In order to foster trust and credibility between a project team and its stakeholders, the team has the responsibility to clearly communicate the health of the project. As the leaders of a project, we can apply the metaphor of medical care and their use of "vital signs" to help form a holistic view of the state of the project. Come learn the five "Project Vital Signs", their associated quantitative metrics and how to enable a team to effectively use them as a tool to diagnose and treat project health problems.
18. Objectives with Vital Signs Bring visibility into all 5 project levers Simple, quantitative, near-real time metrics Publish to charts in full public display Where possible include history and trends
19. Project Vital Signs Scope Burn Up Current State of Delivery Budget Burn Down Delivery Quality Team Dynamics
20. Scope Burn Up Photo Credit:Dru Bloomfield - At Home in Scottsdale on flickr.com
21. Schedule x Scope = Expected Delivery Date Scope Burn Up
63. What is the Current State of the Project? Not going to make it.
64. What is the Diagnosis? The team is firing on all cylinders. Quality is good. Not enough time to deliver the full backlog for the September 9th release. Not enough money to carry us through the warranty period ending September 23rd.
65. What is the Treatment? Release on Aug 26th instead of Sep 9th. Includes 35 stories that are ready for, currently in or have passed QA. Remaining 20 stories to be included in a future release, budgeted for at a later time.