Agile EVM-Points to Ponder Devaraj Subramanian - Lead - Project Management Pragati Panda - Lead - Project Management Harish Arora - Lead - Project Management Chaitanya Kotturu - Lead - Project Management First American (India) Pvt. Ltd

Agenda Introduction to Agile Earned Value Management Challenges in Agile Environments and Recommendations Points to Ponder

Introduction to Agile Earned Value Management

Teams deliver-What next? Is this Enough? Teams deliver-What next?

Is this Enough? A New Dimension..

A Deeper Insight- More involvement.. How about these? A Deeper Insight- More involvement..

Challenges in Agile Environments and Recommendations

But then…Can we Challenges the Challenges? Volatility in Iteration Scope impacting Earned Value Metrics Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Velocity Volatility Earned Value

But then…Challenges n Recommendations Inefficient Product Backlog management Scenarios Not All User Stories Sized Dependency on 3rd Party Good Capacity Utilization- Challenge with Requirements Availability of PO Root causes Inadequate time in identifying user stories Lack of product vision Recommendations Review product backlog regularly to exclude obsolete user stories so that impact on budget is predictable

But then…Challenges n Recommendations Stage of Agile Adoption by teams Scenarios Newly formed team Technical user stories not adding value Root causes Competent team not available to handle new projects Recommendations Analyze target time when Earned value would improve Review budget projection

But then…Challenges n Recommendations Changes in Team Composition Scenarios Team composition changes frequently Root causes New initiatives forcing movement of members Recommendations Improve resource planning to be cost effective Dedicated team for first level analysis of new initiatives

But then…Challenges n Recommendations Challenges w.r.t Technology and competency Scenarios Challenges in adopting new technology of the project Root causes Inadequate time for team due to Business requirements Recommendations Identify threshold when Technological proficiency can be achieved and corresponding trade-off w.r.t timeline, cost or both

Agile EVM Engine

Points to Ponder..

Takeaways Agile EVM’s value addition to Burn down and Velocity charts- missing elements.. Is Agile EVM a simple and temporary alternative to Business value measurements?

References & Appendix http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=61

Authors’ Biographies Devaraj Subramanian M.B.A and B.E(Comp.sc) with 16 years of IT Industry and and joined First American in 2011. holds PMP® and CSM® certifications. Currently Lead Project management at First American India Pvt. Ltd., Played the roles of offshore Release Manager and SCRUM Master, Process Change Owner during transition of organization to Agile Also part of First Aureate Toastmasters Club(First American’s Corporate Club) and was President of the same in 2016  Pragati Panda B.E(Electronics and Instrumentation) with 16 years of IT Industry and and joined First American in 2015. Managing some of the high visible projects from various business divisions

Authors’ Biographies Cont.. Harish Arora B.E, PGDBM with 14+ years of IT Industry and and joined First American in 2011. holds PMP® and CSM® certifications. Currently Lead Project management at First American India Pvt. Ltd., Chaitanya Kotturu Have experience of 13.5 years of IT Industry and and joined First American in 2013. playing the roles of Lead PMO (Overseeing the Agile Maturity Journey for Mortgage solutions) with responsibilities Release Manager and SCRUM Coach Part of First Aureate Toastmasters Club(First American’s Corporate Club)

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