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The following are some tips and ideas for managing the work of Tiger Teams, Spec Teams and the deliverables being requested-- prioritization of user stories, statements of work/assignments, spec writing, reviews, managing meetings, and creating models to communicate goals (workflows, story relationships, teams, etc).
Spec, Research, & other Teams
Managing Meetings (Spec Team lead and SA)
- Meeting agenda and goals
- Meeting Minutes
- document decisions
- parking lot
- Due dates
- Time-limit brainstorming & discussions
- No meeting end without assignments, next steps
- Doodle.com
- Google Docs (Dropbox.com)
Managing (leveraging) Resources
- Asking your Tiger Team for Help
- Define leads for tasks (spec writing vs modeling vs data requirements vs testing)
- Making assignments vs requesting help
- Celebrate decisions and accomplishments
- [Teams & Collaboration Lists]
Managing Deliverables
- Start with a schedule and a plan
- (sample gantt of work)
- Developing Workflow and Dataflow Models for Specs
- Google Drawings
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- Visio (if license)
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- [Balsamiq\- Wireframes] (user interface design)
- Microsoft Office
- Word
- Powerpoint
- Use the Templates (user story spec template, whitepaper template, models, data requirements, test scripts)
Tiger Teams
Please refer to tips for spec teams, and also use the following ideas and resources as applicable or helpful to your efforts.
Planning-Organizing- Managing-Reviewing
Prioritization of User Stories
Statements of Work/Organizing Assignments
Managing competing priorities
- (sample gantt timeline)
- staggering team starts
- start, spec writing/completion, TT reviews
Spec Reviews
Gap Analysis
Technical tasks and needs, as identified