The Soccer Channel
Brief
My first consulting opportunity for AddQ came as a SCRUM Master / QA Lead role on the Fotbollskanalen (The Soccer Channel) project at TV4 (Channel 4). The role included working closely with the Product Owner to set up a process, write tickets and steer the project to its release 3 months later. I regard this as my first time in a true leadership role on a project and I got to have a great impact on how the Soccer Channel project developed and how future projects at TV4 were done.
My Role
My role was to be the liaison between the developers and the product owner. The product owner provided context for the project and its requirements and I translated that into an Agile process that would have the project finished in an MVP state three months later. We used JIRA for wrangling tickets, supplemented by a physical SCRUM board to visualize progress and blockers. I also was responsible for the quality of the output of the team with no testers available.
Complication
The project was kind of a simple one, create a React Native app that can show video streams, clips, articles and blog posts created by TV4s journalists. The biggest challenge was fighting against scope creep as it became obvious we would finish the original scope on time.
Resolution
I was able to keep the team focused on the original scope and delivered the project feature complete and also free of major technical issues and a well polished user experience. The app is still enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of Swedish soccer fans and has the same technical foundations and user experience originally developed by me and my team.
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