Topic 6 Project Management (Part 1 - Control, Risk) Agile Development

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Agile Development
Topic 6:
Project Management (Part 1 - Control, Risk)
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Topic 6 Coverage
This topic will cover:
Traditional project management compared with
Agile project management
The control aspects of Agile project management
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The control aspects of Agile project management
Risk in Agile project management
Part 2 of Agile Project Management, in Topic 7, will
cover other aspects, in particular Quality and
Testing
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Agile Project Management
Major Planning Issues
Part 1:
- Control
- Risk
Part 2:
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Part 2:
- Configuration Management
- Quality
- Testing
- Metrics
- Maintainability
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Traditional and Agile Project Management
Traditional:
strict adherence to specification
control of resource
...in order to hit time & budget for the fixed specification
Agile:
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Agile:
evolutionary change to specification
collaborative, no-blame user/developer
relationship
timeboxing
...to deliver a usable system on time
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Agile Project Managers must:
Understand the business and technical issues
Facilitate the team
(arbitrate not dictate)
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(arbitrate not dictate)
Avoid burnout of team members
(allow sustainable pace)
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Communication
An environment conducive to good communication
Team members who are good communicators
Co-located teams, where possible
Dailystand-ups
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Daily stand ups
Facilitated workshops &
retrospectives
Modelling and prototyping
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DSDM Atern Control Parameters
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Planning in DSDM Atern
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What is Risk?
A project risk is something that may happen
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If it does, it will have a detrimental effect!
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A Typical Risk Management Process
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Where DSDM Atern Reduces Risk
Traditional approaches use time contingency.
Some agile NDUF, traditional BDUF
DSDM Atern EDUF
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Requirements unknowable up front
Requirements change
Sign off
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Risks to Atern Projects
Low/patchy business roles
Fully-detailed specification
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100% solution expected
Swapping team resources in and out
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Summary
Agile Project Management (Part 1):
Traditional project management compared with
Agile project management
The control aspects of Agile project management
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The control aspects of Agile project management
Risk in Agile project management
Part 2 of Agile Project Management, in Topic 7, will
cover other aspects, in particular Quality and
Testing
Project Management (Part 1- Control, Risk) Topic 6 - 6.14
Topic 6 Project Management (Part 1 -
Control, Risk)
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