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MOHAN NIROULA | FOUNDER & CEO | SOFT VEINS
Gear Up Product Management with
Atlassian Tools
• 16 Years into the IT Industry.
• 7+ Years of experience with Atlassian tools* (IT & Non-IT Projects)
• Entrepreneur / Project Manager / Consultant
Highlights
Certifications
Communities
Organizations
PRODUCT MANAGER?
Qualities?
Responsibilities?
Skillset?
PRODUCT MANAGER?
Some of them?
All of them?
Even More?
Tech
Business
UX
Product
Manager
Let’s Summarize
Guide, Lead & Motivate01
Backlogs03
Feedback04
Feature Requests05
Decisions06
Communication02
1. Guide, Lead & Motivate
PROJECT POSTER
Define
Define problem and share it
understanding
Link
Centralize the research data,
competitor/Value analysis…
Update
Create additional artefacts as
you go along. Plans etc.
Project Poster
• Problem Definition:
What, Why and for
Whom?
• Discuss the problem &
solutions
• Create respective
artefacts i.e. Decisions,
plan
1
2
3
4
Team Involvement
Scope Management
Update when required
Feedback
Team participation for better understanding
of problem
What problem to solve and what not?
Living Document – Update new challenge,
solutions, problems and assumptions
Confluence comments – to gather
feedback
Takeaway
2. Communication
INFORMATION
PLANS
Trello
Roadmap of business
problems
Priority
Set and maintain the priority
in the order
Jira Power-Ups
Connect with Jira
Confluence
Connect with Confluence
MEETINGS
Meeting template
Confluence’s meeting template
is quite handy
Agenda
Create and share prior the
meeting
Outcome
Share it right after the meeting
3. Backlog
Problem solving phase Execution & solution phaseCONCRETEABSTRACT
Empathize
Define
Ideate
Sprint
Review
Shipable
increment
Product
Backlog
Sprint
execution
Sprint planning
Learn
Try experiments
Pivot/Persevere
DESIGN THINKING LEAN STARTUP AGILE
Business PROBLEM Business SOLUTION
JIRA PROJECTS
Jira Project
Manage the projects in Jira
Backlog
Create risk adjusted backlog
Spikes
Consider risk-based spikes
Lean Startup
Learn – Build – Measure
RISK ADJUSTED BACKLOG
Image source: Mike Griffiths, PMI-ACP
Prioritize Risks
Prioritize the risk (EMV)
Backlog
Create risk adjusted backlog
Prioritize Feature
Prioritize feature (EMV)
Calculation
Utilize custom fields and
automation lite
4. Feedback
JIRA SERVICE DESK
Widget
Insert Service Desk widget to
your website.
Goals
Define SLAs.
Monitor
Monitor the feedbacks
Link
Link feedbacks to Jira issues
Communicate
Talk to your customers.
5. Feature Requests
Request Channel
Request Channel
01
02
Feature
Request
Feature
Request Feature
Request
Feature
Request
Feature
Request
Feature
Request
FEATURE REQUEST
Trello
Manage feature requests on
Trello.
Segmentation
Separate the received and
prioritized.
Communicate
Share when a feature gets
released
Maintain
Update as you progress
Voting
Use voting Power-Ups if
needed.
6. Decision
DACI - CONFLUENCE
Decision template
Confluence’s decision template
is quite handy
Decision Log
Maintain the decision log
and share it.
DACI Playbook
Use it when required.
Gear Up Product Management with Atlassian Tools
Thank you!
MOHAN NIROULA | FOUNDER & CEO | SOFT VEINS

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Gear Up Product Management with Atlassian Tools

  • 1. MOHAN NIROULA | FOUNDER & CEO | SOFT VEINS Gear Up Product Management with Atlassian Tools
  • 2. • 16 Years into the IT Industry. • 7+ Years of experience with Atlassian tools* (IT & Non-IT Projects) • Entrepreneur / Project Manager / Consultant Highlights Certifications Communities Organizations
  • 4. PRODUCT MANAGER? Some of them? All of them? Even More? Tech Business UX Product Manager
  • 5. Let’s Summarize Guide, Lead & Motivate01 Backlogs03 Feedback04 Feature Requests05 Decisions06 Communication02
  • 6. 1. Guide, Lead & Motivate
  • 7. PROJECT POSTER Define Define problem and share it understanding Link Centralize the research data, competitor/Value analysis… Update Create additional artefacts as you go along. Plans etc.
  • 8. Project Poster • Problem Definition: What, Why and for Whom? • Discuss the problem & solutions • Create respective artefacts i.e. Decisions, plan 1 2 3 4 Team Involvement Scope Management Update when required Feedback Team participation for better understanding of problem What problem to solve and what not? Living Document – Update new challenge, solutions, problems and assumptions Confluence comments – to gather feedback Takeaway
  • 10. PLANS Trello Roadmap of business problems Priority Set and maintain the priority in the order Jira Power-Ups Connect with Jira Confluence Connect with Confluence
  • 11. MEETINGS Meeting template Confluence’s meeting template is quite handy Agenda Create and share prior the meeting Outcome Share it right after the meeting
  • 12. 3. Backlog Problem solving phase Execution & solution phaseCONCRETEABSTRACT Empathize Define Ideate Sprint Review Shipable increment Product Backlog Sprint execution Sprint planning Learn Try experiments Pivot/Persevere DESIGN THINKING LEAN STARTUP AGILE Business PROBLEM Business SOLUTION
  • 13. JIRA PROJECTS Jira Project Manage the projects in Jira Backlog Create risk adjusted backlog Spikes Consider risk-based spikes Lean Startup Learn – Build – Measure
  • 14. RISK ADJUSTED BACKLOG Image source: Mike Griffiths, PMI-ACP Prioritize Risks Prioritize the risk (EMV) Backlog Create risk adjusted backlog Prioritize Feature Prioritize feature (EMV) Calculation Utilize custom fields and automation lite
  • 16. JIRA SERVICE DESK Widget Insert Service Desk widget to your website. Goals Define SLAs. Monitor Monitor the feedbacks Link Link feedbacks to Jira issues Communicate Talk to your customers.
  • 17. 5. Feature Requests Request Channel Request Channel 01 02 Feature Request Feature Request Feature Request Feature Request Feature Request Feature Request
  • 18. FEATURE REQUEST Trello Manage feature requests on Trello. Segmentation Separate the received and prioritized. Communicate Share when a feature gets released Maintain Update as you progress Voting Use voting Power-Ups if needed.
  • 20. DACI - CONFLUENCE Decision template Confluence’s decision template is quite handy Decision Log Maintain the decision log and share it. DACI Playbook Use it when required.
  • 22. Thank you! MOHAN NIROULA | FOUNDER & CEO | SOFT VEINS