This document discusses how to implement agile practices in engineering portfolio and program management. It outlines challenges with traditional program management approaches and the product lifecycle. Agile principles like focusing on the end state, building capacity, continuous improvement, cross-functional collaboration and governance can help address delivery and business value challenges. Metrics should support the end state rather than be the goal. Maturity models, balanced scorecards, budgeting processes and architecture reviews are discussed to integrate agile into portfolio management.
This document discusses factors to consider when planning an agile rollout in a product development environment. It outlines challenges like managing different product lifecycles and complexities. Agile helps address delivery and business value challenges through continuous improvement, building cross-functional collaboration, and focusing on the end state rather than metrics. The document also discusses adopting agile practices at the portfolio/program level through maturity models, communities of practice, governance processes, and budgeting.
The document describes an upcoming seminar on ITIL Foundation Certification. It will provide an overview of IT Service Management and ITIL, including the key concepts and areas of ITIL. Attendees will learn about the ITIL service lifecycle and why organizations implement ITIL. The seminar will also help prepare attendees for the ITIL Foundation Certification exam.
Scrum utilizes time-boxed iterations called sprints to incrementally deliver working software. Each sprint begins with sprint planning to determine the sprint goal and backlog items to be completed, followed by daily stand-up meetings for status updates. Sprints conclude with a sprint review to demonstrate the completed work and a retrospective to improve the process for the next sprint.
Gulam G J Siddiqui is a senior project manager with over 14 years of experience in IT infrastructure management and project/program management. He has extensive experience leading technology projects and managing teams. He is ITIL certified and has managed projects ranging from $3M to $50M. He has experience in transitioning and transforming data centers, network upgrades, application upgrades and managing vendors. Currently he works as a project manager at IBM India leading infrastructure transition and transformation projects.
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification training course integrates Six Sigma, a methodology to standardize defect measurement and improve processes, and Lean, a framework to manage waste. Lean Six Sigma focuses on data and measurement in order to deliver high-quality products and services to customers.
This TUV SUD's Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification is one of the most industry-recognized Quality management certifications for professionals across the globe.
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ITSM Academy Webinar - Process Maturity, It's Not About the NumbersITSM Academy, Inc.
A cornerstone of continual process improvement is assessing process maturity. Drawing from proven maturity models, this session provides attendees a checklist of the key factors that influence process maturity, along with a Transition Plan for each maturity level that describes specific transition steps. As it is often difficult to figure out where to begin, attendees will also receive a template for a Process Improvement Matrix that can be used to prioritize improvement activities.
This document discusses process maturity and improving an organization's processes. It provides an overview of a maturity model with five levels that guide an organization from inconsistent practices to continuous process innovation. The objectives and benefits of each maturity level are outlined, with the goals including establishing standardized processes, managing processes quantitatively, and ultimately enabling continuous improvement and achieving targets through process optimization.
This document discusses factors to consider when planning an agile rollout in a product development environment. It outlines challenges like managing different product lifecycles and complexities. Agile helps address delivery and business value challenges through continuous improvement, building cross-functional collaboration, and focusing on the end state rather than metrics. The document also discusses adopting agile practices at the portfolio/program level through maturity models, communities of practice, governance processes, and budgeting.
The document describes an upcoming seminar on ITIL Foundation Certification. It will provide an overview of IT Service Management and ITIL, including the key concepts and areas of ITIL. Attendees will learn about the ITIL service lifecycle and why organizations implement ITIL. The seminar will also help prepare attendees for the ITIL Foundation Certification exam.
Scrum utilizes time-boxed iterations called sprints to incrementally deliver working software. Each sprint begins with sprint planning to determine the sprint goal and backlog items to be completed, followed by daily stand-up meetings for status updates. Sprints conclude with a sprint review to demonstrate the completed work and a retrospective to improve the process for the next sprint.
Gulam G J Siddiqui is a senior project manager with over 14 years of experience in IT infrastructure management and project/program management. He has extensive experience leading technology projects and managing teams. He is ITIL certified and has managed projects ranging from $3M to $50M. He has experience in transitioning and transforming data centers, network upgrades, application upgrades and managing vendors. Currently he works as a project manager at IBM India leading infrastructure transition and transformation projects.
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification training course integrates Six Sigma, a methodology to standardize defect measurement and improve processes, and Lean, a framework to manage waste. Lean Six Sigma focuses on data and measurement in order to deliver high-quality products and services to customers.
This TUV SUD's Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification is one of the most industry-recognized Quality management certifications for professionals across the globe.
To know more about Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification trainings worldwide, please contact us at -
Email :support@invensislearning.com
Phone - US +1-910-726-3695,
Website : https://www.invensislearning.com
ITSM Academy Webinar - Process Maturity, It's Not About the NumbersITSM Academy, Inc.
A cornerstone of continual process improvement is assessing process maturity. Drawing from proven maturity models, this session provides attendees a checklist of the key factors that influence process maturity, along with a Transition Plan for each maturity level that describes specific transition steps. As it is often difficult to figure out where to begin, attendees will also receive a template for a Process Improvement Matrix that can be used to prioritize improvement activities.
This document discusses process maturity and improving an organization's processes. It provides an overview of a maturity model with five levels that guide an organization from inconsistent practices to continuous process innovation. The objectives and benefits of each maturity level are outlined, with the goals including establishing standardized processes, managing processes quantitatively, and ultimately enabling continuous improvement and achieving targets through process optimization.
This document discusses business analysis techniques and provides definitions of business analysis. It lists and describes various techniques used in business analysis including stakeholder analysis, process modeling, requirements engineering, and solution development. The role of the business analyst is also discussed as investigating business situations, analyzing strategies, modeling processes, specifying information systems, and developing business cases. A basic toolkit of essential business analysis techniques is also presented.
The Key Role of Business Analysis in Project Success and Achieving Business V...Alan McSweeney
Business analysis plays a key role in ensuring project success and delivering business value. Effective business analysis includes defining business needs, capturing requirements, and ensuring solution designs meet requirements. Weak business analysis is a leading cause of project failures, as solutions may not satisfy business needs. Throughout a solution's lifecycle, from design to operation, ongoing requirements management by business analysts helps maximize business value.
This PMI–ACP Seminar will help you to understand and prepare you to take the PMI-ACP® exam and become an
Agile Certified Practitioner, a certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. The PMIACP
exam measures professionalism in Agile Project Management, increases versatility in PM
methods, validates ability to lead Agile teams and Agile software projects that adapt to change,
drive innovation and deliver on–time business value.
With time, systems have become very integral part of enterprise "structure" ensuring better functionality & sustainability. iCMG has helped organizations in 16 countries to grow their small architecture groups ( 1-2% of the IT group size) to the next level.
This document discusses project management as a strategic competence and trends in the field. It covers:
1. Project management excellence is key for organizations at different stages - startup, growth, and transformation. Projects catalyze success at each stage.
2. Strategic objectives in business, society, and individuals are achieved through implementing projects. Projects drive business performance and steer the global economy.
3. There is growing recognition of the value of project management, including in execution, integration, and learning. When implemented properly for an organization, it provides real business, organizational and strategic value.
The document outlines a blueprint approach for implementing SAP that includes preparing for workshops, executing workshops, and addressing gaps. It involves developing future state process flows and questions upfront. Workshops are then used to review these materials, capture gaps, and finalize the blueprint. Identified gaps are compiled and dispositioned as custom objects for approval. The overall goal is to define business requirements and configure SAP accordingly.
B.P. Sandeep has over 9 years of experience in ITIL consulting, IT service management, and pre-sales support. He currently works as a post-sales process manager, lead product trainer, and senior ITSM consultant for ManageEngine, where he is responsible for process design, training programs, workshops, and pre-implementation consulting. Previously he has held roles as a support engineer, product specialist, senior product consultant, and lead product trainer for ManageEngine.
The document summarizes proposed changes to the project management process at ORION Systems Group. Some key changes include:
1) Expanding the project management team and assigning specific managers for production, customer support, and quality assurance.
2) Increasing the number of design teams working on projects and assigning more engineers to work full-time on single projects.
3) Starting certain project tasks like documentation and testing earlier in the process to improve quality and customer satisfaction.
4) Revising the project review milestones to incorporate manufacturing planning and address issues earlier.
To institutionalize Agile practices across the organization across the below domains :-
(E) Enterprise wide Software Development
(T) Tools & Technological landscape
(H) Hardware & Architecture
(N) Non Software Processes
(I) IT Operations & Infrastructure
(C) Cultural changes
Project management in IBM EG - lecce_20140224Antonio Caforio
IBM developed an enterprise-wide approach to project management to address identified weaknesses and raise project management to a core competence. This included establishing a Project Management Center of Excellence, implementing a consistent project management methodology worldwide, qualifying project managers on significant projects, and establishing strong project performance measurements. As a result, IBM created a project-based enterprise with over 26,500 project managers managing projects globally using a common project management method.
Ankkeet Koushesh has over 5 years of experience in IT service management. He currently works as a Senior Executive ERP at Vodafone India, where he is responsible for change management, release coordination, and incident and problem management. Previously he worked as an ITIL consultant at Infosys and a tech-ops technician at JP Morgan Chase. He holds an ITIL and ITSM certification and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications.
TenXLabs uses frugal engineering principles to deliver technology solutions that provide business value at a lower cost. It focuses on understanding client needs and creating optimized solutions that only include necessary features. TenXLabs has developed competency centers in areas like product transformation, specialized testing, and eLearning. These centers combine domain expertise with proven processes to rapidly deliver high-quality solutions. Clients praise TenXLabs for helping improve their product development, testing processes, and for providing scalable and feature-rich HR management software.
This document provides an overview of using agile concepts for organizational transformation in the digital age. It discusses foundational topics like defining an organization and typical organizational structures. It then covers developing business-level strategy, including analyzing an organization's value proposition, business model, and competitive advantages. The document also discusses strategy development processes like mission and vision statements. Finally, it touches on strategy execution methods like agile delivery approaches, minimum viable products, and development roadmaps.
The Agile Metrics Panel
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Time: 11:30am to 12:00pm
Speaker(s): Hope Lynch, Mehul Kapadia, Rob Uhlrich
Track: Quantify Agile
Room: Farragut
Role(s): Change AgentCoachDev ManagerDevelopment DirectorDevOpsDirector EngineeringDirector OperationIT ManagerPMO / ePMOProduct Line Dir.Product ManagerProgram ManagerQARally Workspace AdminRelease Train EngineerUX
* Bring your toughest questions on identifying, measuring and analyzing Agile performance metrics. Our panel of experts will share their insights around what metrics work best in their organization, and which lead to decisive behaviors and cultures of innovation and speed.
* What metrics do you use to help your teams and programs improve?
* How do you use this information to target your improvement ares? Select training and consulting to help?
What advice do you have in terms of applying these techniques at other’s organizations?
Wilma Harrelson has over 20 years of experience in IT management. She has expertise in business process modeling, procedure manuals, process improvement, risk analysis, software training, technical writing, and help desk management. Her professional experience includes roles as Director of Software Education where she provided customized training, and Director of IT Support and Education where she led process improvement initiatives, developed a software training organization, and managed the help desk. She is now a director at an IT consulting group where she assesses clients' technology environments and makes improvement recommendations.
IIBA Facilitation Skills For Business Analysis v2Rick Walters
Here are the answers to your questions:
1. What is the best way to enable participation in a meeting? Use a variety of techniques to draw out different perspectives like small group discussion, going around the table to get input from everyone, using post-its or index cards to anonymously collect ideas.
2. What is Carnac the Magnificent known for? Carnac the Magnificent was a character played by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show who was supposedly a psychic and would answer questions that were sealed in envelopes before being asked.
3. What instrument does Kenny G play? Kenny G is known for playing the soprano and tenor saxophones.
Thank you Carnac, I hope these
G Praveen Kumar has over 12 years of experience in project management, IT infrastructure management, change management, and client services. He is currently an IBM Advisory Project Manager based in Hyderabad, India. Some of his responsibilities include managing projects through all phases, communicating with staff, and ensuring projects meet contractual obligations. Previously he has worked as a Technical Support Executive, Team Lead, and Delivery Operations Manager. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance and certifications in ITIL, Project Management, and Prince 2.
Qu'est-ce donc que l'Agilité déjà ?
Quelle est la différence avec Scrum ?
Je fais quoi avec mon Gantt ?
Est-ce que le Web est un bon candidat ?
Pourquoi est-ce que je vis autant de difficultés ?
Par où dois-je commencer ?
Cette introduction (ou ré-introduction) vise les vendus et les désabusés, les initiés et les nouveaux intéressés. C'est un rafraichissement sur l'agilité qui permettra de faire un petit pas en arrière et mieux préparer les prochains. Pour certains, ce sera un retour sur les fondements de l'agilité et pour d'autres ce sera la satisfaction d'une curiosité qui perdure. Avec plus de dix ans d'expérience, l'agilité a maturée mais pourquoi reste-t-elle difficile à maitriser ?
Martin Goyette
Martin est un professionnel en accompagnement qui sert et conseille le domaine des technologies de l'information depuis plus d'une dizaine d'années (télécommunications, transport, bancaire, syndicat, santé, assurances). À titre de président de la Communauté Agile de Montréal, Martin est fortement impliqué dans la promotion de sa passion et ses croyances. Martin est diplômé de l'ÉTS d’un baccalauréat en génie logiciel et d’une maîtrise en génie, technologies de l'information. Depuis 2008, il se consacre à Lean ainsi qu'à l'agilité et a obtenu plusieurs reconnaissances professionnelles venant certifier son expérience.
What is Agile Project Management? | Agile Project Management | Invensis Learn...Invensis Learning
This document discusses various topics related to agile project management. It begins with defining agile, project management, and agile project management. It then covers agile values and principles, comparing agile to the waterfall model, and challenges of agile project management. The document also discusses popular agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD, and DSDM. It concludes by looking at career paths in agile project management such as certifications in AgilePM and PRINCE2 Agile.
This document discusses business analysis techniques and provides definitions of business analysis. It lists and describes various techniques used in business analysis including stakeholder analysis, process modeling, requirements engineering, and solution development. The role of the business analyst is also discussed as investigating business situations, analyzing strategies, modeling processes, specifying information systems, and developing business cases. A basic toolkit of essential business analysis techniques is also presented.
The Key Role of Business Analysis in Project Success and Achieving Business V...Alan McSweeney
Business analysis plays a key role in ensuring project success and delivering business value. Effective business analysis includes defining business needs, capturing requirements, and ensuring solution designs meet requirements. Weak business analysis is a leading cause of project failures, as solutions may not satisfy business needs. Throughout a solution's lifecycle, from design to operation, ongoing requirements management by business analysts helps maximize business value.
This PMI–ACP Seminar will help you to understand and prepare you to take the PMI-ACP® exam and become an
Agile Certified Practitioner, a certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. The PMIACP
exam measures professionalism in Agile Project Management, increases versatility in PM
methods, validates ability to lead Agile teams and Agile software projects that adapt to change,
drive innovation and deliver on–time business value.
With time, systems have become very integral part of enterprise "structure" ensuring better functionality & sustainability. iCMG has helped organizations in 16 countries to grow their small architecture groups ( 1-2% of the IT group size) to the next level.
This document discusses project management as a strategic competence and trends in the field. It covers:
1. Project management excellence is key for organizations at different stages - startup, growth, and transformation. Projects catalyze success at each stage.
2. Strategic objectives in business, society, and individuals are achieved through implementing projects. Projects drive business performance and steer the global economy.
3. There is growing recognition of the value of project management, including in execution, integration, and learning. When implemented properly for an organization, it provides real business, organizational and strategic value.
The document outlines a blueprint approach for implementing SAP that includes preparing for workshops, executing workshops, and addressing gaps. It involves developing future state process flows and questions upfront. Workshops are then used to review these materials, capture gaps, and finalize the blueprint. Identified gaps are compiled and dispositioned as custom objects for approval. The overall goal is to define business requirements and configure SAP accordingly.
B.P. Sandeep has over 9 years of experience in ITIL consulting, IT service management, and pre-sales support. He currently works as a post-sales process manager, lead product trainer, and senior ITSM consultant for ManageEngine, where he is responsible for process design, training programs, workshops, and pre-implementation consulting. Previously he has held roles as a support engineer, product specialist, senior product consultant, and lead product trainer for ManageEngine.
The document summarizes proposed changes to the project management process at ORION Systems Group. Some key changes include:
1) Expanding the project management team and assigning specific managers for production, customer support, and quality assurance.
2) Increasing the number of design teams working on projects and assigning more engineers to work full-time on single projects.
3) Starting certain project tasks like documentation and testing earlier in the process to improve quality and customer satisfaction.
4) Revising the project review milestones to incorporate manufacturing planning and address issues earlier.
To institutionalize Agile practices across the organization across the below domains :-
(E) Enterprise wide Software Development
(T) Tools & Technological landscape
(H) Hardware & Architecture
(N) Non Software Processes
(I) IT Operations & Infrastructure
(C) Cultural changes
Project management in IBM EG - lecce_20140224Antonio Caforio
IBM developed an enterprise-wide approach to project management to address identified weaknesses and raise project management to a core competence. This included establishing a Project Management Center of Excellence, implementing a consistent project management methodology worldwide, qualifying project managers on significant projects, and establishing strong project performance measurements. As a result, IBM created a project-based enterprise with over 26,500 project managers managing projects globally using a common project management method.
Ankkeet Koushesh has over 5 years of experience in IT service management. He currently works as a Senior Executive ERP at Vodafone India, where he is responsible for change management, release coordination, and incident and problem management. Previously he worked as an ITIL consultant at Infosys and a tech-ops technician at JP Morgan Chase. He holds an ITIL and ITSM certification and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications.
TenXLabs uses frugal engineering principles to deliver technology solutions that provide business value at a lower cost. It focuses on understanding client needs and creating optimized solutions that only include necessary features. TenXLabs has developed competency centers in areas like product transformation, specialized testing, and eLearning. These centers combine domain expertise with proven processes to rapidly deliver high-quality solutions. Clients praise TenXLabs for helping improve their product development, testing processes, and for providing scalable and feature-rich HR management software.
This document provides an overview of using agile concepts for organizational transformation in the digital age. It discusses foundational topics like defining an organization and typical organizational structures. It then covers developing business-level strategy, including analyzing an organization's value proposition, business model, and competitive advantages. The document also discusses strategy development processes like mission and vision statements. Finally, it touches on strategy execution methods like agile delivery approaches, minimum viable products, and development roadmaps.
The Agile Metrics Panel
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Time: 11:30am to 12:00pm
Speaker(s): Hope Lynch, Mehul Kapadia, Rob Uhlrich
Track: Quantify Agile
Room: Farragut
Role(s): Change AgentCoachDev ManagerDevelopment DirectorDevOpsDirector EngineeringDirector OperationIT ManagerPMO / ePMOProduct Line Dir.Product ManagerProgram ManagerQARally Workspace AdminRelease Train EngineerUX
* Bring your toughest questions on identifying, measuring and analyzing Agile performance metrics. Our panel of experts will share their insights around what metrics work best in their organization, and which lead to decisive behaviors and cultures of innovation and speed.
* What metrics do you use to help your teams and programs improve?
* How do you use this information to target your improvement ares? Select training and consulting to help?
What advice do you have in terms of applying these techniques at other’s organizations?
Wilma Harrelson has over 20 years of experience in IT management. She has expertise in business process modeling, procedure manuals, process improvement, risk analysis, software training, technical writing, and help desk management. Her professional experience includes roles as Director of Software Education where she provided customized training, and Director of IT Support and Education where she led process improvement initiatives, developed a software training organization, and managed the help desk. She is now a director at an IT consulting group where she assesses clients' technology environments and makes improvement recommendations.
IIBA Facilitation Skills For Business Analysis v2Rick Walters
Here are the answers to your questions:
1. What is the best way to enable participation in a meeting? Use a variety of techniques to draw out different perspectives like small group discussion, going around the table to get input from everyone, using post-its or index cards to anonymously collect ideas.
2. What is Carnac the Magnificent known for? Carnac the Magnificent was a character played by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show who was supposedly a psychic and would answer questions that were sealed in envelopes before being asked.
3. What instrument does Kenny G play? Kenny G is known for playing the soprano and tenor saxophones.
Thank you Carnac, I hope these
G Praveen Kumar has over 12 years of experience in project management, IT infrastructure management, change management, and client services. He is currently an IBM Advisory Project Manager based in Hyderabad, India. Some of his responsibilities include managing projects through all phases, communicating with staff, and ensuring projects meet contractual obligations. Previously he has worked as a Technical Support Executive, Team Lead, and Delivery Operations Manager. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance and certifications in ITIL, Project Management, and Prince 2.
Qu'est-ce donc que l'Agilité déjà ?
Quelle est la différence avec Scrum ?
Je fais quoi avec mon Gantt ?
Est-ce que le Web est un bon candidat ?
Pourquoi est-ce que je vis autant de difficultés ?
Par où dois-je commencer ?
Cette introduction (ou ré-introduction) vise les vendus et les désabusés, les initiés et les nouveaux intéressés. C'est un rafraichissement sur l'agilité qui permettra de faire un petit pas en arrière et mieux préparer les prochains. Pour certains, ce sera un retour sur les fondements de l'agilité et pour d'autres ce sera la satisfaction d'une curiosité qui perdure. Avec plus de dix ans d'expérience, l'agilité a maturée mais pourquoi reste-t-elle difficile à maitriser ?
Martin Goyette
Martin est un professionnel en accompagnement qui sert et conseille le domaine des technologies de l'information depuis plus d'une dizaine d'années (télécommunications, transport, bancaire, syndicat, santé, assurances). À titre de président de la Communauté Agile de Montréal, Martin est fortement impliqué dans la promotion de sa passion et ses croyances. Martin est diplômé de l'ÉTS d’un baccalauréat en génie logiciel et d’une maîtrise en génie, technologies de l'information. Depuis 2008, il se consacre à Lean ainsi qu'à l'agilité et a obtenu plusieurs reconnaissances professionnelles venant certifier son expérience.
What is Agile Project Management? | Agile Project Management | Invensis Learn...Invensis Learning
This document discusses various topics related to agile project management. It begins with defining agile, project management, and agile project management. It then covers agile values and principles, comparing agile to the waterfall model, and challenges of agile project management. The document also discusses popular agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, FDD, and DSDM. It concludes by looking at career paths in agile project management such as certifications in AgilePM and PRINCE2 Agile.
Convexus is a niche consulting firm that provides expertise in developing customer acquisition, management, and retention processes. It was founded by three entrepreneurs with over 50 combined years of experience in sales, marketing, and operations at companies like Castrol and Asian Paints. Convexus focuses on understanding client needs, constraints, and environments to provide unique solutions that improve process efficiencies. Its services include consulting, learning solutions, and technology tools to enhance productivity and monitoring in areas like customer management, sales processes, channel strategies, and product communication development.
Identification of all areas contributing to problems and determining scope of projects are challenges for many organizations. A method to improve the outcomes can help reduce risk - find out how!
PPM Challenge #3: Providing Value to All Levels – 2012 PPM Challenge and Oppo...EPM Live
Challenge: Meeting stakeholder expectations is a challenge for most organizations. How do you keep stakeholders in the know with the current status of work and how do you prevent team members from making assumptions and more often than not, causing rework, due to a lack of project awareness? Keeping teams informed provides a healthy environment and reduces risks. Click through this webinar slide deck to see how EPM Live's SharePoint-based Project Management solution can help you meet your project deliverables.
Result-oriented professional with a proven record of achievement in conceiving & implementing effective ideas; targeting senior level assignments in Program Management / ERP Implementation, Support, Enhancement & Up-gradation / BI Analytics / Oracle E-Business Suite with a leading organization of repute
The document provides an overview of Matrix, an IT solutions company, and discusses key concepts of agile project management and how they can be applied to sales. Some key points:
- Matrix is a 31-year-old, privately held IT services company with over 2,300 IT positions filled annually and 1,500 consultants. It has offices across the US and offshore delivery centers.
- Agile principles focus on individuals, interactions, working software, customer collaboration, and responding to change. For sales, these emphasize understanding customer value, tying it to company vision/initiatives, and ensuring quick delivery of value.
- Key agile metrics for sales include customer value, time to deliver value, and
This document summarizes organizational maturity and growth services provided by Advantage, including quality project management, efficiency improvements, mentoring, and compliance assessments. Advantage offers relevant solutions to improve quality efforts, reduce costs, and implement strategies for defect prevention, automation, and process modeling. Their leadership has over 15 years of experience in quality science, project delivery, and IT improvements.
This document discusses Jadara Group's offerings for business and IT transformation through enterprise project portfolio management. It provides an overview of their industries and solutions, which include strategic planning, project portfolio management, system implementation, change management, and ROI optimization. Their services include Oracle Primavera solutions, implementation support, customized training, and expert project managers to help clients achieve project management excellence and maximize project ROI.
Most IT projects fail due to a lack of user involvement, unrealistic timeframes and changing requirements. The first comprehensive study on IT project success and failure rates was conducted in 1994 and found that only 16% of projects were successful, 53% were challenged and 31% were canceled. Common reasons for failure included incomplete requirements, lack of resources and unrealistic expectations. Success rates have improved over time with the adoption of agile methodologies which emphasize user involvement, short iterations and responsive to change. However, adopting agile practices alone does not guarantee success and organizations must also change their culture and performance measures to truly benefit.
Most IT projects fail due to a lack of user involvement, unrealistic timeframes and changing requirements. The first comprehensive study on IT project success and failure rates was conducted in 1994 and found that only 16% of projects were successful, 53% were challenged and 31% were canceled. Reasons for failure included incomplete requirements, lack of resources and unrealistic expectations. Success rates have improved since then due to factors like user involvement, clear objectives, competent staff and adopting agile practices. Agile emphasizes customer satisfaction, quick feedback and adapting to change over rigid plans. While agile adoption has increased, it requires the right culture and experienced coaches to achieve success.
Value Stream Manager concept applied to Software Product DevelopmentKen Power
This document discusses applying the concept of a value stream manager to software development organizations. It defines a value stream manager as someone assigned responsibility for the success of a value stream, who focuses the organization on value creation through influence rather than authority. The value stream manager role is modeled after the Toyota chief engineer role. The document also provides examples of using Lean tools like A3 reports, stakeholder maps, and cumulative flow diagrams to help value stream managers improve processes and reduce lead times.
14. Developing Custom Processes For IT ProjectsBhuWan Khadka
Chapter 14 of ICT Project Management based on IOE Engineering syllabus. This chapter tell us about developing IT project management methodology, moving forward with customized management processes, code of ethics, future trends etc. Provided By Project Management Sir of KU.
Agile Scrum is a collaborative project management methodology focused on short releases and delivering working software at the end of each release that provides immediate value. It is based on values like honesty, transparency, and collaboration. Key practices include short sprints, daily stand-ups, product backlogs to track work, and emphasizing working software over documentation.
This document is a resume for Biswajit Mohanty, a business analyst based in Hyderabad, India. It summarizes his objective to obtain a business analyst position, and outlines his professional experience including over 4 years as a business analyst conducting requirements gathering, documentation, and testing, as well as over 6 years of experience in business development for ERP projects. It also lists his technical skills in areas like various Microsoft Office applications, modeling tools, ERP systems, and methodologies including Agile and Waterfall.
The document provides an overview of the PMI-ACP certification, including:
1) Who should apply including practitioners seeking to demonstrate professionalism in agile practices and increase versatility in both agile and waterfall techniques.
2) Eligibility requirements including general project management experience, agile project management experience, and agile training.
3) An overview of the exam components including domains of practice related to value delivery, stakeholder engagement, team performance, planning, problem detection, and continuous improvement.
Similar to Nasscom agile methodology-pitneybowe-jai (20)
1. Agile Rollout in
Engg. Portfolio/Program Management
in Product Development (Agile)
Environment
Jainendra Kumar
Director Product Development , WW Engineering
CCM India Engineering and Agile & Tools Team
17, Jan, 2013
All content and opinions are mine; not those of PB
2. Agenda
• Engg. portfolio/program management objectives
• Challenges
– Product Life Cycle
– Other challenges
• Agile helping with delivery challenges
• Our Story
– Focus on End State
– People Focus
– Capacity Building & Continuous Improvement
– Maturity Model for Improvement tracing
– Cross Functional Team Collaboration
– Governance Process
– Budgeting
3. Engg. Portfolio/Program Management
(PM) Objectives
• Provide oversight to support • Exploit economies of scale
project-level activity to ensure and reduce coordination
the overall program goals are costs and risks
met
• Align portfolio with business
• Manage and organizational strategy
risk, issues, requirements, de and objectives
sign, solution, Planning, escal
ations • Continuously improve
program/project
• Coordination with upstream management practices to
and downstream dependencies improve efficiency, skills and
projects in large/complex build additional capacity
program
• etc.
• Focus on end-state result
4. Traditional Program Management
• Adapt all different kinds of
projects and programs to a
handful set of program
management operational
models (CMMi, PCCMi and
others)
• Focus on Execution & Process
• Cost, Controlling & Problem
Solving
• Metrics obsession
– Metrics becomes the goal
5. Product Lifecycle & Other Complexity
• Portfolio include products in
different lifecycle stage
– Every stage has it’s unique
challenges and needs
• Each Product has it’s unique
complexity
– Technical/Architectural (A)
– Market (M)
– Competition (C )
Projec Introd Growth Maturity Decline
– Tech Debt (Nonfunctional issues) t uction
(TD)
1 A, M
– Customer Support (CS)
– Legal and Compliance (L&C) 2 C, L&C
– People (P) 3 TD, A
– Resources (R )
4 C
– Venders (V)
– …
6. Other Challenges
• Delivery Challenges
– Predictability in software
development
– Deliver as per market
requirement
– Ability to handle changing
business requirement
– Predictability in Quality
– Improve capacity
• Business & Customer Value
– Marketable product
– Usability
– Improve top line at low cost
– Innovate around customer need
8. Agile helps in delivery and business
value challenges
Portfolio/Program Level considerations
• Continuous improvement of Scrum (Agile) process in every project.
• Build Capacity while improving quality of the delivery
• Portfolio level Lean/Agile models for cross-functional team
collaboration to improve customer & business value
• Agile is people centric over process. Collaborative Leadership, Servant
Leadership, Trust, People Maturity
• End state focus vs. metrics fever
9. End-state focus vs. metrics fever
Simple Metrics End State
Release burn-down chart
Velocity chart
Customer issue tracking
10. People practice
Leadership Competencies People progression
Stage 1 – Identification
Stage 2 – Gap Analysis & training
Stage 3 - Role
Stage 4 – People responsibilities
& Promotion
Trust by empowerment Flat Organization
Identify, train and mentor
portfolio management talent
11. Capacity Building &
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Integration,
Test Automation Community Of Practice
Communities of
practice are
linked to
organizational
performance
through the
dimensions of
social capital
Shared Service
12. Agile Maturity
Survey Agile Program maturity
Select the answer that best represents the
typical length of sprints for your team:
•Does your team decide what to work on in
each sprint?
•Does your team create stable code with low
technical debt at the end of each sprint?
•Does your team involve end-users in
evaluating the product you create?
•Does your team complete their daily standup
meeting in 15 minutes or less?
•Does your team involve product
managers, usability engineers, IT staff, or
other external resources in planning and Agile Engineering Maturity
working on each iteration?
•Does your team conduct 'lessons learned'
sessions?
•Does your team use test-driven development?
•I would recommend that my peers use Agile
practices in their work.
•Does your team hold demos or review
sessions to demonstrate complete and tested
software?
13. Cross Functional Team
Engg - Engg Engg – Product Owner
Tech Debt - Philippe Kruchten
Engg – Tech Support
Value Stream Mapping (Objective: Reduce non value added times)
15. Enterprise Architecture &
Governance
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n Business Review Business
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Requirement Model
& Solution Architecture
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A Enterprise Architect Meta Model, Design Constructs, Standards & Guidelines
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n •Agile Model Driver Architecture •TDD
e •ALM
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Agile Methodologies
17. Ref. & Contributors
“A Disciplined Approach to Adopting Agile Practices: The Agile Adoption
Framework”
Communities of practice and organizational performance
by - E. L. Lesser J. Storck
MANAGING AGILE PROJECTS – By Sanjiv Augustine
Adaptivemarketing.in
Traditional approach was to fit all projects in one sizeYou get to see the real state of the project at the very endRework is costly as you tend to find issues late in the development cycle.
We have realize that in an engineering portfolio we have products spanning from all different stages of product life cycle and they have unique characteristics. Also every projects will have its own set of complexities. My portfolio includes projects in all 2 life cycle stages - Introduction, Growth, Maturity and Decline. And also we have a range from a small application to SaaS to platform to solution with different set of markets – enterprise and SMB. Platform and Solution team has enterprise architecture level complexities and has to follow a organization level governance process whereas product and application follow LOB level governance process.
These are individual product level challenges. Agile methodologies and Lean thinking addresses most of it. For innovation project Lean Startup concept is tried.
This is the complex world of engg. portfolio manager where collaboration, tact, negotiation, assertiveness, communication and leadership competencies are put to test every day. We are surrounded by people from business, product leadership, customer support, sales, IT, vendors – all with confining agenda. Focusing on customer and advocating about lean & agile help maneuver through this complex spider web.
Again, every project is different. So millstones and timelines would be different for different projects. Very simple metrics. Mostly trend analysis. Quality is viewed from outside in prospective.
People over process. My team is responsible for creating an environment where people are empowered. We give team members the opportunities to solve customers problem, interact with cross functional team, provide them right tools and mentors. We have flexi timing, education assistance program, awards, and stretch goals. Managers are trained in creating a culture of team work by awarding certain behaviors and also disapproving which are not inline with the culture. We take responsibilities of taking a person out of the bus if he/she is not going to the same destination. Managers are given training on leadership qualities and self management. Pitney Bowes have received multiple awards for its people practices.
CI & Test Automation: We have shared service tools, installer and non functional testing teams.UX is also a shared service directly reporting to Global WW Engg VP.CoP:It is through the process of sharing information and experiences with the group that the members learn from each other, and have an opportunity to develop themselves personally and professionally.We have it locally where people with common interest come together to share ideas, thoughts and help each other. Similar communities have got created on Pitney Bowes social media and collaboration sites. e.g: During portfolio rationalization process a big revenue generating project was put into maintenance mode hence the resources where redirected to other new growth programs. CoP around that domain expertise comes to rescue of the support team whenever there is a customer escalation. It has helped us retain our customers hence maintaining the revenue on a cash cow product.
We regularly survey engineering and cross functional staff on Agile practice parameters. It is a simple metrics to review agile adoption and maturity trend. Nothing fancy. Very simple.
Technical Debt: Design / Code Debt. This Debt is to be paid –refactoring is required or you pay the interest. Alliance Data and Citi examples. Product Owner: The Product Owner are inward focused product manager. They represents the stakeholders and is the voice of the customer. He or she is accountable for ensuring that the team delivers value to the business. The Product Owner writes customer-centric items (typically user stories), prioritizes them, and adds them to the product backlog. Value Stream Mapping: It is lean methodology to reduce waste. We have used VSM to optimize engineering – tech support interaction and customer support engagement process. This helped us reduced escalations which was earlier because of communication breakdown.
It’s about creating a delicate balance of shared product management responsibilities between product management, engineering product owner and product marketing teams. No silver bullet rule. It’s based on context and collaboration. Balance Score Card (BSC) that we have worked with are business focus and does not resonate well with development team. Agile Balance Score Card is a metric that an agile development team can relate to. We don’t have engineering metric around BSC. Product Management team is responsible for BSC and KPIs tracking.
This governance process is followed for enterprise platform and solution development. It’s encompass end to end business case creation, architecture review, business review, budget approval, delivery and updating of enterprise architecture meta models.
We follow a zero-based budgeting process where each and every line item of LOB budget is reviewed every year. Program Management office has put together a model and provide relevant data points to the LOB to help decision making process. Example: Identify products in product life cycle stage, Return on invested capital (ROIC) etc. Engineering and LOB review plan quarterly and provide forecast data. This allows flexibility to move resources within the LOB as per business need. Pitney Bowes is working on a model that can be applied for enterprise level cross LOB programs.