todd's tech bite #3 incremental delivery

Agile Methods #3 Deliver Frequently & Incrementally

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Todd W. Ruopp

A speaker, facilitator and coach

who promotes understanding

and integrated teamwork

Co-founder & President of

Unleashing Performance, Inc.™

Todd empowers professionals

to develop the knowledge & ability

to drive personal, professional

and organizational growth.

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Today’s Guest

John Goodpasture, PMP

Program manager, system engineer,

author and coach

Managing Principal of

Square Peg Consulting, LLC

John specializes in applying technology

across a broad spectrum to achieve

business goals.

www.sqpegconsulting.com

Author of

Quantitative Methods in Project Management (2003)

John’s new book

• Agile in the enterprise

• Multiple methodologies

thoroughly explained

• From business case

to benefit capture

PUBLISHED BY J. ROSS PUBLISHING

Inspiring Leadership & Flexible Management The customer’s value proposition drives decision making

in short agile cycles that produce incremental results 1 2 3 4 5

Deliver Best Value Deliver the most bang for the buck as measured by the customer

Coach for Success Focus on outcomes not activities, remove barriers to success

and communicate to sponsors and beneficiaries

Deliver Frequently & Incrementally Respect the urgency and importance conveyed by the customer

Recruit Small Teams Recruit 6 to 12 self-managed, performance-oriented team members

Deliver Frequently & Incrementally

Respect the urgency and importance

conveyed by the customer

3

Internally cohesive

Multidiscipline

Collaborative

Teams are performance units

Frequent deliveries

Feedback after every delivery

Frequent & Incremental

Requirements

Dilemma

Not everything the customer

wants is known at the outset

Requirements evolve with

operational experience

Build in Increments

Define a little, build a little

Acquire experience

Each increment is subject to course correction

No Big Bang!

Waiting until the end invariably misses the mark

Partition project goals

Sequence the most urgent first

Schedule sequences to hit milestones

The Incremental Project

1 + 2 + 3 = 6

Work on

Backlog

Work on

Backlog

Feedback

Work on

Backlog

Feedback Make Course

Corrections

Work on

Backlog

Feedback Make Course

Corrections

TIMEBOX

Work on

Backlog

Feedback Make Course

Corrections

Milestone

TIMEBOX

Time boxes regulate team work

Increments of the backlog are delivered at milestones

Team 1

Team 1

Team 1

All time boxes are planned within one horizon

Plan to the horizon

END

Cadence

is the

key

Mitigate Performance Issues

Re-plan the time box

Move unfinished work into next time box

Add key resources

Miss Deadlines?

Always respect the customer’s

value proposition!

More in the book

PUBLISHED BY J. ROSS PUBLISHING

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info@sqpegconsulting.com

Your Host

Todd W. Ruopp

Unleashing Performance, Inc.

Today’s Guest

John Goodpasture, PMP

Square Peg Consulting, Inc.

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