Failure Modes of Integrating Agile with Earned Value Management
Agile Software and Earned Value
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It is notoriously difficult to accurately forecast final outturn costs for project involving software development. The difficulty is converting performance of the project teams to forecast a cost. Often the best method that project managers have is to use inaccurate estimates for the cost of work done. Over the last 15 years, Agile software development methods have been developed to deliver higher quality software, better and faster, whilst being able to react to a changing (or poorly defined) client need. It is considered that EVM techniques were too difficult to implement effectively on Agile projects, and that EVM could not easily cope with changing requirements. This will be a discussion of “Agile”, what all the words mean and how EVM techniques can be used effectively used on an Agile software development project. Stephen Jones is Project Manager at Sellafield Limited working in the Infrastructure directorate. Watch Stephen on PM Channel http://evaintheuk.org/archive/pm-channel/ and learn more about this and related topics at #eva19 via http://evaintheuk.org
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Stephen Jones
Agile Software Development and Earned Value
Date: 12th June
Sellafield is the largest and most complex Nuclear site in Europe
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• Located in the County of Cumbria,
North West England
• Nuclear build started at Sellafield in
the late 1940’s
• Initially a military programme –
Windscale piles and associated
extraction plants
• Location of Calder Hall – The
world’s first commercial scale
Nuclear Power Station (1956-2003)
Capenhurst
Calder Hall Sellafield
Risley
Sellafield is the largest and most complex Nuclear site in Europe
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· 250 active facilities on 1 ½ sq. miles / 700 acres
· Operations include· Decommissioning· Nuclear fuel reprocessing· Nuclear waste management· Construction and delivery of
major projects
· Total annual budget £1.45bn
· Employs @11,000 people
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Waterfall Method
Agile Software Development
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Challenges
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What do all the words mean
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Daily Stand Up Meeting
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Agile Poker
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Earned Value
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Points Go Up or Down
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Contingency
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Estimate to Completion
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