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Agile versus ___? (If you only have a hammer, ...)

Project Management and Beyond …Meetup #8

Berlin, Nov 11th 2014

19:15 - 19:30: Nice to meet you :)19:30 - 19:45: Short Impulse19:45 - 20:00: Brainstorming

20:00 - 21:00: (Fishbowl) Discussion

Agenda

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There are many PM Frameworks, Methodologies and Approaches ...

PMBOK

SCRUM

IPMA ICB

PRINCE2

CCPM

… with differences but also complementing!

KANBAN

What are the differences?to be honest: a little bit exaggerated ;)

AGILE - Short iterations- Build fast, welcome

changes and learn- Self-organization- Stable teams - Periodical reflection - ...

TRADITIONAL- Phases and milestones- Analyse, plan, build

and avoide changes- Command & control- Varying group staffing- Post-mortem review- ...

If you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail ...

Complex Complicated

SimpleChaotic

somewhat predictablenot completely knowable

pattern managementemergent practicesinspect and adapt

fairly predictable(not easy) knowableanalysis/ reduction

good practicesplan and control

predictable, reproducableobvious, easily knowable

standard proceduresbest practices

process optimization

not predictablenot knowable

crisis managementexperimentsstabilization

Based on: Cynefin Model [Dave Snowden]

Disorder

If you only have a screwdriver, everything looks like a screw …

Simple/Rational

Complicated/Political

Complicated/Judgemental

Complex

Chaotic

HOW?

WHAT?

uncertain

uncertaincertain

Based on: Stacey Matrix [Ralph Douglas Stacey]

Source: http://pm-blog.com/2014/08/24/das-ende-der-planbarkeit-beyond-project-management/ [Hagen Management]

Utilize known things

Explore new things

STABILITY INSTABILITY

What projects are more successful?

averageno project

managementwaterfall agile

Source: http://www.pentaeder.de/projekte/2011/10/11/was-ist-des-agilen-pudels-kern/

What is the Key Success Factor?

● Smaller projects are a little bit more successful.● IT-Projects that deal with complicated technologies are as successful as

projects that deal with simple technologies.● Powerful/ integrated project management tools have only minimal negative

influence.● The usage of communication tools have a minimal positive influence.● Collocation versus remote work: projects with teams at one location are

more successful.● The gender mix in the project team has no influence.● …


The TEAM is the Key Success Factor!

average stormingperforming


Brainstorming:Place your “projects” on the Cynefin!

Complex Complicated

SimpleChaotic

somewhat predictablenot completely knowable

pattern managementemergent practicesinspect and adapt

fairly predictable(not easy) knowableanalysis/ reduction

good practicesplan and control

predictable, reproducableobvious, easily knowable

standard proceduresbest practices

process optimization

not predictablenot knowable

crisis managementexperimentsstabilization

Based on: Cynefin Model [Dave Snowden]

Anything else to discuss?

● What do you (want to) know about ___?● Why do you think, ___ will (not) work for you?● What aspects are you missing when you think

about ___?● …?● What do you think would be a perfect “hybrid”

framework? And why?