1. SE503 Advanced Project Management
Dr. Ahmed Sameh, Ph.D.
Professor, CS & IS
Agile Project Management Model (Ch. 4)

2. Process or No Process?
Traditional PM process seen as part of the problem
Inflexible
Inaccurate reporting
Poor motivation or de-motivation
Narrow internal focus
Many project failures

3. A Good PM Process… Supports self-organizing, self-disciplined teams
Supports flexibility
Promotes reliability and consistency
Incorporates learning and adaptation
Supports visibility and project reviews

4. Agile Project Management Framework
Envision
Speculate
Explore
Adapt
Close
Iterative

5. Envision Phase Vision of the product based on customer needs
Target customers
Key features
Project plan
What: Project scope and constraints (business case) defined
Who: Project participants, organization
How: Approach for delivering the product

6. Speculate Phase Define product features (deliverables)
Prioritize feature delivery (value)
Plan iterations
Deliverables
Time span
Risk mitigation
Cost estimates

7. Explore Phase Deliver the features Agile management Collaboration
Manage workload
Use appropriate technical practices
Collaborative, self-organizing environment
Collaboration
Team, customers, stakeholders

8. Adapt Phase Evaluate the results of this iteration
Customer value added
Evaluate the processes and practices used
Identify what was learned
Apply the learning to the next iteration
Adjust the vision if necessary

9. Close Phase Final product delivery An event or celebration Clean-up
Documentation finalized and filed
Contracts closed
Information and responsibility transferred to customer or production
Project retrospective (review)

10. Some Issues When are we done? As projects increase in size Value added
Constraints
Judgment
As projects increase in size
More structure, rules, documentation
Less agility