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Agile Portfolio Mgmt using Portfolio Alignment Wall

Thursday, September 16, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (ET)

Vienna, VA

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Portfolio Alignment Wall

Currents methods for aligning multiple teams using different methodologies (Agile and Waterfall) has several deficiencies.  Milestone plans have a tendency to be difficult to view in a holistic manner and results in reactive rather than proactive adjustments.  To achieve a more incremental, adaptive and proactive alignment process we are suggesting several alterations to the current process. 

  • Combine cross-team status and planning meetings into a single meeting and process.
  • Reduce dependence on percent complete by implementing integration milestones that are testable in the IT environment.
  • Track progress on releases by tracking based on “Feature Streams” of customer facing features.

The portfolio alignment wall (PAW) will allow teams working toward a combined release to visualize progress and dependencies.   Cards on this wall will represent the work that teams need to do to meet the targeted feature releases.  Cards will be marked done when the code is deployed to the shared IT environment and verifiably integrated with other code from other interdependent teams.  This wall will track integration points in “Iterations” even though many of the teams represented on the wall will not be working in an iterative manner.  This will create an environment where milestones are either verifiably “Done” or not.  Cards that are not “Done” must be moved on to the next iteration and no partial credit will be tracked.

This interactive session will explore the benefits and challenges of using a PAW for coordination across teams.

Speaker Bio

Bob Payne is an Agile Transition Consultant.  He hosts the Agile Toolkit Podcast (http://agiletoolkit.libsyn.com/) and he is also the organizer for the AgileTour DC 2010 conference.  Bob received his MS in Electrical Engineering w/concentration in Computer Design from the State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.) in Binghamton, NY; his BS in Electrical Engeering from Union College in Schenectady, NY; and, his AS in Engineering Technology at S.U.N.Y. in Delhi, NY. 

 

6:30 - 7:15 PM Pizza and Networking

7:15 - 9:00 PM Presentation