noprojects in agile
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S R V Subrahmaniam
Enterprise Agile Coach
Scaled agile specialist, with substantial transformationexperience in global corporations.
PMI definitionPROJECT
"It's a temporary endeavor undertaken to createa unique product, service or result. A project is
temporary in that it has a defined beginning andend in time, and therefore defined scope and
resources."
t r i p l e c o n s t r a i n t s
T I M E B U D G E T
Deadline for delivery Requirements whichthe project mustdeliver
S C O P E
Finite amountavailable todeliver givenscope within giventime
Are there multiple projectswithin the same
application?
Analyze01
Is scope change reallyundesirable?
Describe02
Delivery is something which happens at one goor many times over the project duration?
If some requirements remain unfinished at endof project, is the project considered a failure?
Plan & Develop03
INDICATIONSO F
P O T E N T I A L
M I S F I T
PROJECT GOVERNANCE
Command and Control. Little buy-inTEAM PARTICIPATION
force certainty. Control or exploit?CERTAINTY
Expansive & Expensive set-upSTRUCTURE
Compliance to Plan. Non-value addedMETRICS
Too much upfront. Sets stage for futurefailure
ESTIMATION
W A Y F O R W A R D
T E A MF O C U S
O U T C O M E S
B U D G E T
P R O D U C TF O C U S
Teams remain central to delivery.Do not movepeople to work, move work to teams.
Assess on outcomes (and value generated)rather than on utilisation or budgets.
Variable scope helps to retain the productcentric view. Technical Debt reduction /environment & tooling get importance.
Budget for capacity (and overheads). Moveaway from scope based exercise.
KNOWLEDGEINTENSIVEPRODUCTS
Software product spacehas to be provide for
innovation andcollaboration
DO NOT FOCUS ONUTILIZATION
Utilization or budgetburn-up does not indicate
output quality
FOCUS ON VALUE
Focus on outcomes.