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Unpacking Agile Transformation: The System of Delivery

Leading Agile

It’s the process and governance mechanisms we use to manage the flow of work through the system. Think about things like how we write user stories, how we estimate work, how we run planning cadences, how we deal with technical concerns, and how we measure done. Who gets to make decisions and when.

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Capabilities Release or Cadence Release

Herding Cats

Agile developers like to toss that phrase around as an alternative to having a plan for the delivered value we'll replace planning and estimating with early and often delivery. There is NO means of making credible decisions in the presence of uncertainty without first estimating the outcome of that decision. Related articles.

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Adopting Agile Practices Isn’t Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

Additionally, we need to consider how we organize teams in the presence of dependencies, how we orchestrate and govern those dependencies, and what we measure and control around the team. They may also be writing user stories, using burn-down charts, and practicing agile estimating and planning. Second, how are we building backlogs?

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How To Implement Lean Portfolio Management?

Agilemania

To synchronize and coordinate the planning and feedback loops, the leadership team makes choices at a fixed cadence that is followed by both the operations (the tasks they carry out) and the governance (the reviews they conduct). LPM operations. Convert new ideas into investment candidates that are linked to the strategic mission.

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Encapsulation of Value

Leading Agile

Despite the obtuseness of the term, the concept is rather straightforward: encapsulating value means intentionally establishing a clear governance process and organizational structure that facilitates an alignment of product development execution to defined strategic objectives.

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Unlock the Power of the Project Management Plan

Velociteach

Plan Elements The Plan is like a book with three main sections: Execution Parameters establish how the project will be managed along with the approach, required lifecycle phases, and governance procedures. Governance All projects require oversight and governance. Project Baselines and Other Performance Metrics.

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GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide Applied to Agile

Herding Cats

The GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide has 12 steps. Either a Cadence Release Plan or a Capabilities Release Plan. These describe the increasing maturity of the project's artifacts. There are not specific to Agile Software Development. But here's how they are connected. Capture All Activities.