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

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

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Topic 6 CoverageThis 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 ManagementTraditional: 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 Daily stand-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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SummaryAgile 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

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