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THE BASICS • What does “Agile Project Management” mean?

– Focus on continuous improvement– Scope flexibility– Team inputs– Delivering in quality projects– Ability to get things done quicker

• Where did the idea come from?– Bell Labs Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA)– “The New New Product Development Game” by Hirotaka Takeuchi & Ikujiro

Nonaka (1986)• “Rugby” approach

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METHODOLOGIES• SCRUM

– Focus on creative and adaptive frameworks

– Most commonly used

• Lean Development

– Elimination of waste

• Kanban

– Decreasing work times

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SCRUM

• Sutherland & Schwaber coined the term in 1995

• Can be applied to any project

• 3 main roles

– Product owner

– Development team

– ScrumMaster

• Workflow

– Product backlog

– Sprint planning

– Sprint backlog

• Daily SCRUM meetings & sprints

– Potential end product

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SCRUM WORKFLOW

Embracing Agile- HBR Video5

KANBAN

• Visualize the workflow– Easy to track

• Measures lead time

• Continuous improvement

– Use of visuals

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KANBAN BOARD

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CLASS ACTIVITYIn groups of 2-3 build a Kanban Board for a Pizza Company

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KANBAN- PIZZA EXAMPLE

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WHO SHOULD USE AGILE MANAGEMENT• Very effective for anyone seeking breakthrough innovations

• Most effective and easiest to implement with conditions similar to software innovation

– Complex problem, solutions unknown, product requirements likely to change, rapid feedback

• More extreme cases Agile has been used for

– Family’s

– Education

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PROS & CONS OF AGILE METHODOLOGIES• Team members are fully integrated

– Greater culture in the organization

– Increased fulfillment and pride in work

• Full transparency is needed for Scrum

– See results quickly and resolve problems quickly

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HOW TO IMPLEMENT AGILE METHODOLOGIES1. Make sure management fully understands how Agile really works

2. Understand where Agile works best

3. Start small

4. Understand then customize

5. Start at the top

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QUESTIONS? THANK YOU!

• Does anyone have any experience using Agile methodologies?

– How did it go? Does your company still use it?

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REFERENCES Brinker, S., & McLellan, L. (2014). The Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist. Retrieved June 17,

2016, from https://hbr.org/2014/07/the-rise-of-the-chief-marketing-technologist?cm_sp=Topics-_-Links-_-Read These First

Denning, S. (n.d.). Scrum Is A Major Management Discovery. Retrieved June 19, 2016, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/04/29/scrum-is-a-major-management-discovery/#12d020fa524d

Gothif, J. (2012). How We Finally Made Agile Development Work. Retrieved June 19, 2016, from https://hbr.org/2012/10/how-we-finally-made-agile-development-work

Infografía Lean. (2014). Retrieved June 19, 2016, from http://kailean.es/infografia-lean/

Madden, D. (2013). A Technique to Bridge the Gap Between Marketing and IT. Retrieved June 19, 2016, from https://hbr.org/2013/06/a-technique-to-bridge-the-gap-between-marketing

Rigby, D. K., Sutherland, J., & Takeuchi, H. (2016). Embracing Agile. Retrieved June 19, 2016, from https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile

Rousmaniere, D. (2015). Project Manage Your Life. Retrieved June 20, 2016, from https://hbr.org/2015/02/project-manage-your-life

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