Agility in Large Projects

1. AGI LI TY I N LARGE PROJECTS
Kalle Tiihonen

2. TO P I C S TO DAY
Me.
IBM.
My job.
My thesis.
Your questions.

3. M E?
Star ted programming at age 11.
Studied business, design, technology.
Graduated this year from Aalto University.
Enjoys good coffee.

4. I B M
425 000 employees.
12 research labs.
Consulting & Technology
We don’t sell laptops.

5. K A S V U HU O NE
Internal star tup at IBM Finland.
Established in January, 2012.
Three intrapreneurs.
Asko Relas Kalle Tiihonen Ville Peltola

6. I NT R A P R ENEU R S HI P
Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an
entrepreneur while working within a large
organization. *
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrapreneurship

7. M Y T HES I S
Effectiveness of Agile Project Management in
Large Projects

8. AGI LI TY I S NOTHI NG NEW
Coal mining & autonomous work groups in 1950s.
Lean car manufacturing in Japan in 20th century.
Just another context.

9. AGI LE VALUES
Interactions versus Processes
Collaboration versus Contract Negotiation
Working Software versus Holistic Documentation
Responding To Change versus Following a Plan

10. M Y C A S E P RO JEC T
100+ persons involved.
Stakeholders must accept agile values!
Prioritizing is difficult.
8-15 persons/team.
Scrum sprint: 3 weeks.
Use face to face communication.

11. S UC C ES S.

12. Your questions?