Process and Products Flashcards
Six Phases
- Pre-Project
- Feasibility
- Foundations
- Evolutionary Development
- Deployment
- Post-project
Pre-Project Products
Terms of Reference: Governance product, a high-level definition of overarching business driver. Aims to scope and justify the Feasibility Phase.
Feasibility Evolutionary Products
- Business Case (justification from business perspective. Basline is set as an outline)
- PRL: Prioritised Requirements List
- Solution Architecture Definition
- Development Approach Definition
- Delivery Plan
- Management Approach Definition
Feasibility Milestone Product
Feasibility Assessment: Provides snapshot of evolving business, solution and management products at the end of Feasibility Phase. Each product enough detail to enable sensible decision on feasibility. Can be expressed as baseline of 6 evolutionary products or executive summary covering each.
Foundations Milestone Product
Foundations Summary: Provides a snapshot of evolving business, solution and management products at the end of the Foundations Phase. Each product detailed enough to make sensible decision on whether project will generate return on investment. Can be expressed as baseline of 6 evolutionary products or executive summary covering each.
Evolutionary Development Products
- Evolving Solution: Can be complete, a baseline of a partial solution (solution increment) or a work in progress.
- Timebox Plan: Provides depth and detail of each Timebox identified in the Delivery Plan. Created by SDT, updated in stand-ups and represented on Team Board
- Timebox Review Record: Captures feedback from each Timebox. Sometimes regulated and a formal, auditable record/governance product. Othertimes informal.
Deployment Phase Products
Post-Project Report:
- Captures feedback from review of delivered solution, what was/wasn’t achieved
- Captures learning points from retrospective of Increment focused on Process, Practices and People.
- Describes the busines benefits that should accrue given proper use of soltuion
Post-Project Phase Products
Benefits Assessment: Describes the benefits that have been accrued following live operation of solution.
Pre-Project Phase
Ensures only the right projects are started, set up correctly and have clearly defined objective
Feasibility Phase
Looks at if project is feasible from a technical perspective and if it is cost-effective from business perspective. “do just enough to move on”.
Foundations Phase
Takes preliminary investigation from Feasibility to next level (often merged in smaller projects). Establishes fundamental understanding of the business rationale, the potential solution and development/delivery management.
Shouldn’t last more than a few weeks “do just enough to move on”.
Ultimately, aims to understand the scope of work and how it will be carried out by who, where and when.
Evolutionary Development Phase
Develops evolving solution on the firm foundations established. Involves SDT applying the 5 practises. SDT works in Timeboxes to create Solution Increments, iteratively exploring low-level detail of requirements and testing continoiusly
Deployment Phase
Bring a baseline of the Evolving Solution into operational use. Can be the ultimate, or subset of solution. If subset, will of back to Evolutionary Development or perhaps Foundations Phase. If ultimate, will move on to post-project.
Post-Project Phase
Checks to see business benefits have been met.
Business Case
Provides a vision and justifcation for the project from a business perspective. Describes a change in the business as it is expected to be, incrementally and at the end of the project. Baseline is outlined in Feasibility and then as a basiss for development approval in Foundations. Formally reviewed at the end of each increment to deteermine if work is justified.
