The open source formula that enables you and your team to win at product development.
What is the R5 Method?
A “team oriented/common sense” product development operating model that focuses on achieving maximum productivity through 5 variable elements.
5 Variable Elements
TRANSPARENCY
5 Variable Elements
TRANSPARENCY
ACTION
ACTION
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPATION
ATTITUDE
ATTITUDE
Champion a positive attitude, which sets the tone for the team and the company overall.
Be Positive, High Energy, and WIN!
It’s a simple formula
R1 + R2 + R3 + R4 + R5
=
Maximum Productivity
where
R1
TRANSPARENCY
R2
ACTION
R3
ACCOUNTABILITY
R4
PARTICIPATION
R5
ATTITUDE
Why adopt the R5 Method?
Get clear visibility into capital allocation
Deliver world class products on time
Create a culture of accountability
Maximize capital investment
Get teams to operate in concert
Understand what’s important & focus
Roles & Responsibilities
PRODUCT MANAGER
Product Manager determines what has to be built, hopefully through voice of customer or intuition based on being a subject matter expert, documents the use cases, creates the wireframes, completes Test Cases; setting up all team members to WIN.
ARCHITECT
Architect takes the 4 documents created by the PM and collaborates with the PM to BACK into the best architecture required and creates a detailed work item for the Developer based on an individual deployable component; setting up the Developer to WIN.
ARCHITECT
Architect takes the 4 documents created by the PM and collaborates with the PM to BACK into the best architecture required and creates a detailed work item for the Developer based on an individual deployable component; setting up the Developer to WIN.
DEVELOPER
Developer gets the instructions from the Architect, collaborates on nuances, etc. and begins to code. The developer has to make sure they write code with unit tests, comments, and they make their best attempt to complete; setting up the Release Manager to WIN.
TEST ENGINEER
Test Engineer looks at the instructions created by the Architect that includes the Test Case created by the PM & automates the test case to create a suite of automated tests that will allow the team to iterate on the product while releasing hight quality code; setting up the Release Manger to WIN.
TEST ENGINEER
Test Engineer looks at the instructions created by the Architect that includes the Test Case created by the PM & automates the test case to create a suite of automated tests that will allow the team to iterate on the product while releasing hight quality code; setting up the Release Manger to WIN.
RELEASE MANAGER
Release Manager orchestrates the deployments schedule and sets up a process that enables the team to release code frequently, consistently with high quality. He assures that the train leaves on time. Setting up all team members to WIN.
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