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    Thank YOU from@Outsystems! To you all for joining us to day: • Sameer Bendre (Engagement Manager) • Miguel Baltazar (Technical Services Director) • Stacey Levine (Sales Engineer) www.outsystems.com © 2014 OutSystems – all rights reserved