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Agile Development

Agile Development. Topic 6: Project Management (Part 1 - Control, Risk). Topic 6 Coverage. This topic will cover: Traditional project management compared with Agile project management The control aspects of Agile project management Risk in Agile project management

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Agile Development

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  1. Agile Development Topic 6: Project Management (Part 1 - Control, Risk)

  2. Topic 6 Coverage • This topic will cover: • Traditional project management compared with Agile project management • The control aspects of Agile project management • Risk in Agile project management • Part 2 of Agile Project Management, in Topic 7, will cover other aspects, in particular Quality and Testing

  3. Agile Project Management • Major Planning Issues • Part 1: • Control • Risk • Part 2: • Configuration Management • Quality • Testing • Metrics • Maintainability

  4. Traditional and Agile Project Management • Traditional: • strict adherence to specification • control of resource • ...in order to hit time & budget for the fixed specification • Agile: • evolutionary change to specification • collaborative, ‘no-blame’ user/developer • relationship • timeboxing • ...to deliver a usable system on time

  5. Agile Project Managers must: • Understand the business and technical issues • Facilitate the team • (arbitrate not dictate) • Avoid ‘burnout’ of team members (allow sustainable pace)

  6. Communication • An environment conducive to good communication • Team members who are good communicators • Co-located teams, where possible • Daily “stand-ups” • Facilitated workshops & retrospectives • Modelling and prototyping

  7. DSDM Atern Control Parameters

  8. Planning in DSDM Atern

  9. What is Risk? A project risk is something that may happen … If it does, it will have a detrimental effect!

  10. A Typical Risk Management Process

  11. Where DSDM Atern Reduces Risk • Traditional approaches use time contingency. • Some agile “NDUF”, traditional “BDUF” • DSDM Atern “EDUF” • Requirements unknowable up front • Requirements change • Sign off

  12. Risks to Atern Projects • Low/patchy business roles • Fully-detailed specification • 100% solution expected • Swapping team resources in and out

  13. Summary Agile Project Management (Part 1): • Traditional project management compared with Agile project management • The control aspects of Agile project management • Risk in Agile project management • Part 2 of Agile Project Management, in Topic 7, will cover other aspects, in particular Quality and Testing

  14. Topic 6 – Project Management (Part 1 - Control, Risk) Any Questions?

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