Learn how to plan, manage and measure Projects/Releases using Lean/Agile techniques Emphasis on visibility, estimation techniques, different approaches to commitments and buffering.

1. Managing Projects/Releases Using Lean/Agile Techniques Yuval Yeret Lean/Kanban/Agile Coach @ AgileSparks

2. Brief Intro AgileSparksis an elite firm focused entirely on helping companies improve their product development operations, by leveraging Lean/Agile/Scrum thinking and techniques. Find us at www.agilesparks.com Yuval Yeret – Lean/Kanban/Agile Consultant/Coach, coming from R&D leadership background, specializing in Kanban and scaling agile through Lean.

3. Agenda Agile Release Planning in the Real world Managing Agile Releases Agile End Game Agile Program/Release Trains Measuring Agile Release

4. Agile has no Buffers Must Scope 4 Average Velocity? Finish Date Planned Capacity? Priority Worst case Velocity

7. “There are no Buffers in Agile” TASK

8. Fit Scope to Timeline 8 Worst Average

9. Fit Timeline to Scope Stretch Scope Must Scope 9 Stretch Velocity Finish Date Priority Safe/ Committed Velocity

10. The Chicken and Egg problem(aka Bootstrapping Velocity…) http://www.truthandscience.net/chicken_or_egg.%202gif.jpg

11. History 101 Compare current features/stories to previous releases (even if before Agile) Look at actual effort and time of previous releases Derive approximate Velocity

12. Flash Forward Plan the few upcoming Features/Stories in detail Guesstimate the ratio between estimate time and actual time on tasks (Ideal to Actual) Derive the velocity

13. Team Commitments within Release Commitments 13 Committed scope DELIVERED Teams commit to what they CAN BUT stretch and able to close gap Finish Date Trend shows Exceeding release stretch goals!!! Priority Back on track Committed Scope in risk!!!

14. Managing the Release

15. Release Burnup https://wiki.rallydev.com/display/rlyhlp/Release+Burnup+Chart

16. Release Cumulative Flow https://wiki.rallydev.com/display/rlyhlp/Release+Cumulative+Flow+Chart

17. Release Burndown https://wiki.rallydev.com/display/rlyhlp/Release+Burn+Down+Chart

18. Risk Burndown http://leadinganswers.typepad.com/leading_answers/2007/09/agile-risk-mana.html

19. Tracking Dark Matter David Anderson - http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/Blog/revealing_dark_matter/

20. AgileEVM Courtesy Amdocs Process Eng group

21. The Endgame

22. Alistair Cockburn

25. How do we minimize Buffering for the next Project/Release?

26. Better Predictability Must Scope 26 Finish Date Priority

27. Stable Velocity

28. Which is Better?

29. Managing Agile Programs

33. Focus on a “Train service” rather than “Taxis” “Project” requirements delivered on main product releases Product Roadmap delivered on main product releases Key? Delivering a frequent and reliable main product release. Build Quality In – Focus on making these releases bulletproof Improve Customer Satisfaction Solution for “Give it to me on the stable release” How to escape this Vicious Cycle?

34. Product or Project Release Iteration Story

35. Measures for effective Releases

37. Release Cost Breakdown Trend Reduced overheads lead to more budget for New Features

38. Ask us how “Managing Agile Projects/Programs” Workshop – Coming Soon… (Contact me to be notified about next public workshop) yuval@agilesparks.com @yuvalyeret www.linkedin.com/in/yuvalyeret http://www.slideshare.net/yyeret/