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This is a talk that Michael C. Vaughn, user experience specialist, product owner, public speaker and entrepreneur, did for Big Design 2014, bigdesignevents.com, about 7 useful tips of mitigating scope creep. Michael has collected these useful tips over the last decade while working on UX, mobile and web projects. Twitter - @mcvaughn
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Mitigating Scope Creep Useful Tips for Project Peace
Michael Vaughn Speaker - Big Design 2014
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Michael Vaughn
Senior User Experience Architect Creative Director, Product Owner and [email protected]
UX Specialist/IA Product Owner Public Speaker !DU Speaker Connection
@mcvaughn /[email protected]
Story
Story
Story
Cat!
First Freeing Weapon of Choice Cat Calling!
1st Freeing Weapon of Choice
Calling the Cat
2nd Freeing Weapon of Choice
Throwing Rocks (at the pipe, not cat)
3rd Freeing Weapon of Choice
Garden Hose
4th Freeing Weapon of Choice
Old Fire Truck
5th Freeing Weapon of Choice
New Fire Truck
Story and Project/Scope Creep Correlation
Character Correlation
The Consultants
The Cat
The Client or Internal Business
The Sponsor
Project Manager/ Traffic Coordinator
The Onlookers
General Employees
Tools Correlation
Simple Solutions
Call Email Meet
Over Engineering
Rework Recode
7 Useful Tips to Mitigating Scope Creep War Stories Included!
A Quick Prelude
Now
Clearly Communicate Project Plan Expectations Accountability Sprints Phases
Pre Kickoff
Review Plan - Before, During and After Project Deliverables Goals/Objectives Timeline Tracking Bandwidth
Kickoff At Every Sprint Post Project Debrief
Truly Understand Client Involvement Champion Coach Influencer Enemy
Pre Kickoff
Educate and Inform the Client Recent Trends New Technology Competitor Info Demystify “Geek Speak”
Pre Kickoff During Project Post Project Debrief
Engrain the End User’s Journey in the Client Discovery Engagement Adoption Adaptation Pre Kickoff During Project Post Project Debrief
Just Say “No” Future Phase Change Order
Pre Kickoff During Project Post Project Debrief
1- Clearly Communicate the Project Plan !
2 - Review Plan Before, During and After Project !3 - Truly Understand Client Involvement !4 - Show ROI from Previous Clients !5 - Educate and Inform the Client !6 - Engrain the End User’s Journey in the Client !7 - Just Say “No”
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Michael C. Vaughn
@mcvaughn
Senior User Experience Architect Creative Director, Product Owner and Founder
/michaelcvaughn
