The document discusses agile project management approaches for instructional design. It describes agile as an iterative and incremental method for guiding design and build projects in a flexible and interactive manner focused on maximizing customer value. It outlines common agile practices like using epics and stories to define scope, estimating tasks, iterative development with evaluation and feedback, and minimum viable products. The document advocates for bottom-up planning based on estimates rather than top-down planning based on schedules.

1. LLAMA
Agile Project
Management for
Instructional Design
Megan Torrance | mtorrance@torrancelearning.com

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4. Think about your
best project ever.
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Our projects are complex &
we have to keep up with an
ever-increasing rate
of change.

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ANALYZE
DESIGN
DEVELOP
IMPLEMENT
EVALUATE
TIME

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TIME

8. Agile is …
An iterative, incremental method
of guiding design & build projects
in a highly flexible & interactive manner,
focusing on maximizing customer value
and fostering high team engagement.
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10. LLAMA is …
An iterative, incremental method
of guiding instructional design projects
in a highly flexible & interactive manner,
focusing on maximizing customer value
and fostering high team engagement.
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12. Defining
scope on an
Agile project
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An “Epic”
A “story”

13. blog.cathy-moore.com
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http://blog.cathy-moore.com/

14. Practice in
Training
Knowledge
Required
Goal
Adapted from: CathyMoore
Behavior on
the Job
Nail roof
shingles safely
Remove a
kidney stone
Provide verbal feedback
to teammates
Collect &
enter data
accurately

15. Adapted from: CathyMoore

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Their job Your job

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18. Rules for
Estimating
Break things into the smallest feasible
chunk.
The person who does the work estimates
the work.
Estimate based on what you think it will take
to do the work, with no padding.
Account for the uncertainty of large things.
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19. Make small mistakes faster.
Skip the big mistakes.
19Richard Sheridan, Agile Explained

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Iteration 1 Iteration 2 Iteration 3
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23. Do the
simplest
thing that
could
possibly
work.
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M.V.P.
Minimum Viable Product

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Top-Down Planning:
SME & Reviewer schedules
Holidays
Resource Plans Final
Delivery
Date

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Bottom-up Planning is
based on estimates

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When the two don’t match,
then you start talking.
Hard part

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