Dr.

Atif Shahzad
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BE, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA, PAKISTAN, 2000

MCS, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SZABIST,, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, 2003

MS, AUTOMATION & PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

ECOLE CENTRALE DE NANTES, NANTES, FRANCE, 2007

PhD, AUTOMATION & APPLIED INFORMATICS

UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, NANTES, FRANCE, 2011

EMAIL: atifshahzad@Gmail.com

TEL: +92-333-5219846, +92-51-5179755

LINKEDIN: pk.linkedin.com/in/dratifshahzad
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MANAGEMENT
COURSE OBJECTIVES
RISK MANAGEMENT
 ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
TODAY’S LECTURE
Agile Management
 Agile Management
17–4

• time boxed, iterative approach

to product delivery that builds
product incrementally from the
start of the project,
Agile is • instead of trying to deliver it all
at once near the end.
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 Agile Project Management
17–5

Uses iterations (“time boxes”) to develop a workable product

that satisfies the customer and other key stakeholders.

Allows stakeholders and customers review progress and

re-evaluate priorities to ensure alignment with customer
needs and company goals.

Is cyclical in that adjustments are made and a different

iterative cycle begins that subsumes the work of the previous
iterations and adds new capabilities to the evolving product.
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Traditional
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 Agile Approach

G ive me six hours to chop down a tree and

I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
–Abraham Lincoln
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 Incrementally...
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 User stories and Iterations

• works by breaking projects down into little bits of user functionality called user stories,
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• prioritizing them, and then continuously delivering them in short two week cycles
called iterations.
 Adaptive

When reality disagrees

with their plans,

Agilists find it easier to

change their plans than
reality.

They call this adaptive

planning
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 Roles blur
¤ When it’s done right, joining an Agile team is a lot
like working in a mini-startup. People pitch in and
do whatever it takes to make the project
successful—regardless of title or role.

 People still
have core
competencies
and they
generally stick
to what they
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are good at.

 Welcoming Change
 Traditionally change is shunned on projects because of it's high perceived
cost late in the game.

Agile challenges this

notion and believes the
cost of change can be
relatively flat.
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 Documentation ?
Project plans, test plans, and
analysis artifacts are all well
and good but Agilists
understand they in
themselves are of no value
to the end customer.
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 Traditional PM versus Agile
Methods
17–18

• Concentrates on thorough, • Relies on incremental,

Traditional PM Approach

Agile Project Management

(Agile PM)
upfront planning iterative development cycles
of the entire project. to complete less-predictable
• Requires a high degree of projects.
predictability to be • Is ideal for exploratory
effective. projects in which
requirements need to be
discovered and new
technology tested.
• Focuses on active
collaboration between the
project team and customer
representatives.
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 Sequential vs Overlapping
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 Traditional versus Agile

Traditional Agile
Design up front Continuous design

Fixed scope Flexible

Deliverables Features/requirements

Freeze design as early as possible Freeze design as late as possible

Low uncertainty High uncertainty

Avoid change Embrace change

Low customer interaction High customer interaction

Conventional project teams Self-organized project teams

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 Advantages of Agile PM:
17–22

Useful in developing Continuous

critical breakthrough integration,
technology or verification, and
defining essential validation of the
features evolving product.

Frequent
demonstration of
progress to increase Early detection of
the likelihood that defects and
the end product will problems.
satisfy customer
needs.
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 Agile PM Principles

Focus on customer value

Iterative and incremental delivery

Experimentation and adaptation

Self-organization

Continuous improvement
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 Agile PM in Action:
Scrum Methodology
17–24

Is a holistic approach for

use by a cross-functional
team collaborating to
develop a new product.

Defines product features as

Has four phases: analysis, deliverables and prioritizes
design, build, test them by their perceived
highest value to the
customer.

Re-evaluates priorities after

each iteration (sprint) to
produce fully functional
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features.
 Key Roles and Responsibilities
17–25
in the Scrum Process
Product Owner
• Acts on behalf of customers
to represent their interests.
Development Team
• Is a team of five-nine people with cross-functional skill sets is
responsible for delivering the product.
Scrum Master (aka Project Manager)
• Facilitates scrum process and resolves impediments at the team
and organization level by acting as a buffer between the
team and outside interference.
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 Applying Agile to Large Projects
17–26

Scaling
• Is using several teams to work on different features of
a large scale project at the same time.
Staging
• Requires significant up-front planning to manage the
interdependences of different features to be
developed.
• Involves developing protocols and defining roles to
coordinate efforts and assure compatibility and
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harmony.
 Limitations and Concerns of Agile
PM
17–27

It does not satisfy top management’s need for budget, scope,

and schedule control.

Its principles of self-organization and close collaboration can

be incompatible with corporate cultures.

Its methods appear to work best on small projects that require

only five-nine dedicated team members to complete the work.

It requires active customer involvement and cooperation.

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 DON´T SAY !

Agile is anti- Agile is anti-

documentation planning

Agile is Agile requires

undisciplined a lot of rework

Agile is anti- Agile doesn't

architecture scale
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