APM Thames Valley - The new (slim) APM guide on 'Agile Governance' from GovSIG TVB080715

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‘Agile Governance’
The new (slim) APM guide on ‘Agile
Governance’ from GovSIG
- progress
Wednesday 8th July 2015 6pm
Nationwide Building Society HQ, Swindon
APM Thames Valley Branch
Speakers:
- Brian Wernham, APM Governance SIG
- Adrian Pyne, APM Programme Management SIG
#APMagile
Adrian Pyne MAPM RPP
RPP Assessor
a.pyne@btconnect.com
Brian Wernham FAPM RPP
APM Board Member
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Agenda
 6:30 Context – Brian Wernham
 7:00 Core components – Adrian Pyne
 7:40 Q & A
 8:00 End

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The ‘Big Design Up Front’ is born…

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What is ‘Agile’?

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Case Study
–the need for change at the FBI

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Case Study
–the need for change at the FBI

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Case Study
–the need for change at the FBI

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Case Study
–the need for change at the FBI

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FBI Case Study
– Initially a waterfall failure (twice!)
Project 1: Virtual Case File (VCF)
 Monolithic design
 2002 – 2005 no delivery
 cancelled at $300m cost
Project 2: Sentinel
 Monolithic design (again!)
 2006 – 2010 no delivery
 cancelled at $400m cost

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Changes are difficult like swimming
up a waterfall…
http://bit.ly/About-Brian
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Big Design Up-Front + Waterfall…

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… for innovation projects can be a
disaster
½

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The FBI needed innovation:
New strategy
New technology
New business processes
Unfamiliar suppliers

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FBI Case Study – Agile rescue!
 Project 3: Agile!
 Modular
 2011-13 incremental delivery
 $99m cost in 2 years
 vs. $700m previously wasted
over 10 years…

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How to avoid the methods war?

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What does ‘Agile Governance’ mean
to YOUR boss?

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Let’s avoid this methods war
– ‘give peace a chance!’
Agile =
Lack of control
Low quality
Unclear specifications
Traditional Planning=
A one way waterfall
Grand designs that fail
Lack of flexibility

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What is
‘Agile’?
‘Agile’ only
for web
development?‘Agile’ only for
tiny stuff?‘Agile’ = loss of
control?
‘Agile’ in
Government
projects?

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‘Agile’ is NOT incompatible with classic project
management
- just invert the classic ‘iron-triangle’ !
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Agile is suitable when:
• Innovation
• Inexperience
• Forecasts unreliable
• Many options possible
• Requirements unclear
Benefits are green circles:

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How to avoid the methods war?

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‘Agile Governance’ is a proposal
for peace using Agile Diagnostics
Project proposal
Innovation?
Traditional
Spec/Plan/Build
No
Agile Project
Yes
Hybrid
Somewhat

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Programme of
innovation
projects using
Agile
Traditional
Programmes
Hybrid Programmes
(some Agile, some not Agile)
Portfolio Diagnostics:

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Directing Change
2nd edition 2011
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Co-Directing Change
2007 (being updated)
Sponsoring Change
2009
PDFs free to APM members at www.apm.org.uk/memberdownloads
GovSIG Publications
Agile Governance
(being developed)
To get involved:
http://bit.ly/apm-agile-governance-
preregister

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Recent UK APM Webinars:
 Agile Government Case Study:
 Brian presents the story of a $100m project at the FBI
 http://bit.ly/Diamonds-and-Agile
 Agile Government Assurance:
 Brian interviews the UK National Audit Office and US GAO
 http://bit.ly/gao-nao-agile-webinar

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This presentation:
Agile Portfolio
Governance
Agile Program
Governance
Agile Project
Governance
What is
‘Agile’?

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Let’s ‘give peace a chance!’

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Q & A
To get involved:
http://bit.ly/apm-agile-
governance-preregister