Session 3 Flashcards
SOW
Statement of Work
Project Vision Statement
• A clear vision of the desired objectives and alignment with the organizations strategic goals
• refer to it throughout the project to maintain alignment
Guidelines of Building a Shared Understanding
• Share
~project agreements e.g. vision statement, project charter
• Agree or Negotiate
~ reach agreement and buy in
• Uphold
~ agreements throughout the project
Negotiation goals
• First, find out…
~ the boundaries of negotiation for the project agreement
•what if, anything, is eligible for discussion or troubleshooting
•Then
~ discover how the project fits in the organizational landscape and business objectives
MOUs
Memorandum of understanding
SLAs
Service level agreements
Business case
• a documented economic feasibility study
• establishes benefits of project work
• provides a basis for authorization of further project activities
What are business needs documents
• a prerequisite of a formal business case
• identifies high-level deliverables
• describes requirements— what needs creating and/ or performing
KPI
Key Performance Indicators
• outcome measures
• how to measure success
UAT
Users Acceptance Testing
DOD
Definition of Done
• Quality Control Checklist
How do you negotiate and agree on project success?
• interview stakeholders
• gather expert judgment on technical success criteria
• Check
~ Orgianizational (program operations)
~ Lessons Learned
~ Quality Policy
~ UAT requirements
Acceptance Criteria
• written by the stakeholder the end user
Product Box Exercise ( Adaptive)
• to internalize the vision from the customer’s point of view and emphasize product/project value
XR metaphor (Hybrid)
• technique explains a complex idea in simple, familiar terms, using common language and vocabulary
What is a Project Charter
• authorize project
• high level info
• starting point
• enables project manager to apply resources to project work
• defines rationale and business needs
• verifies alignment with strategic goals
• keeps everyone focused on a clear project vision
Who is the project charter usually created by
• project sponsor
• project manager with executive/stakeholder approval
What is included in a Project Charter
• names
~ project sponsor, PM, key stakeholders
• project description
~ preliminary requirements, measurable objectives
• business needs
~ financial goals or milestones
• schedules/milestones
~ summary of schedule and milestones
• assumptions, boundaries and constraints
~ overall risk, approval requirements and approved budget
• business case information
~ including success and exit criteria
Tailored Development Approaches
• support dynamic work environments
• discover value delivery requirements early
• put stakeholders and the team in close collaboration
Characteristics of Predictive PM Development Approach
• plan driven
• linear sequence of activities in phases
• phase completion governed by phase gates
Certainty about Requirements of Predictive PM Development Approach
• high, from beginning
Change & Risk of Predictive PM Development Approach
• change possible, but controlled
•’risks carefully studied and managed
Characteristics of Adaptive PM Development Approach
• change driven
• iterative or incremental
• timeboxed cadence (iterations/sprints) or continuous flow
Certainty about Requirements of Adaptive PM Development Approach
• unclear or customer- driven, so needs further discovery
Change & Risk of Adaptive PM Development Approach
• built on assumption of high degree of change
• high tolerance of risk with guardrails for risk management
Characteristics of Hybrid PM Development Approach
Tailored development approach, combining predictive and adaptive
Product
• is part of a project; products have their own life cycles
Product management
• represents a key integration point within program and project management
Product Owners
• are responsible for maximizing the value of the product and accountable for the end product
Project
• produce products
Cadence can be the following:
• time boxed with sprints/ iterations or a continuous flow
Hybrid life cycle & Development Approach
• accomplished by tailoring
• combines adaptive and predictive life cycles and/or development approaches
• useful when requirements are uncertain or risky
• useful when deliverables can be modularized, or when deliverables can be developed by different project teams
• uses iterative and incremental development
Examples of hybrid project approaches
• use agile or iterative practices within predictive framework
• use predictive artifacts or processes within adaptive life cycle
• business analysis techniques assist with requirements management
• new tools help identify complex elements in projects
• organizational change management methods prepare for transitioning project outputs into the organization
What can be tailored in hybrid
• project life cycle
• development life cycle components
• WOW -way of working
• knowledge management
• change management
• project governance
• benefits management
Scrum
• an agile framework for developing and sustaining complex products, with specific roles, events, and artifacts
When is the scrum implemented
• at a Product development level
What roles are included in Scrum
• scrum master/ senior scrum master who facilitates ceremonies (meetings); iterations are called sprints
Purpose of Scrum sprint planning ceremony
• team collaborates with product owner to plan work for current sprint
• scrum master/ senior scrum master facilities
Purpose of daily scrum ceremony
• short, daily meeting of team only
• team members describe work, ask for help, consider progress toward goal
• NOT a status meeting
Purpose of Scrum sprint review ceremony
• can include demo
• held at end of sprint
• team, product owner and stakeholders attend, or customer’s review progress and give feedback to adapt product
Purpose of Scrum sprint retrospective ceremony
• looks back at last 2-4 weeks to improve performance
• team identifies improvement to performance and collaboration
Agile Ceremony- product strategy meeting
• product owner shares product vision
Agile Ceremony- daily standup or standup
• team status meeting
• 5 to 15 minutes, timeboxed
• not necessarily daily
Agile Ceremony- backlog refinement
• product owner prioritizes items on backlog
Agile Ceremony- project retrospective
• held at the end of a project to review work and processes
• like lessons learned
Project Management Plan
• the document that describes how the project will be executed, monitored, and controlled and closed
What does the project management plan include?
• subsidiary plans
• baselines
• additional components
Project documents
• documentation and content created by the teams to plan and manage the project effectively
• some documents are project artifacts, which need to be maintained and then archived at the end of the project
Artifacts
• represents the work in value, helping being transparency
• form a basis for inspection and adaptation
Collaborative Planning
Adaptive & Hybrid Development Approaches
• product owner describes objectives according to customer needs/wants; team executes work and helps product owner plan the work
• team members are local domain experts in integration management— how work will be planned and completed
• project manager, team lead or scrum master helps focus the team to execute the planned work
Predictive Requirements Specification
• defined in specific terms before development
Hybrid Requirements Specification
• elaborated periodically during delivery
Adaptive Requirements Specification
• elaborated frequently during delivery
Predictive Outcomes
• delivered at the end of the project
Hybrid Outcomes
• can be divided into pieces (incremental)
Adaptive Outcomes
• delivered after each iteration according to stakeholders desired value
Predictive change in the life cycle
• constrained as much as possible