#8 agile governance questions you can and should be asking, was a presentation to NZ PMI.

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Ant Boobier
Practices Coach @ BNZ Digital
#8 agile governance questions
you can and should be asking
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2. My younger days
8 agile
governance
questions I can
and should be
asking…

3. What is my
agile team
thinking?
But first…
for a start they think as a team,

4. they think empirically,
Karen Greaves and Samantha Laing

5. they think in products,

6. and they think…

7. so what questions should you ask them?
#4 How big is this
thing, and how much
will it cost?
#6 When can we
release?
#1 What is success and
how will we be measured?
#2 Who is accepting this
work, and what does done
look like?
#3 Who is dealing with
scope, how will it be
managed?
#7 Could this software
be deployed to
production now?
#8 What do we know
now that we didn’t 2
weeks ago?
#5 How much have we
got left to do?

8. What is success
and how will we be
measured?
#1

9. Sliders
There will always be more to do than time and money
will allow…
RAP 1 Template for Lithium
No other compliance/regulations noted at time of writing.
6. Project Success
6.1. The Sliders
The Sliders are a tool used commonly in RApid Planning Sessions (RAP) to help
determine what the stakeholders will measure the project’s success against.
Success Sliders
Success Measures Off 25% 50% 75% On
Satisfied stakeholders x
Meet objectives x
Meet timeframe X
Meet budget x
Deliver added value ($) x
Meet quality x
Team satisfaction x
Add rational that provides more detail as to why the sliders are at a certain position to the table

10. Background PLAN
Current condition PLAN
Outcomes / Goals PLAN
Analysis PLAN
Reccomendations
In Scope Out of Scope
Risks
Initiative:
Customer segment:
Product Owner: Team:
Timeframe:
Budget:
Slider priority: 1 2 3
A3: <Project Name>
Plan on a page
focus on measurable
outcomes !

12. Who is
accepting this work
and what does
done look like?
#2

13. Who is dealing
with scope, how will
it be managed?
#3

14. How big is this
thing, and how much
will it cost?
#4

15. Size it up
Project x Project zProject y
$
$$

16. Planning poker
It’s all
relative…

17. Russell Davies http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2013/04/the-unit-of-delivery.html

18. How much have we
got left to do?
#5

19. @5 - 12 weeks
12 weeks +
Small and defined items
Prioritised
ordered list of everything that might be needed in the
product
Next up @1 - 4 weeks
Product Backlog
big placeholders

20. Henrik Kniberg
Release Planning

21. Henrik Kniberg

22. Visualisation

23. When can we
release?
#6

24. Boost New media
Look for the opportunity
to Release

25. Could this
software be
deployed to
production
now?
#7

26. Measure of Progress
Working tested
software
Ready to ship
Definition
of Done

27. What do we
know now that we
didn’t 2 weeks ago?
#8

28. Question if your
project is
suspiciously
green!

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anthony@nomad8.com
linkedin.com/in/antboobier
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