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Agile Project Start © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 2 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Presentation Objectives Explore the typical agile project inception process Introduce the Inception/Program Deck

Agile Execution © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 3 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Project Inception Roadmap Team Formation & Training Initiate Program Iteration 0 Assessment Business Discovery Identify Stakeholders Define Goals & Objectives Stakeholder Meetings and Alignment Activity Focus Activities are concurrent Activities begin as early as possible Roadmap highlights areas where specific activities are emphasized Inception artifacts represent a starting point – not an end point Artifacts mature throughout the project as knowledge and clarity is acquired

Agile Execution © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 4 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Project Inception Roadmap: Stakeholder Alignment and Program Initiation Team Formation & Training Initiate Program Iteration 0 Assessment Business Discovery Identify Stakeholders Define Goals & Objectives Stakeholder Meetings and Alignment key practices – 1-on-1 stakeholder meetings – agile intro sessions – stakeholder inception workshop(s) – program kick-off meeting stakeholder alignment goals: – identify stakeholders – define stakeholder roles – project consumer – project implementer – project dependency – org. stakeholder – align stakeholders on approach – define high-level goals and objectives – identify initial success measurements initiate program goals: – define program model – identify program participants – identify risks and dependencies – kick-off program artifacts – Project Deck – stakeholder roles – program and product vision – critical success factors – success measures – high-level program timeline – risk and dependencies – Program Model – participants – meeting frequency and logistics

Agile Execution © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 5 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Project Inception Roadmap: Team Formation and Training Team Formation & Training Initiate Program Iteration 0 Assessment Business Discovery Identify Stakeholders Define Goals & Objectives Stakeholder Meetings and Alignment objectives – identify team members – form team – define team principles – Ppovide basic training key practices – team workshops – foundational agile training classes artifacts – team manifesto or – team charter this is how we will work foundational training – Module 1: Agile Training Game (½ day) Objective: introduction to Agile – key agile concepts – Module 2: Agile Project Execution (½ day) Objective: explore agile project roles and practices – Module 3: Agile Estimation & Planning (½ day) Objective: learn key agile planning techniques

Agile Execution © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 6 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Project Inception Roadmap: Business Discovery Team Formation & Training Initiate Program Iteration 0 Assessment Business Discovery Identify Stakeholders Define Goals & Objectives Stakeholder Meetings and Alignment objectives – define baseline product vision – define features – define initial story backlog – size story backlog – identify risks – identify dependencies – define initial release plan key practices – vision brainstorming – model user/system flows – story workshops – sizing workshops – architectural discussion artifacts – product vision – release goals – release roadmap – feature list – prioritized, sized story backlog – risk/issues list

Agile Execution © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 7 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Project Inception Roadmap: Iteration 0 Team Formation & Training Initiate Program Iteration 0 Assessment Business Discovery Identify Stakeholders Define Goals & Objectives Stakeholder Meetings and Alignment objectives – prepare project environment – ready team – refine high-level architecture infrastructure – servers – continuous integration – environment setups – permissions tools – development tools – testing tools – apis – web services architecture – arch. workshops – development standards – system workflows – proof-of-concepts vendors – data vendors/feeds – licenses – SMEs training – tool training – process training – subject matter training

Agile Execution © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 8 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Project Inception Roadmap: Assessment and Evaluation Team Formation & Training Initiate Program Iteration 0 Assessment Business Discovery Identify Stakeholders Define Goals & Objectives Stakeholder Meetings and Alignment objectives – assess project readiness – evaluate Individual agile maturity and expertise – evaluate the Teams agile maturity and improvement individual assessment – objective : – evaluate team member agile progression – frequency – each iteration – tool : – Page-Jones Seven Levels of Expertise – individuals can score from Level 1 (innocent) to Level 7 (researcher/expert) – starting point: – individuals begin program at Level 1 or 2 – end goal: – team members should score a skill-level of 4 (practitioner) team assessment – objective – evaluate agile team maturity – frequency – each iteration – areas evaluated – release planning – iteration planning – process adoption – reporting – engineering practices – tool – team evaluation matrix

Agile Project Start © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 9 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Inception/Program Deck Output of Project Inception Process Living artifact – updated throughout project Program-focused rather than product-focused Represents snapshot of project/program May be customized to fit the program needs Purpose: Provide a single source of high-level program information Summarize program objectives and plans Outlines program stakeholders and participants Document dependencies, risks and trade-offs

Agile Project Start © 2007 BigVisible Solutions, Inc.. All Rights Reserved 10 ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ______ _____ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____ Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Inception/Program Deck: Contents Goals and objectives Program stakeholders, groups and participants Roles and responsibilities Program dependencies and risks Trade-offs Critical success factors Success measurement Release plans