Can government agencies transform to Agile at scale? The path was challenging...until Healthcare.gov. Now with 18F, USDS, and some new guidance, the move to Agile is real. This presentation was given at a meetup at Lithespeed, and provides a real world case study of how one government agency experienced a significant turnaround on a troubled program using Agile and SAFe.
The document discusses implementing an agile approach to software development for Department of Defense information technology programs while still meeting requirements for Earned Value Management. It notes that the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010 Section 804 directed the development of a new acquisition process for IT systems that incorporates agile principles like early user involvement, rapid delivery of capabilities, and evolutionary prototyping. The presentation will argue that Earned Value Management can work with agile software development in the federal procurement context to recognize the business value being earned through time and money spent on projects.
FWD50 Agile/ Lean Workshop Slides - November 1
Ottawa Ontario, Canada. Authors/Presenters: Dan MurphyGlenn Waters, Ellen Grove, Craig Szelestowski - Thanks Team
This is the presentation from Dan Murphy, AdaptiveOrg Inc., to the Gov't of Canada Standing Committee of Gov't Operations and Estimates given Oct. 17, 2017
This document discusses the need to modify traditional IT project management strategies to better incorporate agile methodologies. It argues that planning, budgeting, and governance processes within organizations still follow waterfall approaches even as technical aspects have adopted agile methods. This creates issues with integration, structure, and funding. The document proposes applying portfolio management, iterative planning and budgeting, and realigning governance models and organizational structure to better support agile processes and create an agile enterprise.
20210113 Lean In Government Harrisburg Conf Agile Governance at Scale Craeg S...Craeg Strong
Traditional duties of IT governance and oversight include auditing timely completion of milestones and phase gates and tracking progress versus spend. They place heavy emphasis on correctness and completeness of documentation, managing risks and tracking metrics such as earned value and escaped defect counts. With the adoption of agile methods comes the need to adjust governance and oversight accordingly. But what does agile governance look like? How does it differ from traditional governance? Given the lack of detailed plans up-front, the reduced emphasis on documentation, and the eschewing of traditional metrics such as earned value, one might assume that governance and oversight is more challenging in the agile space. Looking at governance and oversight through a traditional lens reveals relatively few effective tools and the necessity of relying upon vaguely defined metrics such as “story points.” However, we will show that, in fact, agile methods offer governance and oversight a wealth of new tools and capabilities, enabling a more proactive and collaborative approach—which could ultimately lead to improved outcomes.
Nowadays, as the software industry is slowly becoming more mature, software measurement and performance measurement are becoming increasingly important. Organizations need to know their productivity and competitiveness in software development projects for various reasons. In many software development contracts, targets are set for the suppliers to reach. These targets are based on software metrics like productivity, speed of delivery and software quality. In order to check if the targets are reached, it is necessary to measure the functional size of the software product that is delivered and also the functional size of the software development project that is carried out, as there is usually a difference between these two sizes. To be able to use functional size in contracts, it must be measured in an objective, repeatable, verifiable and therefore defensible way. That being the case, the industry’s best practice is to use an ISO/IEC standard for functional size measurement, e.g. Nesma, COSMIC or IFPUG function points. However, these methods only measure the functional user requirements from the total software requirements to be delivered. In activities like project estimation and productivity measurement, the influence of the non-functional requirements is expressed in the Project Delivery Rate (PDR) which is expressed in effort hours per function point. If more than the average amount of non-functional requirements need to be realized in a project (or more severe non-functional requirements), the PDR used should also be higher. In the industry it is customary to set productivity targets based on an average (or calibrated) influence of non-functional requirements and this works quite fine in traditional software projects. In software development projects that are executed in an agile way, this is not always the case. When working agile, there are forces that influence the traditional way of performance measurement significantly, resulting in a number of serious issues. In this paper these issues are explained and a method to overcome these issues is proposed.
The document discusses how an innovation program at Tata Consultancy Services adopted Agile project management methodology to address issues they were facing. Some key problems prior to adopting Agile included frequent changes to delivery targets, spending too much time on requirements and design upfront, lack of transparency, and escalated issues. By introducing Agile with support from senior management, establishing user stories and sprints, and increasing transparency, the program benefited from improved planning, early feedback, on-time delivery, and quality.
“Selecting and implementing a new asset finance system? In the second of three articles, we go back to basics to take a look at what you need to consider at the start of your project to give yourself the best chance of success.”
This has necessarily been a brief look at Project Initiation. We welcome comments and would be happy to help you get your project off to a good start.
The document discusses implementing an agile approach to software development for Department of Defense information technology programs while still meeting requirements for Earned Value Management. It notes that the National Defense Authorization Act of 2010 Section 804 directed the development of a new acquisition process for IT systems that incorporates agile principles like early user involvement, rapid delivery of capabilities, and evolutionary prototyping. The presentation will argue that Earned Value Management can work with agile software development in the federal procurement context to recognize the business value being earned through time and money spent on projects.
FWD50 Agile/ Lean Workshop Slides - November 1
Ottawa Ontario, Canada. Authors/Presenters: Dan MurphyGlenn Waters, Ellen Grove, Craig Szelestowski - Thanks Team
This is the presentation from Dan Murphy, AdaptiveOrg Inc., to the Gov't of Canada Standing Committee of Gov't Operations and Estimates given Oct. 17, 2017
This document discusses the need to modify traditional IT project management strategies to better incorporate agile methodologies. It argues that planning, budgeting, and governance processes within organizations still follow waterfall approaches even as technical aspects have adopted agile methods. This creates issues with integration, structure, and funding. The document proposes applying portfolio management, iterative planning and budgeting, and realigning governance models and organizational structure to better support agile processes and create an agile enterprise.
20210113 Lean In Government Harrisburg Conf Agile Governance at Scale Craeg S...Craeg Strong
Traditional duties of IT governance and oversight include auditing timely completion of milestones and phase gates and tracking progress versus spend. They place heavy emphasis on correctness and completeness of documentation, managing risks and tracking metrics such as earned value and escaped defect counts. With the adoption of agile methods comes the need to adjust governance and oversight accordingly. But what does agile governance look like? How does it differ from traditional governance? Given the lack of detailed plans up-front, the reduced emphasis on documentation, and the eschewing of traditional metrics such as earned value, one might assume that governance and oversight is more challenging in the agile space. Looking at governance and oversight through a traditional lens reveals relatively few effective tools and the necessity of relying upon vaguely defined metrics such as “story points.” However, we will show that, in fact, agile methods offer governance and oversight a wealth of new tools and capabilities, enabling a more proactive and collaborative approach—which could ultimately lead to improved outcomes.
Nowadays, as the software industry is slowly becoming more mature, software measurement and performance measurement are becoming increasingly important. Organizations need to know their productivity and competitiveness in software development projects for various reasons. In many software development contracts, targets are set for the suppliers to reach. These targets are based on software metrics like productivity, speed of delivery and software quality. In order to check if the targets are reached, it is necessary to measure the functional size of the software product that is delivered and also the functional size of the software development project that is carried out, as there is usually a difference between these two sizes. To be able to use functional size in contracts, it must be measured in an objective, repeatable, verifiable and therefore defensible way. That being the case, the industry’s best practice is to use an ISO/IEC standard for functional size measurement, e.g. Nesma, COSMIC or IFPUG function points. However, these methods only measure the functional user requirements from the total software requirements to be delivered. In activities like project estimation and productivity measurement, the influence of the non-functional requirements is expressed in the Project Delivery Rate (PDR) which is expressed in effort hours per function point. If more than the average amount of non-functional requirements need to be realized in a project (or more severe non-functional requirements), the PDR used should also be higher. In the industry it is customary to set productivity targets based on an average (or calibrated) influence of non-functional requirements and this works quite fine in traditional software projects. In software development projects that are executed in an agile way, this is not always the case. When working agile, there are forces that influence the traditional way of performance measurement significantly, resulting in a number of serious issues. In this paper these issues are explained and a method to overcome these issues is proposed.
The document discusses how an innovation program at Tata Consultancy Services adopted Agile project management methodology to address issues they were facing. Some key problems prior to adopting Agile included frequent changes to delivery targets, spending too much time on requirements and design upfront, lack of transparency, and escalated issues. By introducing Agile with support from senior management, establishing user stories and sprints, and increasing transparency, the program benefited from improved planning, early feedback, on-time delivery, and quality.
“Selecting and implementing a new asset finance system? In the second of three articles, we go back to basics to take a look at what you need to consider at the start of your project to give yourself the best chance of success.”
This has necessarily been a brief look at Project Initiation. We welcome comments and would be happy to help you get your project off to a good start.
This document describes the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) which is a framework for implementing agile development practices at the enterprise level. It discusses how SAFe addresses the limitations of traditional waterfall development and scales agile to meet the needs of large projects. SAFe incorporates key lean principles and consists of three levels - Team, Program, and Portfolio. At each level it defines roles and practices for planning, prioritizing work, and delivering value in short iterations. The goal of SAFe is to synchronize collaboration across many agile teams to continuously and predictably deliver working software.
Five immutable principles of project successGlen Alleman
All successful projects adhere to five immutable principles during their lifecycle. These principles are independent of any project or program domain or context in that domain. They are also independent of any project management or product development method as well, including Agile. They ask five questions that must have credible answers that establish the foundation for success. Without credible answers to these 5 questions, the project has little hope of success.
Invensis Learning, a premier training and certification organization that provides widely-recognized project management certification courses decided to understand what could be the Project Management trends for 2019. As a training and certification provider, we wanted to clearly understand from the industry experts as to where the project management domain was heading towards and how could we address the gaps if there were any.
20200205 DHS Agile Center of Excellence Agile Governance Ariel PartnersCraeg Strong
The document discusses an agile governance framework for large-scale agile projects at a government agency. It covers measuring the right metrics like balanced scorecards; avoiding common failures like using velocity for long-range forecasting; adopting better practices like Kanban for dependency management and Monte Carlo simulations for forecasting; and maintaining a repository of reference data on past projects. The framework provides controls, techniques, and procedures for auditing agile projects in a way that reduces risk for large software development efforts.
This document provides an overview of an Agile summit held by the Michigan Digital Government. It introduces Agile concepts and frameworks like Scrum. Key benefits of Agile cited include accelerated time to market, improved ability to manage changing priorities, and enhanced software quality. The summit objectives were to introduce Agile, discuss how it differs from traditional approaches, consider its application in the public sector, and allow for discussion. Agile principles like early delivery of working software, self-organizing teams, and responding to change are outlined. The document also discusses scaling Agile to multiple teams, risks, and contracting approaches to support Agile projects.
This document summarizes an article from the DITY newsletter about accelerating ITIL implementations using critical chain project management. It discusses that critical chain provides improvements over critical path by not using task-level buffers and instead applying one buffer to the overall project. It also advocates for honest task estimates, focusing resources exclusively on projects, and close collaboration between project managers and resources. The article promotes aligning projects closely with business needs and priorities.
Excellent presentation on the Agile PMO give by Mr. Stephen Messenger during the Agile Consortium Inner Circle in Brussels on Oct. 23rd.
This presentation addressees key aspects of running agile project and programme offices. The focus is mainly on the introduction and running of project management offices within an agile environment. As agile becomes increasingly popular among development teams within larger organisations frictions often arise between the different ‘cultures’. Often a PMO is seen as the ‘process police’ to be feared rather than a centre of excellence to be called upon for support, guidance and assistance. The PMO is often caught between the projects and the overall organisation, with demands coming from both sides. Getting the best for the business while ensuring the most important projects to the business receive a key focus to ensure maximum success, remains key however.
Measures for assurance - Introduction and user group experience webinar
Monday 29 April 2019
APM Assurance Specific Interest Group
Presented by:
Tim Podesta and Matt Bruce-Kingsmill
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar: https://www.apm.org.uk/news/measures-for-assurance-introduction-and-user-group-experience-webinar/
Are project tracking tools helping or complicating Continuous Improvement Pro...Kubilay Balci
Are project tracking tools helping or complicating Continuous Improvement Projects? presented by Kubilay Balci at 8. Project Management Symposium in Vienna June 7th, 2017.
click here for narratives:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/project-tracking-tools-helping-complicating-continuous-kubilay-balci
The document provides a project plan for the Odessa Mobile Technology Project. The plan outlines the purpose, background, approach, goals, scope, budget, risks, milestones, assumptions, constraints, related projects, management approach, and communications plan for the project. Specifically, the project aims to implement new mobile technology for 35 devices, including digital CAD dispatch software, GPS/AVL, and automated field reporting software to improve officer safety, information sharing, and effectiveness. The plan defines the phases, budget, roles and responsibilities, and issues management process to guide successful execution of the project.
Innovation at scale doesn’t happen by accident. And it isn’t magic, either. How can we encourage innovation and at all levels, ensuring that insights and findings are incorporated into organizational strategy so that we can react and adjust quickly — enabling true business agility? Discovery Kanban and Human Centered Design provide the keys to understanding our customers and managing R&D efforts to ensure we build the right things. In turn, Kanban flight levels provides a rich and robust framework to align these activities across the organization—connecting organizational strategy (at flight level three) down to the efforts of individual teams of knowledge workers (at flight level one).
In this session we will explore how the combination of Discovery Kanban, HCD, and Kanban Flight Levels give us a vocabulary and a rich set of tools to visualize and manage customer-centered innovation efforts at scale. We will start out by reviewing Kanban boards that are used by individual teams to manage their work—at flight level one. We will see how each team’s discovery or delivery efforts are beautifully visualized by Kanban so that they can be integrated and managed effectively. We will then proceed up to flight level two and see how Kanban boards at this level help coordinate multiple inter-dependent discovery and delivery teams. Finally, we will see how a flight level three board captures organizational strategy, tying strategic objectives to both current and future initiatives—that are in turn tracked on flight level one and two boards.
Kanban provides the alternative path to agility: a humane, evolutionary approach that works both within and outside of IT. The combination of HCD, Discovery Kanban, and Kanban flight levels provides a powerful, effective and low-overhead method for achieving true business agility.
This is based on hypothetical scenarios and random calculations to showcase the various steps of Project Management. This has not covered the 10 knowledge areas of PMBOK rather it is limited based on our hypothetical project requirements.
If the project is big then you may be required to include all the knowledge areas.
This document discusses activities and time planning for software project management. It defines key project management terms like project, work breakdown structure, and knowledge areas. It also discusses the importance of project management given the poor track record of many IT projects. Effective project management can help deliver projects on time, on budget and meeting requirements through techniques like developing a work breakdown structure, defining roles and responsibilities, and managing scope, schedule, costs, quality and risks.
Presentation by sathish nataraj sundararajanPMI_IREP_TP
This document discusses process excellence for new age project management. It describes tools like Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), target cost matching, target cost approach curve, point of no return (PONR), ABC analysis, and characteristic management that can be used to enhance the planning, steering, and reporting of projects. These tools help structure project management by aiding in planning, tracking project timelines and costs against targets, prioritizing parts, and ensuring all requirements are met. Using such tools in a standardized way across a company brings transparency and helps complete projects on time and on budget.
PRODUCTIVITY OF AGILE TEAMS: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF FACTORS AND MONITORIN...Claudia Melo
Presenting my thesis during the National Thesis Contest in Computer Science - top 6 PhD Computer Science Thesis in Brasil/ 2013.
XXXIV Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (CSBC 2014) - CTD.
Enterprise Agile release planning is complicated when multiple agile teams work together to deliver combined capabilities, and the scope for a release span across multiple business functions, processes, and systems. This paper presents agile release planning models for large global organizations delivering business capabilities using IT projects.
Customer Collaboration & Product Innovation Using Social NetworksJohn Carter
This presentation to the Silicon Valley PMI Annual Symposium discusses the migration of social networks into products and product development processes. It presents the best practices and pitfalls of innovating with customers using social media and suggests some next steps for companies that are new to the use of social networks in product development.
This document discusses a case study of a 200-bed additional ward block project at an LD Hospital in Srinagar, India. It was a 48-month project with a budget of 31.07 crore INR (5.175 million USD). The document discusses some of the challenges faced in the project related to disconnect between stakeholders, missing change control processes, and lopsided budgets due to inadequate project definition in the early stages. It emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurial project management approaches and using a stage gate methodology to help address such challenges and ensure project success.
The document provides information about Project Management Institute (PMI) certification guidelines. It discusses PMI membership benefits including access to publications and discounts. It outlines the PMBOK guide available to members. It then discusses the benefits of PMP certification such as better salary and job opportunities. It provides prerequisites for PMP certification including education, experience hours, and the 35 contact hour training requirement. It also summarizes the PMP certification process, examination fees, and requirements to maintain the certification.
GTEC 2016 beyond waterfall lessons learned on agile in digital government, Pw...Laurie Desautels
Presented at the GTEC 2016 conference in Ottawa on November 3 by PwC Canada in collaboration with BC Pension Corporation. Abstract: Exploring the definition of agile then answering key questions with respect to the use of agile within government and the real life implications through the use of a case study, closing with overall thoughts and recommendations on beginning the agile journey.
This document describes the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) which is a framework for implementing agile development practices at the enterprise level. It discusses how SAFe addresses the limitations of traditional waterfall development and scales agile to meet the needs of large projects. SAFe incorporates key lean principles and consists of three levels - Team, Program, and Portfolio. At each level it defines roles and practices for planning, prioritizing work, and delivering value in short iterations. The goal of SAFe is to synchronize collaboration across many agile teams to continuously and predictably deliver working software.
Five immutable principles of project successGlen Alleman
All successful projects adhere to five immutable principles during their lifecycle. These principles are independent of any project or program domain or context in that domain. They are also independent of any project management or product development method as well, including Agile. They ask five questions that must have credible answers that establish the foundation for success. Without credible answers to these 5 questions, the project has little hope of success.
Invensis Learning, a premier training and certification organization that provides widely-recognized project management certification courses decided to understand what could be the Project Management trends for 2019. As a training and certification provider, we wanted to clearly understand from the industry experts as to where the project management domain was heading towards and how could we address the gaps if there were any.
20200205 DHS Agile Center of Excellence Agile Governance Ariel PartnersCraeg Strong
The document discusses an agile governance framework for large-scale agile projects at a government agency. It covers measuring the right metrics like balanced scorecards; avoiding common failures like using velocity for long-range forecasting; adopting better practices like Kanban for dependency management and Monte Carlo simulations for forecasting; and maintaining a repository of reference data on past projects. The framework provides controls, techniques, and procedures for auditing agile projects in a way that reduces risk for large software development efforts.
This document provides an overview of an Agile summit held by the Michigan Digital Government. It introduces Agile concepts and frameworks like Scrum. Key benefits of Agile cited include accelerated time to market, improved ability to manage changing priorities, and enhanced software quality. The summit objectives were to introduce Agile, discuss how it differs from traditional approaches, consider its application in the public sector, and allow for discussion. Agile principles like early delivery of working software, self-organizing teams, and responding to change are outlined. The document also discusses scaling Agile to multiple teams, risks, and contracting approaches to support Agile projects.
This document summarizes an article from the DITY newsletter about accelerating ITIL implementations using critical chain project management. It discusses that critical chain provides improvements over critical path by not using task-level buffers and instead applying one buffer to the overall project. It also advocates for honest task estimates, focusing resources exclusively on projects, and close collaboration between project managers and resources. The article promotes aligning projects closely with business needs and priorities.
Excellent presentation on the Agile PMO give by Mr. Stephen Messenger during the Agile Consortium Inner Circle in Brussels on Oct. 23rd.
This presentation addressees key aspects of running agile project and programme offices. The focus is mainly on the introduction and running of project management offices within an agile environment. As agile becomes increasingly popular among development teams within larger organisations frictions often arise between the different ‘cultures’. Often a PMO is seen as the ‘process police’ to be feared rather than a centre of excellence to be called upon for support, guidance and assistance. The PMO is often caught between the projects and the overall organisation, with demands coming from both sides. Getting the best for the business while ensuring the most important projects to the business receive a key focus to ensure maximum success, remains key however.
Measures for assurance - Introduction and user group experience webinar
Monday 29 April 2019
APM Assurance Specific Interest Group
Presented by:
Tim Podesta and Matt Bruce-Kingsmill
The link to the write up page and resources of this webinar: https://www.apm.org.uk/news/measures-for-assurance-introduction-and-user-group-experience-webinar/
Are project tracking tools helping or complicating Continuous Improvement Pro...Kubilay Balci
Are project tracking tools helping or complicating Continuous Improvement Projects? presented by Kubilay Balci at 8. Project Management Symposium in Vienna June 7th, 2017.
click here for narratives:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/project-tracking-tools-helping-complicating-continuous-kubilay-balci
The document provides a project plan for the Odessa Mobile Technology Project. The plan outlines the purpose, background, approach, goals, scope, budget, risks, milestones, assumptions, constraints, related projects, management approach, and communications plan for the project. Specifically, the project aims to implement new mobile technology for 35 devices, including digital CAD dispatch software, GPS/AVL, and automated field reporting software to improve officer safety, information sharing, and effectiveness. The plan defines the phases, budget, roles and responsibilities, and issues management process to guide successful execution of the project.
Innovation at scale doesn’t happen by accident. And it isn’t magic, either. How can we encourage innovation and at all levels, ensuring that insights and findings are incorporated into organizational strategy so that we can react and adjust quickly — enabling true business agility? Discovery Kanban and Human Centered Design provide the keys to understanding our customers and managing R&D efforts to ensure we build the right things. In turn, Kanban flight levels provides a rich and robust framework to align these activities across the organization—connecting organizational strategy (at flight level three) down to the efforts of individual teams of knowledge workers (at flight level one).
In this session we will explore how the combination of Discovery Kanban, HCD, and Kanban Flight Levels give us a vocabulary and a rich set of tools to visualize and manage customer-centered innovation efforts at scale. We will start out by reviewing Kanban boards that are used by individual teams to manage their work—at flight level one. We will see how each team’s discovery or delivery efforts are beautifully visualized by Kanban so that they can be integrated and managed effectively. We will then proceed up to flight level two and see how Kanban boards at this level help coordinate multiple inter-dependent discovery and delivery teams. Finally, we will see how a flight level three board captures organizational strategy, tying strategic objectives to both current and future initiatives—that are in turn tracked on flight level one and two boards.
Kanban provides the alternative path to agility: a humane, evolutionary approach that works both within and outside of IT. The combination of HCD, Discovery Kanban, and Kanban flight levels provides a powerful, effective and low-overhead method for achieving true business agility.
This is based on hypothetical scenarios and random calculations to showcase the various steps of Project Management. This has not covered the 10 knowledge areas of PMBOK rather it is limited based on our hypothetical project requirements.
If the project is big then you may be required to include all the knowledge areas.
This document discusses activities and time planning for software project management. It defines key project management terms like project, work breakdown structure, and knowledge areas. It also discusses the importance of project management given the poor track record of many IT projects. Effective project management can help deliver projects on time, on budget and meeting requirements through techniques like developing a work breakdown structure, defining roles and responsibilities, and managing scope, schedule, costs, quality and risks.
Presentation by sathish nataraj sundararajanPMI_IREP_TP
This document discusses process excellence for new age project management. It describes tools like Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), target cost matching, target cost approach curve, point of no return (PONR), ABC analysis, and characteristic management that can be used to enhance the planning, steering, and reporting of projects. These tools help structure project management by aiding in planning, tracking project timelines and costs against targets, prioritizing parts, and ensuring all requirements are met. Using such tools in a standardized way across a company brings transparency and helps complete projects on time and on budget.
PRODUCTIVITY OF AGILE TEAMS: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF FACTORS AND MONITORIN...Claudia Melo
Presenting my thesis during the National Thesis Contest in Computer Science - top 6 PhD Computer Science Thesis in Brasil/ 2013.
XXXIV Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (CSBC 2014) - CTD.
Enterprise Agile release planning is complicated when multiple agile teams work together to deliver combined capabilities, and the scope for a release span across multiple business functions, processes, and systems. This paper presents agile release planning models for large global organizations delivering business capabilities using IT projects.
Customer Collaboration & Product Innovation Using Social NetworksJohn Carter
This presentation to the Silicon Valley PMI Annual Symposium discusses the migration of social networks into products and product development processes. It presents the best practices and pitfalls of innovating with customers using social media and suggests some next steps for companies that are new to the use of social networks in product development.
This document discusses a case study of a 200-bed additional ward block project at an LD Hospital in Srinagar, India. It was a 48-month project with a budget of 31.07 crore INR (5.175 million USD). The document discusses some of the challenges faced in the project related to disconnect between stakeholders, missing change control processes, and lopsided budgets due to inadequate project definition in the early stages. It emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurial project management approaches and using a stage gate methodology to help address such challenges and ensure project success.
The document provides information about Project Management Institute (PMI) certification guidelines. It discusses PMI membership benefits including access to publications and discounts. It outlines the PMBOK guide available to members. It then discusses the benefits of PMP certification such as better salary and job opportunities. It provides prerequisites for PMP certification including education, experience hours, and the 35 contact hour training requirement. It also summarizes the PMP certification process, examination fees, and requirements to maintain the certification.
GTEC 2016 beyond waterfall lessons learned on agile in digital government, Pw...Laurie Desautels
Presented at the GTEC 2016 conference in Ottawa on November 3 by PwC Canada in collaboration with BC Pension Corporation. Abstract: Exploring the definition of agile then answering key questions with respect to the use of agile within government and the real life implications through the use of a case study, closing with overall thoughts and recommendations on beginning the agile journey.
The Child Welfare System of the 21st Century: Modernization in the Applicatio...Irene Gawel
Agile transformation is a daunting but necessary journey for our nation’s child welfare system. With business demands and user needs shifting at the speed of light, expectations are higher than ever. Most state agencies have recognized that traditional
approaches to program/project management and development cannot keep up, and an operational paradigm shift is needed.
Striving for Learning Excellence - LMS Implementation at a global Automotive ...Maren Schubert, Ph.D.
The market for Learning Management Systems is broad, with about 600 vendors worldwide. It makes the selection process quite an undertaking.
A structured approach facilitates the implementation of an LMS enormously. The overall process can be divided into 3 main phases: Evaluation and Selection, Implementation and Operation and Governance.
A thorough needs and requirement analysis guides the evaluation and underpins the final decision as the result of the first phase of the overall implementation process.
The go-live preparation not only consists of the configuration and testing of the new system. During the actual implementation phase a number of critical aspects need to be defined, such as the creation of interfaces with existing systems, permission rights and program structures.
The involvement of major stakeholders is as important as the communication about the progress within the company. The successful go-live marks the end of the second phase and the achievement of a major milestone, which is worthwhile celebrating.
In the third phase structures and processes are defined, which are used on one hand, to ensure a close alignment with operational and strategic goals. They constitute the so-called governance system. On the other hand it is important to create rules and regulations that give all participants binding structures and processes in order to ensure long-term transparency, orderliness, and ease of use, and prevent the LMS turning into a "LM-Mess”. Together the two aspects form the cornerstone for learning excellence, sustainable success and ROI.
Agile has become one of today's often used methodology in delivering customer experience via enterprise software and services. This presentation gives an overview of why, what and how to leverage enterprise agile practice to deliver superior CX. Though this presentation targets all agile practitioners and enthusiasts, people responsible and driving agile adoption in their organization in different capacities, may find this a useful summary.
Anil Patel is Managing Director of GrantBook. At GrantBook, he is leading the development of their Real-time Impact Reporting and Data Visualization practice area. In developing this practice area, Anil spends considerable time searching for useful trends in other creative industries. Industries that make use of human-centered design, 21st management practices and action-learning. Anil is also a co-founder and current board member of Framework, a charity he started with friends over a decade ago. Framework’s marquee program is the Timeraiser. To date, it has generated over 150,000 volunteer hours, invested over $1 million to the careers of emerging artists and supported over 500 nonprofits volunteer programs. Anil is an Ashoka Fellow and Action Canada Fellow
Why Is Supply Chain Planning So Hard? 16 FEB 2016Lora Cecere
RESEARCH OVERVIEW:
Details: The research for this report is based on five surveys fielded during the period of January 2014 – December 2015. The research was a progressive set of studies on supply chain planning. What are the barriers and what drives success. While the path to supply chain planning excellence is fraught with issues, the expected Return on Investment (ROI) for a successful supply chain planning project is nine months. In this report, we share insights on why supply chain planning is so difficult and how to maximize the ROI..
Objective of the report: To share insights with supply chain leaders on how to maximize the value from a supply chain planning implementation. The report shares insights on five barriers and then gives recommendations to overcome the barriers to maximize the ROI.
Highlights: While many approach supply chain planning as a technology project, successrequires companies to rethink how they make operational decisions and plan for future outcomes. The bigger issues in executing a supply chain planning project is how work is organized and how reward systems shape behavior.
A presentation by Lora Cecere, Founder, Supply Chain Insights, USA, delivered during the 38th annual SAPICS event in Sun City, South Africa.
Today, nine out of ten supply chains are stuck in delivering corporate performance objectives of improvements in inventory turns or operating margin, but could this change in the future based on the evolution of technologies and new processes? Join this session to gain insights on how five trends will reshape supply chain thinking: – Predictive to Cognitive Modeling, – Networks of Networks with Interoperability, – Autonomous Supply Chains, Outside-in Processes and Shifts in Analytics.
Agile India 2016 Keynote - The Lean-Agile Enterprise Awakens- Scalable and Mo...Richard Knaster
New competitive threats often require organizations to build increasingly complex, interconnected and sophisticated software and systems, faster, better and cheaper. Most organizations are not equipped to meet this new challenge! Meanwhile small, nimble competitors, like Airbnb and Uber are taking a big bite on the profits of the giants.
So what’s the answer? What have we learned in the past decade from our adventures in agile and our attempts at scaling? What does the future hold?
In this talk, Richard Knaster, Principal Consultant and SAFe Fellow, discusses a more scalable and modular lean-agile approach that enables even the largest enterprises to compete with smaller and nimbler competitors that are disrupting companies in all industries. Richard is a Principal Contributor to the Scaled Agile Framework and previously worked at IBM where his roles included Chief Agile Methodologist. World Wide Agile Practice Manager and various product management roles in the Rational Brand.
The document provides an overview of the new features and enhancements in SAFe 4.0, which is an update to the Scaled Agile Framework. Key changes include a new foundation layer, enhancements to the program and team levels, expanding support for large value streams, and guidance on implementation. SAFe 4.0 aims to better synchronize alignment, collaboration, and delivery across large numbers of teams. It introduces concepts like value stream level constructs, program kanban, enhanced team guidance, and expanded guidance for customers and suppliers. The overall goal is to help organizations adopt SAFe and see benefits like increased productivity, faster time to market, reduced defects, and happier employees.
The 2016 Quality Management System Vendor Software Benchmark Report is a survey across industries and geographies on IT/Technology systems used today for Quality Systems across the product or service value chain. The 2016 Survey had over 400+ participants world-wide. Comparisons to 2015 Benchmark are also included. A complete Vendor Listing is located in Appendix II.
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Intelligent Automation Transition & Adoption Best PracticesJim Hussey
To better understand the challenges and opportunities to achieve IA deployments of enterprise scale, The Sourcing Change Management Institute conducted the Intelligent Automation Transition & Adoption Best Practices Survey. The survey was designed to gather perspective from the overall RPA/AI community on critical dimensions that impact how an organization reacts to the decision to utilize automation including:
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Digital Transformation: Using Open Standards to Accelerate the JourneySriram Sabesan
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The Lab was launched in 2011 to help improve corporate reporting effectiveness. It provides a safe space for companies and investors to collaborate on disclosure issues. The Lab facilitates discussions rather than setting requirements. Its current projects include a two-year study of how digital media can enhance reporting, a review of clear and concise reporting practices, and studies of accounting policy disclosures and dividend reporting.
This document provides an executive summary of the 2022 State of Agile report. Some key findings include:
- Agile adoption continues to grow, with most organizations using a hybrid approach combining Agile with other methodologies. Scrum and Kanban are the most commonly used frameworks.
- Measuring business value and alignment to objectives is an increased focus, though many teams still struggle with how to effectively measure this.
- Leadership understanding and participation is still lacking and poses a barrier to Agile adoption, along with a lack of management support.
- Tools like Jira and virtual whiteboards are commonly used, while Excel usage has declined. SAFe is the most popular enterprise framework.
The document discusses Eventure Interactive, a company developing a social calendaring application. It notes the large market opportunity given the billions of users of social and calendar applications. Eventure aims to transform how people plan, invite, capture and share events through its dynamic calendar, designer invitations, local check-in features, and photo/video sharing capabilities. The company expects to generate revenue through various sources including digital invitations, ad suppression subscriptions, and targeted listings. Eventure believes its solution and first-mover advantage can make it a leader in the new category of social calendaring.
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The document is a summary of the 15th State of Agile Report, which highlights increased adoption of Agile practices across organizations. Some key findings include:
- Agile adoption has accelerated, with 86% of teams now using Agile compared to 37% in 2020. Non-IT functions have also seen significant growth in Agile adoption.
- Remote and hybrid workforces are now the norm, with only 3% planning to return to the office full-time. This presents new challenges for distributed teams.
- DevOps transformation and value stream management initiatives are seen as increasingly important to delivering customer value and software quickly.
- The top barriers to adopting Agile remain inconsistent processes, cultural clashes, and resistance to
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
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Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
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Dive into the realm of operating systems (OS) with Pravash Chandra Das, a seasoned Digital Forensic Analyst, as your guide. 🚀 This comprehensive presentation illuminates the core concepts, types, and evolution of OS, essential for understanding modern computing landscapes.
Beginning with the foundational definition, Das clarifies the pivotal role of OS as system software orchestrating hardware resources, software applications, and user interactions. Through succinct descriptions, he delineates the diverse types of OS, from single-user, single-task environments like early MS-DOS iterations, to multi-user, multi-tasking systems exemplified by modern Linux distributions.
Crucial components like the kernel and shell are dissected, highlighting their indispensable functions in resource management and user interface interaction. Das elucidates how the kernel acts as the central nervous system, orchestrating process scheduling, memory allocation, and device management. Meanwhile, the shell serves as the gateway for user commands, bridging the gap between human input and machine execution. 💻
The narrative then shifts to a captivating exploration of prominent desktop OSs, Windows, macOS, and Linux. Windows, with its globally ubiquitous presence and user-friendly interface, emerges as a cornerstone in personal computing history. macOS, lauded for its sleek design and seamless integration with Apple's ecosystem, stands as a beacon of stability and creativity. Linux, an open-source marvel, offers unparalleled flexibility and security, revolutionizing the computing landscape. 🖥️
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The journey concludes with a reflection on the ever-evolving landscape of OS, underscored by the emergence of real-time operating systems (RTOS) and the persistent quest for innovation and efficiency. As technology continues to shape our world, understanding the foundations and evolution of operating systems remains paramount. Join Pravash Chandra Das on this illuminating journey through the heart of computing. 🌟
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Ocean Lotus cyber threat actors represent a sophisticated, persistent, and politically motivated group that poses a significant risk to organizations and individuals in the Southeast Asian region. Their continuous evolution and adaptability underscore the need for robust cybersecurity measures and international cooperation to identify and mitigate the threats posed by such advanced persistent threat groups.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
Salesforce Integration for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions A...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on integration of Salesforce with Bonterra Impact Management.
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Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
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Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
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When it comes to unit testing in the .NET ecosystem, developers have a wide range of options available. Among the most popular choices are NUnit, XUnit, and MSTest. These unit testing frameworks provide essential tools and features to help ensure the quality and reliability of code. However, understanding the differences between these frameworks is crucial for selecting the most suitable one for your projects.
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Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.