Tood Ruopp interviews John Goodpasture in this second episode about John's point that agile is a best value method.

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Agile Methods 2
Deliver Best Value
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2. Your Host
Todd W. Ruopp
A speaker, facilitator and coach
who promotes understanding
and integrated teamwork
Co-founder & President of
Unleashing Performance, Inc.™
Todd empowers professionals
to develop the knowledge & ability
to drive personal, professional
and organizational growth.
www.unleashingperformance.com

3. Today’s Guest
John Goodpasture, PMP
Program manager, system engineer,
author and coach
Managing Principal of
Square Peg Consulting, LLC
John specializes in applying technology
across a broad spectrum to achieve
business goals.
www.sqpegconsulting.com
Author of
Quantitative Methods in Project Management (2003)

4. John’s new book
• Agile in the enterprise
• Multiple methodologies
thoroughly explained
• From business case
to benefit capture
PUBLISHED BY J. ROSS PUBLISHING

5. 1 Inspiring Leadership & Flexible Management
The customer’s value proposition drives decision making
in short agile cycles that produce incremental results
2 Deliver Best Value
Deliver the most bang for the buck as measured by the customer
3 Deliver Frequently & Incrementally
Respect the urgency and importance conveyed by the customer
4 Recruit Small Teams
Recruit 6 to 12 self-managed, performance-oriented team members
5 Coach for Success
Focus on outcomes not activities, remove barriers to success
and communicate to sponsors and beneficiaries

6. Deliver Best Value
Deliver the most bang for the buck
as measured by the customer
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7. Doesn’t every
project method
deliver value?

8. Value as seen by
the customer
Customer writes the value proposition
Best value means getting the most bang for the buck

9. Most
Important
Most urgent
outcomes
Most
advantages
sequence

10. Business Case
It all starts with a business case

11. Build the best value
business case

12. Value begins in
the business case
Business case is a
framework for details
The goal, the shape of the
outcomes, not the details
‘Just enough’ for
a mind’s eye of how it will be
‘Just enough’ for
compelling attraction

13. Investment, Milestones & More
Milestones, Investments, Vision, not Details will
not Gantt charts not budgets specifications emerge
Milestone

14. Performance Teams &
Customer Collaboration
Teams with embedded customers
fill in the details

15. Who’s in charge?

16. Value?
Customer is always in charge
Customer is the beneficiary
Customers set the value proposition

17. This way!
Project sponsor and/or investor establishes investment
Customer votes budget to value
Project management delivers the most value affordable

18. More in
the book

19. Amazon.com
Barnesandnoble.com
Borders.com
PMI.org
Send John questions at
info@sqpegconsulting.com
PUBLISHED BY J. ROSS PUBLISHING

20. Your Host Today’s Guest
Todd W. Ruopp John Goodpasture, PMP
Unleashing Performance, Inc. Square Peg Consulting, LLC

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