Jordan Lewis

@jordanlewiz

A delivery lead is focused on the stream’s ability to reach its goals

• Get things delivered
• Focus on setting goals and hitting them
• Looks at the way the team works together
• Enacts change to make the team more effecient
• Guides by example
• Fights for change and whats important
• More focussed on Agile practices

How?

Point of contact
for the stream

• Delivery Lead Standup
• Program Retro
• Standabout™
• General questions 

Co-ordinates and facilitates the key delivery events 

• Backlog grooming
• Sprint planning
• Daily standup
• Prep for program retro
• Sprint retro

Helps maintain the “flow” of work for the stream

• Remove blockers
• Seek out stakeholders
• Coordinate with other streams
• Triage emergent work with Product Lead
• etc

Follow up on continuous improvement actions from retro

Together with Product Lead forms the key leadership partnership within each stream

Remains a role for any stream member and can be rotated

Iteration Planning

• Facilitate meeting

• How long will things take?

• Have we explored all we need to do?

• Have we set realistic goals? (velocity)

• Do we need any help?

• Do we have everything we need to delivery the stories?

• Team availability

• Communication plan for each story

Sprint Goal

Communication

• Broadcast Sprint Goal
• Whiteboard
• Trello

Internal comms

Standup (daily)

• Facilitate
• Remove blockers
• Focus on real dates
• Seek stakeholders
• Ensure quality for remoters
• Ensure starts on time

Standabout^™

• Sprint Goal
• Any additional objectives
• Who needs to stay alert
• Who we need help from
• What’s coming up?

Program Retro

• Preparation
• Represent team along with Product Lead
• Discuss teams practices
• Get coaching on ways to improve practices

Delivery Lead Standup

• Represent team
• What have we done since last meeting?
• What we are currently working on?
• Who we need help from?
• Be across the changes happening in other streams
• Report back to stream any potential impacts

Backlog Grooming

• Ongoing:
  Work with the Product Lead to agree on the priority of emergent work
   
• Facilitate
• Help find a good balance between business and dev needs

Demopaloza

• Ensure stream has a plan and presenter
• Demo work achieved in sprint (shared)

Sprint Retro

• Facilitate meeting
• Begin by reviewing previous retro outcomes
• Reflect on process and to find ways to improve