PMI EMEA Global Congress: Integrating Agile in a Waterfall World

Integrating Agile in a Waterfall World

Session #TRN02

Joseph FlahiffWhitewater Projects, Inc.

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We feel like this guy

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PMs In the eyes of

Agileists

Presentation Title

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Where is the Disconnect?

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WHY?

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Where are we going?

• Agile in What Context

• Mixed Planning

• Options

• A Better Way

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Agile in What Context?

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Project Management

A project is a temporary endeavor

undertaken to create a unique product,

service or result.

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Product Management

An organizational life-cycle function

within a company dealing with the

planning or forecasting or marketing

of a product or products at all stages

of the product life-cycle.

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  Project Management

Product Development

Scope Fixed set of features

On-going prioritized list

of featuresSchedule Start and

end datemultiple

releases Budget Allocated

onceCyclical

Triple constraint

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Agile in a NON-software Company

Agile in a software Company

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Agile in an EnterpriseEnterprise

Sales Marketing Product Customer Service Information Technology

Platform Services

Network Operations

Server Operations

Application Management

Application support

Production Support

Application development

Traditional Project

Management

Agile group

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Projects or Products?

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Where are we going?

• Agile in What Context

• Mixed Planning

• Options

• A Better Way

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WBS!Iteration based

Feature based

Release based

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Iteration Based Feature / Release Based

Two Basic Models

Feature 1

Feature 1Epics

Iteration Time boxes

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Hybrid ModelRelease

Feature 1

Feature 2

Feature 1 Epics

Feature 3

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Hybrid Model

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Pro Con

Iteration Based

• Easy to track• PMO might like it

better

• Not much value

Feature BasedFlat Start Story Based

• PMO prefers• Stories start when

the team selects them

• Makes releases less agile

• Difficult to measure story size in MSP

• Doesn’t show WHEN a story will start

Release BasedFlat Start Story Based

• Tracks progress• What Sponsors

Want

• Difficult to measure story size in MSP

• Doesn’t show WHEN a story will start

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Where are we going?

• Agile in What context

• Mixed Planning

• Options

• A Better Way

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Either Agile or Waterfall

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Sequential (Waterfall)

Agile

Scoping

Scoping

Planning

Planning

Build

Build

Test

Test Feedback

Close

Close

Deploy

Deploy

IncrementalScoping Planning Build Test CloseDeploy

IterativeScoping Planning Build Test Feedback CloseDeploy

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Problem Type

Tame

Wicked

Planning

Upfront

Just in time

Question

Why

How

None

NoneSequential

Incremental

Iterative

Agile

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Type Example How What Why

Sequential House Construction Fixed Fixed Fixed

Incremental Apartment complex construction

Flexible Fixed Fixed

Iterative Mandated Software Projects

Flexible Flexible Fixed

Agile New Product Development

Flexible Flexible Flexible

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Enterprise Project Integration

Cross Portfolio Issues

Enterprise Project

Reporting

Agile Releases coordinate with

Enterprise Release Mgt.

Predictive Elements

Long lead

e.g. Hardware deployment

Enterprise Testing

(User Acceptance)

Agile IterationsSoftware Development Software Testing

(Unit/Component/Integration)

Envelope Method

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Where are we going?

• Agile in What context

• Mixed Planning

• Options

• A Better Way

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…to help their teams be successful, the "bearers of

water and removers of boulders", who have the

backbone to resist unreasonable demands, who

clearly explain the impact of management decisions,

who can motivate the team to meet a crisis deadline

ONLY when it is really a crisis and who otherwise

understand the importance of sustainable pace.

They fight the petty fights and protect their teams

from the dysfunction around them.

Servant Leadership

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Q&A

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to help their teams be successful, the "bearers of

water and removers of boulders", who have the

backbone to resist unreasonable demands, who

clearly explain the impact of management decisions,

who can motivate the team to meet a crisis deadline

ONLY when it is really a crisis and who otherwise

understand the importance of sustainable pace.

They fight the petty fights and protect their teams

from the dysfunction around them.

Servant Leadership

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Your Name Here

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Joseph FlahiffJoseph@josephflahiff.com

Tel: 888.831.9904

Direct: 206.276.1386

www.whitewaterprojects.com

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Session #TRN02