casda project management a presentation to the casda preliminary design review im&t / cass dan...
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CASDA Project ManagementA presentation to the CASDA Preliminary Design Review
IM&T / CASS
Dan Miller | CASDA Project Manager11 March 2014
Agenda
• Stage 0 overview• Objectives• Target Outcomes• Outputs• Project Management Approach
• Planning• Agile delivery• Supporting Tools & Techniques
• Reporting• Risk & Issue Management• Communication & Collaboration
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Stage 0 overview
Objective• Confirm the necessary requirements, use cases, workflows, business
processes of CASDA in order to enable valid estimation and progression into construction of the initial system & support services.
• Confirm the proposed architecture and designs for the system• Discover any uncertainties and areas of escalated risk
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Stage 0 overview
Target Outcomes• Increased understanding of the CASDA requirements, use cases and
workflows;• Increased understanding of the overall architecture that will support and
guide development of CASDA ;• Increased understanding of the high level designs of key system components,
operations business processes, and user support services of CASDA.
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Stage 0 overview
Deliverables• v1.0 Requirements and use-case specification;• v1.0 Workflow/activity model specification;• v1.0 System architecture + design description;• DRAFT CASDA standard operating procedures specification;• Preliminary CASDA support service model specification & discussion;• Integration of advice & feedback from CASS Preliminary Design Review;• Approved Project Proposal for CASDA Stage 1 (system build).
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Project Management Approach
About me• 15 years on IT system development projects• Background combination of business and technology• Strong supporter and enabler of the project management profession
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Project Management Approach
My top three..
• Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Ownership
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Project Management Approach
Planning• Team member ownership and responsibility • Facilitation, guidance, support, coordination, escalation, resolution• Thorough effort at an appropriate level of detail• Plan the work and work to the plan• Do not assume things will just work out – design and test out ideas to verify
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Project Management Approach
Agile Delivery…• CASDA Stage 1 is planned to be delivered following an agile
(scrum) approach• How we do agile• Know where you are headed before you set out…
• Architecture• Deliverable backlog• Ensure decisions are made at an appropriate level
• Priorities, scope, leadership, governance• Self-organising and responsible teams• User/owner representation and feedback
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Supporting Tools & Techniques
Day-to-day Work Tracking• Task tracking system (Jira)
Knowledge/Information Management• Project wiki (Confluence)
Reporting• Fortnightly governance/leadership team meeting• Fortnightly status reports• Formal deliverable reviews• Exception reporting• IM&T Monthly Pipeline Report• CASS PRB & PDR
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Supporting Tools & Techniques
Risk & Issue Management• Continuous risk identification, recording, analysis and monitoring• Issue tracking through reporting & communication lines
Communication & Collaboration• Daily interaction with Leadership team• Science Reference Group• Team member collaboration
– Daily peer review and task interaction– ‘stand-ups’ every second day
• Regular newsletters• Stakeholder updates
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Thank you