Project Management In The Age Of Web 2.0

Project management in the age of Web 2.0 3Camp Meeting May 26, 2009 Gdańsk Peter Horsten

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39 Agile Blogger Coach Communication Consultant Creative Director Dutch Engineer Father Fun Gda ń sk GOYELLO Honest Husband Open mind Opinion Outsourcing Partnership Peter Horsten Positive Project manager Prince2 Social networker Sociologist Software Trust Twitter University of Gdańsk Web 2.0 Web applications Web development Short introduction

They already managed ages ago! So, why don’t we manage to realize something as simple as a web application?

Let’s Vote Who develops software based on some formal way of project management? Image source: European Parliament, http://www.flickr.com/photos/european_parliament/3480264232/

This could be the problem
Both managers and clients assume:
That all team members are interchangeable
That development speed remains at the same level week-to-week
That projects have an END
That emergencies bug/patches can be fixed without delay
That requirements are known in advance and are finite
That CEOs don’t disturb anyone for some new initiative
And k ey questions can ’ t be answered
What is everyone doing this week? Next week?
When is that feature going to live?
What will be released this weekend?
What happens if I insert a big emergency into people’s schedule for this week?

This could be the problem
Both managers and clients assume:
That all team members are interchangeable.
That velocity (development speed) remains the same week-to-week
That projects have an END
That emergencies bug/patches can be fixed without delay
That requirements are known in advance and are finite
That CEOs don’t throw everyone for a loop with a new initiative
And k ey questions can ’ t be answered
What is everyone doing this week? Next week?
When is that feature going to live?
What is launching this weekend?
What happens if I insert a big emergency into people’s schedule this week?
We all know that this is not the case, but they often don’t!

This used to be project management Knowledge & certification Are we on time? Image credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobg_in_ohio/2288943169/

But we need more flexibility, more Agility

Every project has its cycle Project Life Cycle (Gray & Larson, 2006, p6)

But do we take sufficient time for the cycle? Image credits: Leo Reynolds http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/60496147/

Triple Constraint of Project Management (Schwalbe, 2006, p8) Don’t forget about quality! Which makes it a Quadruple constraint. Warning: Quality has many definitions!

Project Management Knowledge Area
Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ® ) by project management institute (PMI)
Integration Management Time Management Cost Management Scope Management Quality Management HR Management Risk Management Communication Management Procurement Management

Technical and Sociocultural Dimensions of Project Management (Gray & Larson, 2006, p13) Project management is a lot more than typing the right lines of code on time! It’s Art!

Use the best of both worlds
„ Old”: Prince2
Macro level control & stability
Business case driven
Project board: stakeholder integration, shared resoponsibility
Management by exception, tolerances
Project start, middle, end
Product based planning
Structured documentation
Work packages
Quality path
Project assurance
„ New”: Agile, Scrum
Micro-level agility & control
Focus on business needs
Deliver on time
Cross functional, self responsible team
Collaboration
Quality focussed
Build incrementaly from firm foundations
Develop iteratively
Timeboxed
Continuous communication
http://www.slideshare.net/jenshoffmann/prince2-agile-success

Project management 2.0

Whether this is true we will know soon  But for sure it will be different!

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Credits, further reading
http://www.slideshare.net/natalcol/piloting-agile-project-management
http://www.slideshare.net/douglastokuno/web-20-tools-for-project-management
http://www.slideshare.net/jenshoffmann/prince2-agile-success
http://www.slideshare.net/jenshoffmann/integrating-scrum-with-classical-project-management
Some useful free tools: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/02/14-applications-for-project-management-and-collaboration/
Redmine: a flexible project management application: http://www.redmine.org (GOYELLO uses this as well, just ask in case of any questions

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