Team Process Framework, How We Work

Routine enables us to move fast in a sustainable velocity. So we have 6 meetings during our iterations. It’s simple, focuses on solving the “mis alignment” problem, and periodical (repeats every iteration).

• Release Planning - 1 to 2 hours
• Backlog Refinement - all day (really about 4 to 6 hours)
• Daily Stand Up - every morning, 15 - 30 minutes
• Iteration Planning Session - 1 to 2 hours
• Retrospective - 1 to 2 hours
• Mob Programming - all day

Compared to the Toyota DNA

• All work shall be highly specified as to content, sequence, timing, and outcome.

  • We focus on defining the success criteria in Gherkin for every story in backlog refinement.

• Every customer-supplier connection must be direct, and there must be an unambiguous yes or no way to send requests and receive responses.

  • We collaborate, a lot. We have a checklist that we follow when refining stories. We write use cases in Gherkin.

• The pathway for every product and service must be simple and direct.

  • This is hard. We just keep trying to keep it simple.

• Any improvement must be made in accordance with the scientific method, under the guidance of a teacher, at the lowest possible level in the organization.

  • Not everyone get’s this. We pick our battles.