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Agile Project Management practicesfrom the field

Bruno Portaluri

Maximo Technical Solution Architect

Last Update: 2014-11-13

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Agile Timeline

MassProduction

Waterfall

RUP Agile

Lean Manufacturing

Lean SoftwareDevelopment

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Traditional Project Management Roots

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Positivism

Knowledgeis a

finite and achievable

objective

Traditional Project Management Roots

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Agile Project Management Roots

Postmodernismemphasizes

uncertainty and unpredictability in human affairs

Agile Project Management is skepticalabout single narrative accounts

of how organizations are developing.

It encourages diversityand to a degree disharmony, argument and conflict,

as well as a form of relativism in whichdifferent positions have a right to be heard.

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Manifestofor

Agile Software Development

(2001)

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Individuals and interactionsover processes and tools

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Working softwareover comprehensive documentation

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Customer collaborationover contract negotiation

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Responding to changeover following a plan

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Twelve Principles of Agile Software (1/2)

1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.

2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.

3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.

4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.

5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.

6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.

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Twelve Principles of Agile Software (1/2)

7. Working software is the primary measure of progress.

8. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

9. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.

10. Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done -is essential.

11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

12. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

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Requirements…

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Start adopting Agile practices NOW

• Product ‘backlog’

• Iterative planning

• Iterative delivery

• Phased rollout (beta program with advanced key users)

• Stop writing documents or making calls and put people together asking them to build a solution prototype (PoT/PoC)

• Use the prototype as a starting point for your project

• Partner with your customer

• Throw away Microsoft Project

• Try your own way

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Bruno PortaluriMaximo Technical Solution Architect

eMail: bruno.portaluri@it.ibm.com

Twitter: @bportaluri

Blog: MaximoDev