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Agile Portfolio Management

Agile Portfolio Management

By: Susan Fojtasek

Improving

May 29, 2013
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  1. What should I care about? • Costs – overhead, opportunity

    cost, maintenance/support • Benefits – revenue, synergies, ease of use, architecture, productivity enhancements • External Drivers – Government/Laws, Competition, PR wins/Goodwill
  2. Potentially Shippable Release Daily Standup < 15 minutes Iteration: One

    month or shorter Product Owner establishes vision and prioritizes Product Backlog Issue Backlog Iteration Backlog is committed to by the team. Iteration Planning 1 day Demo 1/2 day Burn down Burn up Iteration Retrospective 1/2 day •Business Case •Funding •Vision •Contracts •Initial Release Plan •Assemble Team Project Level
  3. Potentially Shippable Release Monthly Standup Iteration: One quarter or shorter

    Portfolio Owner establishes vision and prioritizes Project Backlog Quick Hit Backlog Project Backlog is committed to by the executive team. Project Planning 1 day Demo Burn down Burn up Retrospective •Business Strategy •Project Analysis – Cost/Benefit Portfolio Level
  4. Framework • Participants: – Executive stakeholders – Executive “owner” –

    Product owners – Portfolio manager – IT stakeholders Quarter
  5. Framework Quarter • Activities – Review open projects and work

    in progress – Discuss competing interests – Prioritize project list – Determine quarterly plan based on capacity Planning Meeting
  6. Framework Quarter • Activities – Discuss changes in the business

    landscape – Review each project (metrics: value delivered, remaining cost, do we want to continue?) Monthly Standup Monthly Standups
  7. Framework Quarter • Activities – Demo project functionality – Review

    each project (metrics: value delivered, remaining cost, do we want to continue?) – What can we improve? Demo/ Retrospective
  8. Simulation • Welcome to The Cypress Group! Mission: - Manage

    a portfolio of projects as effectively as possible over a 3 month period - You will be measured on the value delivered “Agile Portfolio Management Game” by Jade Meskill www.jademeskill.com
  9. Planning Determine what projects The Cypress Group will undertake -

    You have 10 people - You have $19,500 to spend GO!
  10. Month1 Getting started: - How much cost are you incurring?

    How did you do? - Roll the project die for each project in work (applies to the next month’s values) - Roll the organization die once - Tally up your scores
  11. Month2 Getting started: - Any changes for this month? How

    did you do? - Roll the project die for each project in work (applies to the next month’s values) - Roll the organization die once - Tally up your scores
  12. Month3 Getting started: - Any changes for this month? How

    did you do? - Roll the project die for each project in work (applies to the next month’s values) - Roll the organization die once - Tally up your scores
  13. Framework • Led by executive team • Review each project

    (metrics: value delivered, remaining cost, do we want to continue?) Quarter Planning Meeting Monthly Standup Monthly Standups Demo/ Retrospective
  14. How do I get started? • Put together a list

    of WIP and what’s next on the wishlist – Compile project list – Use simple metrics to start – ROI (H/M/L), Complexity (H/M/L) – Prioritize 1 to N • Review against work in progress
  15. How do I get better? • Is your executive asking

    the right questions? • Have you actually stopped a project in work? • Are you just going through the motions? Is it time to inspect & adapt?