 Overview of agile project management  Key concepts and terminology  Available resources and tools  Applicability of agile project management to different types of IT projects

TraditionalAgile Product defined upfrontProduct evolves Requirements defined upfrontFeatures developed overtime Adherence to requirements & planResponsiveness to changing needs Perfection focussedGood-enough focussed

RequirementsDesignImplementationTestingMaintenance

 SCRUM  Feature Driven Development (FDD)  Crystal Methods  Extreme Programming  Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)

Product backlogRelease 1 Sprint 1Sprint 2Sprint 3Sprint 4 Release 2 Sprint 1Sprint2Sprint 3Sprint 4

 Can have requirements (e.g., legislative)  Focus is on features (stories, tasks, tests)  Product backlogs consist of features  Features prioritized into releases & sprints

 Product testing can be built into a sprint/iteration  Product testing can be a sprint for a release  User-acceptance testing important  Product issues/bugs addressed daily & by sprint end

TraditionalAgile Project sponsorProduct owner Project managerScrum master / project manager The team Developers Analyst Testers The team Developers Analyst Testers

Source: Agile Project Management, Second Edition, Jim Highsmith  People & communication = successful projects  Prioritize features & deliver working deliverables early  Focus on what ‘can’ be done within time & budget (positive vs. haggling)  Get feedback regularly and modify scope accordingly Value Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software [products] over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan

In order to work agile projects need:  Co-located teams (collaborative teams)  Daily meetings (daily scrums)  Regular product owner involvement

 No Earned Value or baselining  Focus is on velocity & burndown charts  Concept of story points (vs. time estimates)  Velocity: progress calculated by summing up the number of story points completed during a sprint/ iteration  Sprint burndown: Effort remaining vs. date  Project burndown: Points outstanding vs. iteration

 Software development projects  Feature, module, plug-in development  Web application & mobile apps

Online  “Scrum Master in Under 10 Minutes” otation_id=annotation_ otation_id=annotation_ Books  Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products, Second Edition, Jim Highsmith  Managing Agile Projects: The Project Management Essentials Library, Kevin Aguanno Tools  VersionOne Courses  Agile Project Management, Waterloo Centre for Extended Learning

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