ANDRE BICKFORD
SR SOFTWARE DEV
MANAGER • COMSCORE
Long Term Planning + Agility
Wonders of Portfolio
RUBYNA K BRENDEN
MANAGER, TECHNICAL
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
COMSCORE
PROJECT AND PORTFOLIO
MANAGEMENT
PORTFOLIO AT COMSCORE
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Agenda
ABOUT COMSCORE
About comScore
TV / VOD Digital Online
Audience Measurement & Analytics
Engineering @ comScore
Front End
Backend
API
QA
PM/BA
UI/UX
Product
Reliability
Ops
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
Concept
comScore’s SDLC
Requirements
Estimation
Planning
Execution
In Service
Portfolio at comScore
A Dev & TPM Manager
actually speak the same
language?
( Here’s how it went… )
Portfolio was just
launched!
Ohh no, it’s Ruby
again with another
process!
But But…
Running to endless
meetings …
I’ll know my devs and teams and
allocate accordingly!
Capacity Planning
Ability to set detailed
Individual team schedules.
View by
Sprint
View by
Individual
Capacity
Allocation
There are so many dev teams
and cross functional is hard to
deal with!
Project Planning to
the core!
Cross-Functional Team Setup
We are able to track all of our
cross-functional team’s work in
sprints or projects in an easy
snap shot!
View of
Individual Teams
Sprint View
by Teams
We want dates
now. Yesterday.
Problem Solved!
Roadmap View
Project Schedules
Drill down to the details of a
project for scope, delivery
dates…
View by
High-level
Project Schedule
Detailed
Project
View
It’s complicated
Not really. It’s a matter of
perspective.
Skills and Stages
Stages by
Functional
Teams
Releases
Associate you projects with
Release-cycles tied to
start/end date constraints.
View by
Individual / Cross-project Releases
Dependencies
Dependencies
are clearly highlighted
once a project is selected.
I’m tired of so many
platforms!
You don’t have to worry
about that here!
Jira Software Integration
Import
Boards/Filters
from Jira easily
Dynamic or
Manual
Synch!
Where are we at?
On Target?
I hear they are
working on that but…
Reporting
Produce KPIs with the
Reporting feature, we’ve
setup product lines as
themes and measure the
Set Themes
& Targets
View of
Actuals
based on
progress of
projects.
Project Management
Minimal Overhead
Dynamic Management
Change in mindset
Project
Management
- TPM Increased Efficiency
High Visibility
Cross Team
Coordination
Project
Management
- Dev
Manager
Sprint Commitments
Team Assignments
Code Quality vs
Timelines
Portfolio Management
Stakeholder
Collaboration
Hiring and Capacity
Forecasting
Annual
Technology
Roadmap
Delivery Timelines
Aha Integration
Key Takeaways
Start Simple
The Projects are the
Project Plan
Adapt the Tool to
Your Processes
Quickly Build a
Roadmap with T-shirt
Sized Issues
Capable of Modeling
Complex Matrix of
Functional Teams
Thank you!
ANDRE BICKFORD
SR. SOFTWARE DEV
MANAGER • COMSCORE
RUBYNA K BRENDEN
MANAGER, TECHNICAL
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
COMSCORE
Additional Slides

Wonders of Portfolio = Long Term Planning + Agility