My talk regarding the evolution of project mangers from the Stone Age (before Agile) to DevOps

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

2. Who am I?
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• Java developer 2000-2007
• Technical project manager 2007-2015
• Senior Agile Delivery Consultant 2015-present

3. What is the accent?
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4. What is the accent?
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5. Wow! That was fast!
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6. DevOps movement is gradually changing IT organisations
Project managers are often forgotten on any IT change
Are project managers ready to change?
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7. 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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8. 1. Project Management Archaeology: Stone Age
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9. Waterfall
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10. Why waterfall?
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11. Why waterfall?
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12. Project managers in the Stone Age
● Gannt charts
● Planning
● Prioritising tasks
● Assigning tasks
● Generating reports
● Checking budget
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13. Project manager - Developer interaction
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14. Project manager - Developer interaction
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15. Project manager - Developer interaction
● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
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16. Project manager - Developer interaction
● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
● Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding
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17. Project manager - Developer interaction
● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
● Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding
● Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues
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18. Project manager - Developer interaction
● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
● Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding
● Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues
● Team culture rather than going home leaving the Devs working
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19. Bad estimation techniques
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20. Ops in the Stone Age
Yes, when project is finished they will support the software
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21. Ops in the Stone Age
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22. Delivery in the Stone Age
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23. 2. Project Management Archaeology: Renaissance
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24. “I want to stay in the Stone Age!”
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25. Project managers in the Renaissance
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26. Better estimation —> Shared understanding
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27. Communication
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28. Where is the Ops Team in the Renaissance?
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29. Where is the Ops Team in the Renaissance?
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30. Delivery in the Renaissance
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31. 3. Project Management in the DevOps Era
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32. Delivery in the DevOps Era
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33. Delivery in the DevOps Era
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#noprojects
https://www.infoq.com/articles/kelly-beyond-projects

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42. PROJECT MANAGER
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43. PROJECT MANAGER
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44. PROJECT MANAGER
DELIVERY ENABLER
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45. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
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46. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Nurturing continuous improvement mindset
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47. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Nurturing continuous improvement mindset
● Raise awareness of risks
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48. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Nurturing continuous improvement mindset
● Raise awareness of risks
● Facilitate coordination between the different teams to mitigate the risks
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49. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Nurturing continuous improvement mindset
● Raise awareness of risks
● Facilitate coordination between the different teams to mitigate the risks
● Advocating CI/CD culture for better impediment removal
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50. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
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51. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Facilitate communication: within the team and outside the team
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52. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Facilitate communication: within the team and outside the team
● Make sure the sponsor's time is used in the best way
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53. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Facilitate communication: within the team and outside the team
● Make sure the sponsor's time is used in the best way
● Bridging communication between the sponsor and the team
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54. Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era
● Facilitate communication: within the team and outside the team
● Make sure the sponsor's time is used in the best way
● Bridging communication between the sponsor and the team
● Team culture, because the delivery enabler is now PART OF THE TEAM!
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55. How did I manage to be part of the team?
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56. How did I manage to be part of the team?
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57. How did I manage to be part of the team?
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58. Be human again!
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59. Be human again!
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60. Be human again!
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61. Be human again!
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62. . . . . .

63. 4. Wrapping up
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64. 4. Wrapping up
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65. 4. Wrapping up
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66. 4. Wrapping up
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67. 4. Wrapping up
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68. 4. Wrapping up
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69. I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!
Thanks to all the @OpenCredo team for inspiration
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70. Antonio Cobo @Mind_of_AC
OpenCredo antonio.cobo@opencredo.com