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1. #AGILE PROJECT CANVAS HOW TO#
2. #AGILE PROJECT CANVAS FULL#
3. #AGILE PROJECT CANVAS SOFTWARE#
4. #AGILE PROJECT CANVAS SERIES#

The Clarity Canvas is divided into 4 sections: The session is flexible and can run for a day or more depending on if there is a need for extended discussions to flush out information for the success of the project. However, we have found ways to conduct the session virtually using tools like Google Docs and Hangouts. While it is ideal that all participants attend in person at an agreed location, sometimes it may not be an option for our clients. This ensures there is a shared understanding of the direction of the project. When setting up the Clarity Canvas, it is crucial to have all the stakeholders and Scrum team members attend the session. We now have a streamlined discovery process that is class leading and optimized to get projects started off on the right foot.

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Through many attempts and multiple iterations, we’ve figured out what essential topics to cover and how to facilitate the discussions and activities that deliver amazing results. This strengthens alignment with the client organization and makes the team more informed during product design and development. Clarity Canvas rapidly transfers the context and the value system of the client to the Rangle team. Similarly, having everyone present creates shared understanding across our delivery team, who works collaboratively as an extension of the client organization. It also helps resolve the issue of stakeholders with contradicting or competing interests.

The project team’s time is valuable and limited by having everyone there whose contribution and approval you need to make the project successful, you’re drastically reducing the likelihood that the team will spend their time on the wrong priorities. Having all the key stakeholders in the room is a crucial first step. Based on those outcomes, we define the problems that the product should solve, and for whom, with all the key stakeholders in the room. We run Clarity Canvas sessions to explore and refine stakeholders’ desired project outcomes. We were so in awe of the creative synergy, level of involvement and shared ownership that took place in the session, that we decided to make use of a similar format. The name ‘Clarity Canvas’ was inspired by participating in a business model canvas workshop where the group filled in the canvas together using the note and vote technique within time-boxed periods.

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We developed this requirements analysis process using a process design sprint (a version of Google’s Design Sprint), in order to get the full team involved in creating the process. It also accommodates scenarios where new information changes existing priorities. Focusing on what is needed for the next sprint allows for deep thought, input from the team and the latest information. In turn, setting up this value-delivery system lets our clients do just-in-time planning, sprint by sprint. This sets up the continuous delivery of value as enhancements to that first version of the product.

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Whether our clients arrive with a detailed specification or simply a concept, we wanted a process to help the team focus their preparation for delivering working software in the first few sprints.

With that constraint in mind, we embarked on the challenge of creating a discovery process that consistently and surgically defines the smallest version of the product that will most effectively progress our clients towards their goals. That doesn’t leave much time to get things set up to start development. Rangle values a measured sense of urgency and timeboxes sprint 0 to a maximum of one week. As a result, we understand the importance of quickly getting up to speed, to start projects well-informed and focused on the right priorities. We practice Scrum to do product development for a wide variety of clients. Some Historical Context and Constraintsīeginning a new project and bringing clients’ ideas to life is exciting for us at Rangle.

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This is the first of an in-depth, two-part series on Rangle's project design discovery process.