My talk on 14th October in Vilnius (Lithuania) for the High Load Strategy conference 2016, where I talk about project managers and their stages from early days till now with the DevOps movement changing IT organisations. Feedback more than welcome!

1. Project Management: from Stone Age to DevOps
Antonio Cobo @Mind_of_AC

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The DevOps movement is gradually changing IT organisations
Project managers are often forgotten
Are project managers ready for DevOps?

3. What is the accent?
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4. Wow! That was fast!
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5. Wow! That was fast!
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6. Who am I?
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Antonio Cobo - @Mind_of_AC
→ Agile Delivery Consultant at OpenCredo
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Agile, architecture, CI/CD, DevOps
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Delivering business outcomes via the application of emerging technology

7. Latest projects
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UK Government company - Secure cloud platform using multiple cloud providers
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International Investment Management company - Secure cloud platform using public cloud providers
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Global Information Services company - Secure Container Platform for their product
Different industries - Similar goals and challenges
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Hoping to deliver products to customers faster
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Hoping to reduce the cost & time developing and delivering products
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Hoping to update monolithic applications for the Cloud
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8. Agenda
1. Project Management Archaeology: Stone Age
2. Project Management Archaeology: Renaissance
3. Project Management in the DevOps Era
4. Wrapping up
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9. 1. Project Management Archaeology: Stone Age
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10. Was it wrong?
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11. Project managers in the Stone Age
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Gannt charts
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Planning
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Prioritising tasks
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Assigning tasks
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Generating reports

12. Project manager - Developer interaction
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Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
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Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding
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Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues
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Team culture rather than going home leaving the Devs working

13. Project manager - Developer interaction
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Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
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Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding
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Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues
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Team culture rather than going home leaving the Devs working

14. Bad estimation techniques
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15. Ops in the Stone Age
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Yes, when project is finished they will support the software

16. Ops in the Stone Age
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Yes, when project is finished they will support the software

17. A project in the Stone Age
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18. 2. Project Management Archaeology: Renaissance
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19. “I want to stay in the Stone Age!”
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Project Team in the Renaissance

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Where is the Ops Team in the Renaissance?

22. Project managers in the Renaissance
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23. Estimating better
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Cost control: is the benefit of the project out-weighting its cost?
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Gain the confidence of the sponsors
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Ensure there is a common understanding of what is needed
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Scope trade off

24. Estimations techniques in the Renaissance
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25. A project in the Renaissance
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26. 3. Project Management in the DevOps Era
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27. The Team
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28. Project managers in the DevOps Era
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Nurturing continuous improvement mindset
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Raise awareness of risks
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Facilitate coordination between the different teams to mitigate the risks
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Advocating CI/CD culture for better impediment removal
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29. Project managers in the DevOps Era
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Facilitate communication: within the team and outside the team
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Make sure the sponsor's time is used in the best way
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Bridging communication between the sponsor and the team
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Team culture, why? Because the project manager is now PART OF THE TEAM!
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30. A (project) in the DevOps Era
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31. How did I manage to be part of the team?
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32. 4. Wrapping up
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33. 4. Wrapping up
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34. 4. Wrapping up
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35. 4. Wrapping up
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Thank you for listening!
Thanks to all the @OpenCredo team for inspiration
Thanks to @dainiuskniuksta for continuous feedback

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antonio.cobo@opencredo.com
www.opencredo.com
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