I prepared this deck for a webinar organized by iZenBridge as part of DiscussAgile event. This talk is about the finer aspects that need to be taken care while a project is being transitioned from one vendor to another vendor or client team itself.

1. Sridharan Vembu - ThoughtWorks
Nuances of Transition Discuss Agile - 2016 - Webinar!
23 April 2016
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2. It’s not just about Handing it Over!!

3. Why Transition?
❖ Type 1: Current vendor
contract expired, vendor lost
the deal in the bidding!
❖ Type 2: Vendor’s
performance below par,
customer decided to change
vendor

4. Why Transition?
❖ Type 3: Customer hired
premium vendor for
Greenfield development;
program goes into BAU,
premium services not
required!
❖ Type 4: Customer decided
to insource the project

5. Characteristics of Transition Types
❖ Contract Expiry: !
❖ Incoming vendor - most anxious,
antagonising!
❖ Outgoing vendor - least interest!
❖ Customer - Calculative !
❖ Poor Vendor performance: !
❖ Incoming vendor - Lack of Trust!
❖ Outgoing vendor - least interest!
❖ Customer - Worried about
effectiveness and business
continuity

6. Characteristics of Transition Types
❖ Cost Reduction: !
❖ Incoming vendor - Competency
mismatch!
❖ Outgoing vendor - Anxious to
get out quickly!
❖ Customer - Calculative,
Worried about future quality!
❖ Insourcing: !
❖ Outgoing vendor - least interest!
❖ Customer - antagonising

7. ❖ Study the scope of transition!
❖ Estimate the scope!
❖ Create a “comprehensive” transition plan!
❖ Create a Governance plan!
❖ Transition ‘Admin’ managers manage the plan! !
❖ …

8. “So, what’s the magic!!”

9. Too many moving parts to begin with? !
!
…Not Good!!
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10. Never leave the end date open…!
If you can’t define on Day 0, fine! but…

11. …but, decide on the date on Day 2!

12. Don’t practice on safe waters for too long!!

13. What would be better?!
Push (from outgoing vendor) or !
Pull (from incoming vendor)!!

14. What would be better?!
Push (from outgoing vendor) or !
Pull (from incoming vendor)!!

15. Are you Pair Programming! Excellent!!!
That’s great news for all the parties involved (Customer, Outgoing vendor, Incoming vendor)

16. Are you Pair Programming! Excellent!!!
That’s great news for all the parties involved (Customer, Outgoing vendor, Incoming vendor)

17. Are you Pair Programming! Excellent!!!
That’s great news for all the parties involved (Customer, Outgoing vendor, Incoming vendor)

18. No more Shadow / Reverse-Shadow-ing

19. Play to the other person’s strengths,!
not weakness

20. Play for your Club… !
…not for your Country!! ;-)

21. Have more informal team outings!

22. It could very well be the work
environment,!
that is not working!!

23. Chickens have no role to play in the Transition!!

24. It’s like giving your daughter’s hand in marriage ;-)