Post on 22-Jan-2018
Session 108 LLAMA – Agile Project
Management for eLearning
Megan Torrance TorranceLearning
Orlando, FL • March 22 – 24, 2017
mtorrance@torrancelearning.com @MMTorrance @xAPIGnome @Tlearning @MyEleventure linkedin.com/in/megantorrance
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Think about your best project ever.
"Do more of what works, & do less of what doesn't."
Kent Beck, author of
Extreme Programming (XP) Explained
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Our projects are complex & we have to keep up with an
ever-increasing rate of change.
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The first day of a project is the worst day to plan what the end product will be (and
how much it will cost).
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Squirrel!
Every day you learn something new about the project you're working on.
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ANALYZE
DESIGN
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Agile is … An iterative, incremental method of guiding design & build projects
in a highly flexible & interactive manner, focusing on maximizing customer value and fostering high team engagement.
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LLAMA is … An iterative, incremental method
of guiding instructional design & build projects in a highly flexible & interactive manner, focusing on maximizing customer value and fostering high team engagement.
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THE AGILE MANIFESTO: We are uncovering better
ways of developing software by doing it and helping others
do it...
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We are uncovering better ways of creating learning
experiences by doing it and helping others do it.
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Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over
processes and tools
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Through this work we have come to value:
working software over
comprehensive documentation
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Through this work we have come to value:
customer collaboration over contract negotiation
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Through this work we have come to value:
responding to change over following a plan
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WRITE LEARNER PERSONAS
Use learner personas as a guide to keeping training design & your project focused.
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How do you choose just one persona?
• Quantity
• Impact
• Business Risk
• Opportunity
• Degree of Difficulty
• Priority / timing for phases
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DEFINE SCOPE WITH STORIES
Write learner stories and story cards to define scope and plan the project.
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Stories capture business needs and performance
outcomes in a format that's useful for planning &
production.
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Story Cards 3 Things
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As a I want so I can
<who> <what> <why>
Use Agile story mapping for
building tools, things & software.
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Use Cathy Moore's Action
Mapping to define stories for Agile learning projects.
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! Design a solution to meet stated needs
! Remove a kidney stone
! Provide verbal feedback to teammates
! Collect & enter data accurately
! Nail roof shingles safely
Practice in Training
Business Goal that solves a
Business Problem
Adapted from: Cathy Moore
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PLAN THE WORK VISIBLY
Prioritize and schedule work
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Define at the outset what
type of project this is.
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Zero-Surprises Project Management
1. Break big things into little ones.
2. Plan from the big to the little.
3. Work from the little to the big. (if they don’t match, start talking)
4. Make it visual.
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Bottom-up Planning is based on estimates
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Top-Down Planning: SME & Reviewer schedules Holidays Resource Plans Hard part
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WORK ITERATIVELY until the work is ‘done’
Prioritize and schedule work
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Make small mistakes faster.
Skip the big mistakes. Agile Explained, Menlo Innovations
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The Minimum Viable
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Why iterate?
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You always have something usable. You catch errors early. It’s easier to estimate. It’s psychologically way more satisfying.
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Alpha > Beta > Final By Project Phase By Delivery Medium By level of finish/functionality By language By audience
Megan’s Rules for Iterations It does real work.
Someone else has to use it.
You gather data.
Data informs the work to do in the next iteration.
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mtorrance@torrancelearning.com @MMTorrance @xAPIGnome @Tlearning @MyEleventure linkedin.com/in/megantorrance