Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved The changing face of Project Management What “Agile” brings to the Project Manager role

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved So what is this about? –Traditional versus Agile –We’re Agile – do we even need a PM? –So what is Project Management in the Agile world? –When it gets complicated –Agile Joe and the case of the Fictitious Plan (and other assorted anti- patterns) –And so…..

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Who am I anyway? Developer, Tester, PM, Requirements – jack of all trades? DERA, QinetiQ Ivar Jacobson International 3 years of Agile mentoring in a large UK government organisation

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved A cautionary tale

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved What do we mean by Agile? Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan Disciplined Agility

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Traditional management Rigid procedures Hierarchical organisational structures Rigid and static hierarchies Increasing control = increased order Detailed, upfront planning Employees are interchangeable “parts” Task breakdown and allocation Time and cost as progress indicators

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Declaration of Interdependence (pmdoi.org) We increase return on investment by making continuous flow of value our focus. We deliver reliable results by engaging customers in frequent interactions and shared ownership. We expect uncertainty and manage for it through iterations, anticipation, and adaptation. We unleash creativity and innovation by recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value, and creating an environment where they can make a difference. We boost performance through group accountability for results and shared responsibility for team effectiveness. We improve effectiveness and reliability through situationally specific strategies, processes and practices.

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved So – are we advocating anarchy for Agility? Too little structure the team becomes marred in chaos Too much structure – the team gets mired down Teams need to operate at the chaordic edge – the edge between chaos and order

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Principles ? Foster alignment and cooperation Encourage emergence and self-organizing Institute learning and adaption teams Question Is the Agile PM just the “Scrum Master” role?

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved So what do we need from an Agile PM? Is it JUST about spreading responsibility?

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Project Management and Agile teams VisionVision Team forming & maintaining Way of Working Open Information Light touch Bi-directional Buffer Adapt and Improve PlanningPlanning

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved And now, in the real world …. Part time PO Multi-discipline team Personalities Part-timers Distributed team Logistics Organisational dysfunction

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Scaling Agility Question Is the Agile PM just the “Scrum Master” role?

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Anti-patterns or when worlds collide

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Agile Joe and the Case of the Fictitious Plan

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Ladies and Gentlemen …… The Gantt Chart “Most of the project charts look the same and make the same mistakes: analytically thin, bureaucratic grid prison, not annotated, little quantitative data.” Edward Tufte

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Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Reverting to type Remember the train story? It's not Agile if you don't give people room to think Don’t slip back into command and control at the first sign of trouble Undermines confidence, belief and motivation

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved And so ….. We still care about the same things We just “manage” in a different way

Copyright © 2010 Ivar Jacobson International SA. All rights reserved Caroline Clewlow Thanks for listening