Clash of Agile project and

Waterfall organisation

Telco Case: Nearshore Service

Desk development story

Vladimirs Ivanovs,

IPMA-B, Assessor,

Consultant

Presented for

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Waterfall vs Agile

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1. MVP

Project setup

Source: http://www.daleolsonconsulting.com/blog/2009/05/03/waterfall-project-management-vs-agile-project-management-the-paradigm-shift/

2. Double-standard

Gate model

Source: Gate model overview

Project Closure and

Commercial Launch Project Implementation

Start Project/

Feasibility Start

Project

Implementation

Completed

Project

Change

Project

Inception

Start

Feasibility Phase

Inception Phase

Implementation Phase

Handover Phase

3. Ortodox QA

Project documentation review: • QA is 'not recommending approval of Gate 2

remains by similar reasons - mainly due to ambiguities concerning scope and time plan‘

• PM expressed project group's view on necessity to use more agile approach and put more energy into action instead of digging into plan&scope definitions infinitely, what have ended in:

• '...Reviewer and Project Manager have different views on - level of detail and clarity which should expressed in these documents and - the way of describing deliverables...'

“Live” the manifesto

4. Working process

5. Automate

6. Goal pitch

7. Identity

8. Toolset

9. Skills

10. Value stream

Business results

Time Cost

Scope

What worked & What didn’t

• MVP, Pull

• Frequent Deliveries

• Physical Kanban board

• Weekly video conf.

• War-room

• Fixed time & budget

• Focus on value-to-business, cost

• Passing QA criteria

• Schedules, estimates

• LeanKit tool

• Daily stand-ups / telco

• Cross-cultural aspects

• Fixed scope

• Integration, dependencies on other projects

Source: http://www.liquidplanner.com/blog/agile-v-waterfall-which-project-management-style-is-right-for-you/

Source: http://www.liquidplanner.com/blog/agile-v-waterfall-which-project-management-style-is-right-for-you/

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Are telco &

Agile

oxymorons?

Source: http://building-projects-news.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-class-office-for-telecoms-hq-opens-in.html

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Contacts

Credits

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