This document summarizes a webinar about preparing for career roles in the agile arena. The webinar discusses various agile career paths and roles including project management, product management, engineering, and coaching. It provides advice on assessing skills, gaining experience through certifications and volunteering for roles, and choosing a career path aligned with one's passions. The speaker emphasizes developing a variety of cross-functional skills to remain adaptable and marketable in evolving agile environments.

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Career Roles in the Agile Arena
Deeper Dive into Agile
By: Sriram Rajagopalan
We will be starting the webinar shortly, please stand by…
All phones will be automatically on mute until the Q&A.
Webinar Starts at 2:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

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Meet the Speaker
Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan
Education
Work
Experience
Training &
Certification
Teaching
Experience
PhD, MBA, MS, BE
PfMP, PgMP, PMP, SP,
RMP, ACP, CSM, CSPO,
ACC, CSD, SCT, CSOXP,
SSBB, Instructional
Designer, Speaker,
Writer, and Author
Software Engineer,
Team Leader,
Business Analyst,
Project Manager,
Scrum Master, Agile
Coach, Director,
Vice President
Several
Colleges in the
US, India, &
Vietnam

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Introduction
 Today’s webinar is part of the series on “Deeper Dive into
Agile”
 Each webinar is 1-hour long. We will reserve time at the end
for questions
 Unlike the previous webinars, each webinar is a stand-alone
webinar
 The webinars may demonstrate the concept using a tool
 There is no expectation on your part to setup access with
the SpiraTeam®
 The completion certificate is based on specific requirements

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Completion Certificate
Start
Register for Webinar
Attend
View Archive when
available
Receive Certificate
No
Yes
End
Reminders
• No dependency on the
webinars
• No quiz on the webinars

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Deeper Dive into Agile
April 25
Preparing for Career
Roles in the Agile
Arena
May 7
Estimating User Stories
in the Agile Space
Jun 6
Managing Risk in the
Agile Enterprise

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Career Roles
Remember that Agile is like Pure Oxygen!
It is light-weight and is not prescriptive.
So, it has to be adapted to the
organization!
Before you think of career roles in the
evolving agile space, you will have to also
know what you want to do!

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Measuring Agile Initiatives
57%
55%
53%
47%
31%
29%
26% 25%
20%
11%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Customer
Satisfaction
On-Time
Delivery
Business
Value
Quality Productivity Predictability Project
Visibility
Process
Improvement
Product
Scope
Don't know
2018
Source: State of Agile Survey, Version One, 2018

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Agile Initiatives also span Four Dimensions
People
Process
Organization
Technology
People Management
Leadership
Benefit Delivery
Retention
Engineering Architecture
Code Coverage
Requirements Traceability
Quality Improvement
Strategy & Value
Product Roadmap
Product Backlog
Customer Satisfaction
Risk Management
Integration Management
Stakeholder Management
Change Management

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Questions
 I am a Project Manager now. Should I become a Scrum Master?
 I am a Business Analyst now. Should I become Product Owner?
 I am an Architect. My manager made me a Technical Product
Owner? What should I do?
 I am a Project Manager or enter Project Management. But, agile
says no Project Manager role. I am confused about my role.
 I am a tester. But, I don’t have programming background. What’s
my future in agile?
 I am an account manager. Agile says Product Owner is the voice
of customer. But, I don’t want to be responsible for product.

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KEEP* – Planning Your Career
Knowledge
Explore
Experiment
Progress Sustain
Self-Assessment
of your current
status is key
Research on the
career options
will guide you
This experiment
gives knowledge
to further act
Volunteer or
take roles to see
if you like it
* Format proposed by Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan

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Career Planning Flow
Gain additional competency
Start
Gain Skills
Novice?
Gain some experience
Yes
No
What
Path?
Management
Agile Project Management
Technical
Agile Engineering Practices
Monitor the Trends
Cross-
Industry
?
ManagementTechnical
Continue to Sustain
Level
?
Unit Testing & TDD /
Coding Standards /
Refactoring /
Pair Programming /
Code Ownership
ARM /
Microservices /
Cloud Design
/ CICD / DevOps /
BDD / ATDD /
Security & Privacy
Team Coaching /
B’ness/Data Analysis /
Product Development /
Product Marketing /
Lean & Agile PM
Level
?
SAFe / Enterprise
Coach
Intermediate
Expert
Intermediate
Expert

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Career Mapping Exercise
*This chart is only for
an illustrative purpose
Novice
(1 – 3 years)
Single Industry
Intermediate
(4 to 10 years)
(2 to 3 Industries)
Expert
>10 years
(4+ Industries)
People
Management
1. Project Coordinator
2. Project Manager
1. Sr. Project Manager
2. Agile Project Manager
3. Program Manager
4. Scrum Master
1. Director/VP – PMO
2. Portfolio Manager
3. Chief Scrum Master
Process
Management
1. Business Process Consultant
2. Junior Scrum Master
3. Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4. Lean Coordinator
5. Kanban Specialist
1. Sr. Business Process Consultant
2. Lean Consultant
3. Scrum Master
4. Six Sigma/Lean Green Belt
5. Agile Team Coach
6. SAFe Program Consultant
1. Agile Transformation Consultant
2. Enterprise Agile Coach
3. Chief Scrum Master
Product
Management
1. Business Analyst
2. Data Analyst
3. Product Manager
4. Script Editor / Writer
1. Data Scientist
2. Senior Product Manager
3. Marketing Manager
4. Product Owner
5. Content Designer
1. Chief Product Owner
2. Content Architect
3. SAFe Product Owner
Technical
Excellence
1. Creative Designer
2. Developer
3. Tester
4. UX Specialist
5. Security Specialist
1. System Architect
2. Data Architect
3. Automation Engineer
4. Cloud Engineer
5. Security / SEO / CICD Consultant
6. DevOps Engineer
7. SAFe ART Engineer
1. SAFe ART Manager
2. Solution Architect / Engineer

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Strategic in Execution
Right
Bus
Right
People
Right
Seat
Wrong
People off
13
Collins, J. (2001). Good to Great. New York, NY: HarperCollins

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Charting your Agile Career
Competencies
(What)
Skills
(How)
Capabilities (Why)
Can you do the task?
Do you want to do the task?
Do you have time to do the task?
(Constructively Positioned after positive feedback)
Is this the best you can do to complete this task?
Rajagopalan, S. (2016). Managing others: Four simple questions to ask. Retrieved April 4, 2019, from http://agilesriram.blogspot.com/2016/09/managing-others-four-simple-powerful.html

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Charting your Agile Career
Competencies
(What)
Skills
(How)
Capabilities (Why)
Self-confidence
Self-esteem
Self-motivation
Communication skills
Leadership skills
Creative problem solving
Creative decision making
Flexible

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Charting your Agile Career
Competencies
(What)
Skills
(How)
Capabilities (Why)
Team Management
Change Management
Risk Management
Cultural Orientation
Active Listening
Stakeholder Engagement
Communication Management
Professional Ethics & Integrity

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Skills and Competencies
Enterprise
• Accountable for Strategic Leadership to transform organizations through change management
• Focus on Product Leadership through differentiation, price, innovation to generative competitive edge
• Prioritization of Value through Voice of Customer, Voice of Business, and Financial Considerations
Program or
Portfolio
• Accountable ownership on benefit delivery and sustenance through product management and marketing
• Enhanced “Fast and Furious” feedback collection with focus on benefit maximization
• Process & Tool improvements for operational excellence
Team
• Accountable for team level objectives with expertise over multiple functions
• Adoption of stable, sustainable, and scalable processes to support continuous delivery
• Evaluate and implement tools that focus on application lifecycle management for frequent releases

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Skill & Competency Map
Coding StandardsUser Experience
XP Practices TDD Lean Process
CI Code Optimization
Engineering Architecture
Responsive Design
HoQ
CD
Agile Scaling
Cloud Tools
Cloud Tools
ComplianceATDDBDD
Big Data
Prescriptive Analysis
Security
Individual Team Enterprise
Automation
TechnicalProjectProgramPortfolio
Management by Project
Scrum
Product OwnerProduct Manager
Product Manager
Project Manager
Program ManagerKanban Lean TQM
TQM
6σ - GB
Release Train
Enterprise Coach
SAFe
Team Coach
SAFe Coach
Portfolio Manager
* For Illustrative Purposes Only

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Use of Agile Management Tools
Breadth of Features / Capability
Affordability
CA Rally
CollabNet Version One
SpiraTeam
IncumbentsUncompetitive
ChallengersNiche Players
Source: Inflectra Corporation 2017 Notes, Agile 2018 Survey
TargetProcess
Rommana
AcuNote
HP ALM
Microsoft TFS
Atlassian JIRA
IBM RTC
Pivotal Tracker
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Excel
AxoSoft
Target PRocess
Thoughtworks Mingle

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Project Management Certifications
Career Level PMI Certification
Initial CAPM®
PMP®
PMI-SP®
Middle PMI-ACP®
PMI-PBA®
PMI-RMP®
Advanced PgMP®
PfMP®
1. Please follow specific organizations for detailed requirements
2. All above certification trademarks are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Project Management Certifications
Career Level Prince 2 Certification
Initial
(Foundation)
Prince®2 Foundation
Prince®2 Agile Foundation
MSP® Foundation
MOP® Foundation
MOV® Foundation
P3O® Foundation
Middle
(Practitioner)
Prince®2 Practitioner
Prince®2 Agile Practitioner
MSP® Practitioner
M-o-R® - Risk Management
MOP® Practitioner
MOV® Practitioner
P3O® Practitioner
Advanced MSP® Advanced Practitioner
1. Please follow specific organizations for detailed requirements
2. All above certification trademarks are registered marks of the Axelos, Inc.

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Scrum Certifications
Scrum Alliance
Path Specific CSM®, A-CSMSM, CSP®-SM
CSPO®, A-CSPOSM, CSP®-PO
CSD®, CSP®
Guide Level CST®
CTC
CEC
Leadership CAL I, CAL II
1. Please follow specific organizations for detailed requirements
2. All certification trademarks are registered marks of the Scrum Alliance, Inc.

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Scrum Certifications
ScrumStudy
Path Specific SMCTM, SSMCTM
SPOCTM, SSPOCTM
SDCTM
Guide Level SAMCTM, ESMCTM
Leadership
1. Please follow specific organizations for detailed requirements
2. All certification trademarks are registered marks of ScrumStudy,

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Scrum Certifications
Scrum.Org
Path Specific PSM®
PSPO®
PSD®
SPS®
PSK®
Guide Level
Leadership PAL®
1. Please follow specific organizations for detailed requirements
2. All certification trademarks belong to their proprietary organizations

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Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®)
Focus
Agile Team Members SP
Scrum Masters SAFe SSM, SASM
Product Manager/Product Owner SAFe PM/PO
Engineers SAFe RTE
Agile Consultants SPC

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Next Steps
• Lack of Tool specific training
• On Job training not
structured
• Certifications has limited
focus
Knowledge
• Decide on a path
• Prepare for tomorrow
• Acquire beyond core skills
Explore
• Project Management Institute
• Scrum Alliance
• Scrum Study
• Scrum.org
• Agile Alliance
• SAFe Framework
• ICAgile
Experiment
• Gain certifications
• Tool specific training
• Volunteer to take on roles
• Train/ Contribute
Progress

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Summary
 Come up with your own SWOT and prepare for the skills
and competencies needed
 The role should be determined by your passion – Create the
opportunity rather than seek a job
 Develop cross-functional skills so that you are always
marketable
 Gain the core knowledge and get recognizable certifications
 Most importantly, enjoy the journey!

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Q & A
 Please feel free to ask
questions
Course Administration
Ms. Thea Maisuradze
marketing@inflectra.com
Content
Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan
sriram@inflectra.com.

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