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A PUBLICATION OF PM-PARTNERS GROUP
THE MINEFIELD OF
AGILE
A QUICK SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR PMO PROFESSIONALS AND PROJECT MANAGERS
TERMINOLOGY
THE MINEFIELD OF AGILE TERMINOLOGY
Mention project management or projects and
it isn’t long until the words agile, agility,
iterations, timeboxing, sprints and Scrum
come into the conversation. The list goes on!
Many organisations have developed their own
project management methodologies, often a
hybrid of standard approaches such as
PRINCE2®, the Project Management Institute
(PMI)® PMBOK® guide, AgilePM™ and
SCRUM. Some projects are more suited to
waterfall, yet the catch cry is that we need to
be ‘agile!’
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PRINCE2 is a registered trade mark of AXELOS Limited. PRINCE2 Agile is a trade mark of AXELOS Limited. PMBOK is a registered mark of the Project
Management Institute, Inc. AgilePM is a registered trademark of Dynamic Systems Development Method Limited
So… what do all these terms really mean?
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Note depending upon who you ask you may
receive a number of interpretations of the
word ‘agile’, as it can be applied in many
ways. Generally ‘agile’ encompasses the
idea of iterative and incremental
development, allowing detailed requirements
to be defined later as the solution evolves.
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Agile
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The original manifesto (think policy statement
or declaration) for agile Software Development,
(2001) was created as an alternative to what
was seen as heavyweight document driven
approaches (waterfall). By purest definition, the
Agile Manifesto only applies to software
development. Today agile is no longer seen as
just for IT.
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Agile Manifesto
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An agile approach, based on DSDM, that
enables Project Managers to adopt a mature,
scalable, corporate-strength agile approach
within their organisations. It offers agility but
retains the concepts of a project and project
management. AgilePM is fully supported by
APMG accreditation.
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AgilePMTM
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Ability of an organisation to adapt rapidly and
cost efficiently to changes in the market.
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Agility(Organisational or business agility).
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A prioritised list of features of a product or
service. The list may be made up of user
stories which are structured in a way that
describes who wants the feature and why.
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Backlog/Product Backlog
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A technique for showing progress (e.g. for a
timebox) where work that is completed and
work still to be done are shown with one or
more lines. This is updated regularly/daily.
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Burn Charts
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A short meeting to assess progress, typically
lasting 15 minutes or less. Team members
gather to report progress by answering:
1. What did I complete yesterday?
2. What will I complete today?
3. Are there any impediments/obstacles?
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Daily Stand-up
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Dynamic Systems Development Method. An
agile project delivery framework, primarily
used as a software development method.
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DSDM
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General term for working in a cyclic way.
Typically several attempts are made to achieve
a more accurate/beneficial end result.
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Iteration
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Partial delivery of the final product, preferably
into actual operational use.
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Increment
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Meaning card or signal. Kanban is a way to
improve flow by sending a sign to the next
process step to indicate that certain
parts/items are needed.
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Kanban
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A tool used in Kanban to visually display the
work in the system (or timebox). It is usually
made up of a series of columns and rows
where work items move from left to right as
they move through various states in order to
be completed.
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Kanban board
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Prioritisation method: ‘Must have’, ‘Should
have’, ‘Could have’ and ‘Won’t’ have. For
example, ‘Must have’ features are those
without which the product will have no value.
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MoSCoW
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An iterative timeboxed approach to product
delivery based on the use of cross-functional,
self-organised and empowered teams. It is
viewed as an agile framework for completing
complex projects; originally designed for
software development projects, it is now used
in many environments.
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Scrum
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PRINCE2 Agile configures and tunes the
project management method of PRINCE2, so
that PRINCE2 can be used in the most
effective way when combining it with agile
behaviours, concepts, frameworks and
techniques. PRINCE2 Agile is an offering
from AXELOS.
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PRINCE2 AgileTM
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Regular event that looks at how the process
of doing work can be improved (‘what went
well, what didn’t’). In light of the agile concept
of ‘inspect and adapt’, these events help
teams to continually improve their working
practices, little by little, over time.
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Retrospectives
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Used in Scrum. A fixed timeframe (typically of
2 – 4 weeks) for creating selected features
from the backlog.
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Sprints
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A finite period of time where work is carried
out to achieve a goal or meet an objective.
The deadline should not be moved; work
within a timebox should be prioritised. At a
low level a timebox will be a matter of days or
weeks (e.g. a sprint). Higher-level timeboxes
act as aggregated timeboxes and contain
lower-level timeboxes (e.g. stages).
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Timeboxing
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A tool used to write a requirement in the form
of who, what and why. The requirements
expressed in user stories should be short,
simple and easy to understand, meaning
enhanced communications and improved
estimations.
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User Story
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A sequential process in which progress is
seen as flowing steadily downwards (like a
waterfall) through phases of concept/initiation,
requirements, specification, analysis, design,
development, testing and implementation.
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Waterfall method
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COMMITTED TO ACCELERATED PERFORMANCE AND BUSINESS AGILITY.
Agile is a family of behaviours,
concepts, frameworks and
techniquesAXELOS, 2015
COMMITTED TO ACCELERATED
PERFORMANCE AND BUSINESS AGILITY.
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