1. MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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2. MS PROJECT - SUPPORT FOR TECHNICAL PROJECTS
Offers an add-on to support SCRUM
Daily progress of a Sprint is monitored in the burn down chart
Although MS Project can be used to create Scrum boards for Sprints other
tools manage the daily activities better
MS Project can be used to see the whole picture, dependencies, total
picture, baseline and more
Keep low level details on Scrum boards
MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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3. SCRUM BOARD
Free Tools
 iceScrum
 Scrumy
 Scrumpad
 skinnyboard
Purchase tool
 Scrum Board
 ScrumDesk
 Rally
MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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4. AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Agile
 Agile
 Values individuals
 Interactions and customer calibrations that is responsive to change to
produce working software in short iterations
Scrum
 An interactive and incremental agile framework for developing and sustaining
complex products
MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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5. FREE ALTERNATIVES TO MS PROJECT
excel
OpenProj/ProjectLibre
GanttProject
ToDoList
2PlanPMSoftware
Open Workbench (Windows only)
MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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6. SCOPE
Based on the internal/external contract
Product Owner must list all features in the backlog - you need a strong
Product Owner
Create backlog based on the budget you have Define Sprints based on
release backlogs and priorities
PM defines Sprints and initial budget – with the team as the team will tell
you what they can do document based on the team’s direction
MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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7. DEVICES
The tools have to interact and communicate on all sorts of devices:
Laptops
iPads
SmartPhones
Desk tops
MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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8. HOW DO WE WORK
Select software that supports the “always on” and “always connected”
philosophies
The fundamental framework is there but if we do not understand and adopt
for each of our businesses we would fail.
MICHELLE T. EMANUEL @MTEMANUEL
MTEMANUEL@YAHOO.COM
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