Producer's stretch

What the talk is about

Oleksandr Shvyrlo talks about how a producer can stay flexible on a project where deadlines, team and requirements keep changing. He covers three areas: team, process and mindset. For the team, he advises being honest about what you don't know, jotting down your impressions of each person early on, and building structure and hierarchy ahead of growth, changing them gradually. For process, adapt to the stage: from working by disciplines to feature teams, sprints and milestones, and closer to release to delivery teams and an MVP focus. For mindset, shift from a creative, inspiring producer at the start to a business-minded one, and finally a tough one who cuts what won't fit. In Q&A he suggests asking the team whether extra features are worth a delayed release. Useful for producers and project managers.