Our technical world is governed by facts. In this world Excel files, specifications and technical details are everywhere. Yet, too often, this way of looking at the world makes us forget that the goal of our job is not to fulfill technical requests. Our job is to produce value.
Feedback is the central source of agile value. The most effective way to obtain feedback from stakeholders is a demo. Good demos engage. They materialize your ideas and put energies in motion. They spark the imagination and uncover hidden assumptions. They make feedback flow.
But, if a demo is the means to value, shouldn't preparing the demo be a significant concern? Should it not be part of the definition of done? If so, why is the demo mostly prepared at the last minute?
That is not even all. A good demo tells a story about the system. This means that the system can tell that story. This also means that you have to make the system tell that story. Not a user story full of facts. A story that makes users want to use the system. That tiny concern can change the way you build your system.
Many things go well when demos come out right.
Demoing is a skill, and like any skill, it can be trained. Regardless of the subject, there always is an exciting demo lurking underneath. It just takes you to find it. And to do it.
In this course you will get to exercise that skill.
Audience
This course exercises the dormant skill of storytelling. It is addressed essentially to everyone involved (or interested to be involved) in software development because we need everyone to share the same goal, and storytelling is a way to get everyone on the same boat regardless of the job description.
Contents
What is value and how do you design for it?
Present to get feedback
Demos matter even more
Why form matters
How can you integrate innovation in your project?
Duration: 1 or 2 days
Price: 750 CHF / person / day
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