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Agile Runbook – Our Overall Delivery Process

How do we initiate a Project?

Any project is a response to a pain point or desire expressed by either customers, internal stakeholders, employees, or regulatory authorities. In short, a project is a time bound and specific goal oriented task-system that is born out of an ask from any stakeholder.

Project initiation is laying down a new project by defining its goals, objectives, scope, purpose, deliverables and Cost-Benefit Analysis to be produced. It is the first step or phase in the Project Life Cycle. The key steps to initiate a well executed project are:

Identify and develop a business case.

Conduct Feasibility study

Calculate the Project Criticality

Establish the Project Charter

Identify stakeholders

Appoint project team

Seek review and approval of the project

The Role of PMO:

The PMO provides guidance and support on integrating project processes while promoting the use of tools and templates. The specific duties of PMO will vary depending on the category and criticality of the Project. In general, the PMO fulfills one or more of the following roles:

PMO helps to ensure that the projects are completed successfully, standardised process are being followed, resources are being used effectively, and accurate information is being used for decision making.

Rank projects based on a number of important criteria and business drivers.

Monitor and report all the projects to the Executive Management, the AUB group entities and to all the Project Sponsors

Enable the project teams with the Project Management tools and procedures for effective project management

Agile project management delivery process:

Agile project management is an approach based on delivering requirements iteratively and incrementally throughout the project life cycle. At the core of agile, is the requirement to exhibit central values and behaviors of trust, flexibility, empowerment and collaboration.

Agile Project Management Events:

Business Owners (BO) will produce an exhaustive list of project initiative which needs to be achieved in the current year

Product Owner (PO) will then select from the list of projects the ones they wish to pursue.

BOs and POs will collaborate in prioritizing these projects for the year.

The Product Owner will then set up his Agile team based on the project requirements, most agile teams comprise of:

Scrum Master (SM)

Development Team

Testers

Designers

Agile Lead / Analyst

Security / Information Security

Marketing

Legal

Most projects have stages. Agile projects include seven recurring events for project delivery:

Project planning: Project planning includes creating a product vision statement and a product roadmap.

Release planning: Planning the next set of product features to release and identifying an imminent product launch date around which the team can mobilize. On agile projects, you plan one release at a time.

Sprint: A short cycle of development, in which the team creates potentially shippable product functionality. Sprints, sometimes called iterations, typically last between one and four weeks. Sprints can last as little as one day, but should not be longer than four weeks. Sprints should remain the same length throughout the entire project, which enables teams to plan future work more accurately based on their past performance.

Sprint planning: A meeting at the beginning of each sprint where the scrum team commits to a sprint goal. They also identify the requirements that support this goal and will be part of the sprint, and the individual tasks it will take to complete each requirement.

Daily scrum: A 15-minute coordination and synchronization meeting held each day in a sprint, where development team members state what they completed the day before, what they will complete on the current day, and whether they have any roadblocks.

Sprint review: A meeting at the end of each sprint, introduced by the product owner, where the development team demonstrates the working product functionality it completed during the sprint to stakeholders, and the product owner collects feedback for updating the product backlog.

Sprint retrospective: A meeting at the end of each sprint where the scrum team inspects and adapts their processes, discussing what went well, what could change, and makes a plan for implementing changes in the next sprint.

How do we assign resources to an Agile Project?

For Assigning resources in an Agile Project, first, we need to build essential formations of Cross- functional team members, so we can cover as many expertise as needed for the project over time.

Given the shift in work from project managers to Agile teams, Agile Project Management demands that team members know how to work in this new fashion. They must be able to collaborate with each other, as well as with the end users. They must be able to communicate well to keep projects on track. And they should feel empowered to take appropriate actions at the right times in order to keep pace with delivery schedules.

The Core principles of an agile team:

Customer satisfaction is always the highest priority and is achieved through rapid and continuous delivery.

Changing environments are embraced at any stage of the process to provide the customer with a competitive advantage.

A product or service is delivered with higher frequency.

Stakeholders and developers collaborate closely on a daily basis.

All stakeholders and team members remain motivated for optimal project outcomes, while teams are provided with all the necessary tools and support, and are trusted to accomplish project goals.

Face-to-face meetings are deemed the most efficient and effective format for project success.

A final working product is the ultimate measure of success.

Sustainable development is accomplished through agile processes whereby development teams and stakeholders are able to maintain a constant and ongoing pace.

Agility is enhanced through a continuous focus on technical excellence and proper design.

Simplicity is an essential element.

Self-organizing teams are most likely to develop the best architectures and designs to meet requirements.

Regular intervals are used by teams to improve efficiency through fine-tuning behaviors.

Agile project management is an approach based on delivering requirements iteratively and incrementally throughout the project life cycle. At the core of agile is the requirement to exhibit central values and behaviors of trust, flexibility, empowerment and collaboration. The main benefit of Agile Project Management is its ability to respond to issues as they arise throughout the course of the project. Making a necessary change to a project at the right time can save resources and, ultimately, help deliver a successful project on time and within budget.

Agile teams build rapid feedback, continuous adaptation and QA best practices into their iterations. They adopt practices such as continuous deployment (CD) and continuous integration (CI), using technology that automates steps to speed up the release and use of products.

Additionally, Agile Project Management calls for teams to continuously evaluate time and cost as they move through their work. They use velocity, burn down and burn up charts to measure their work, instead of Gantt charts and project milestones to track progress.

These six phases conclude the full Agile method lifecycle model

Concept: Projects and the viability are envisioned and prioritised according to importance.

Inception: A team is brought together, team members are individually identified, a fund is put in place and any initial requirements are discussed and decided.

Iteration/Construction: The project team begins to work on the project’s development using software implemented with the agile method focusing on iteration requirements and feedback.

Release: Quality testing, training, both internal and external and documentation and reporting are put into production.

Production: The Agile methods helps to keep track of your project and make sure it is constantly optimised and ready to bounce back from any sudden changes or uncertainties.

Retirement: Post implementation activities.

Advantages of developing agile teams in project management: