AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

an  introduc+on  to  Scrum  and  other  “Agile”  methodologies

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WHAT ON EARTH IS AGILE MANAGEMENT?

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“AGILE MANAGEMENT IS AN INCREMENTAL METHOD OF MANAGING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN A HIGHLY FLEXIBLE AND INTERACTIVE MANNER”

“An excuse to throw planning and documentation out the window…”

“Agile is a silver bullet for all development project challenges.”

“Once an organisation adopts Agile practices, they must use these for all projects undertaken.”

“Agile development is faster and cheaper than Waterfall.”

MISCONCEPTIONS

Individuals and interactions over Processes and tools

Working software over Comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over Contract negotiation

Responding to change over Following a plan

- THE AGILE MANIFESTO -

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SO, WHAT IS THIS SCRUM THING AND HOW DOES IT FIT IN?

Scrum Kanban

Extreme Programming Feature Driven Development Lean Software Development

- Michael James (Scrum Reference Card)

- Michael James (Scrum Reference Card)

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Burndown Chart

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Product Owner

๏ Ensures the team delivers value to the business

๏ Writes and prioritises (with guidance from the team) backlog items, usually in the form of user stories.

๏ The Product Owner champions the project. They may be an internal member of the team, or a member of the client’s team.

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Scrum Master

๏ A facilitator role, accountable for removing/solving any issues that prevent the team from delivering the product.

๏ Ensures the Scrum process is used as intended by chairing Scrum meeting.

๏ Has no managerial authority over the Scrum team.

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Development Team

๏ Responsible for delivering project increments at the end of each sprint.

๏ Negotiates Sprint commitments with Product Owner & Scrum Master.

๏ Most successful with long-term membership.

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Retrospectives

๏ Gives the team an opportunity to improve.

๏ Undertaken in a trusting, blame-free environment.

๏ The group learn as a team, and carry their experience on to the next project.

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Resources

๏ http://scrumreferencecard.com/

๏ http://www.trello.com/

๏ http://www.plans-for-retrospectives.com/

๏ https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira

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QUESTIONS?