2. Application of the japanese „lean“ concept on
project management
Self organised teams, close collaboration of
clients -developers
Bottom-up corporate development
Agile methods: Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban,
Extreme Programming, etc.
Most popular agile method: Scrum
3. Scrum is …
An agile management framework
A method of management for complex
projects (inspect & adapt)
A lean, agile process for project
management especially in software
development (ca. 75%)
IT projects are growing up…
4. „Classical“ waterfall methods in project and
development steering are not functioning as
desired
End-to-end planning is effecting negatively
on flexibility, goal orientation and the final
product
With standardised methods, budget and time
frames cannot be met on a regular basis…
5. Simple rules
A few roles
Several meetings
Some artefacts/tools
Iterative approach
Self organising, interdisciplinary teams
Scrum is..
A simple framework, which is not that easy to
execute…
7. Lean Planning Phase:
Product Vision-> Release-Planung->
Product-Backlog
Product Vision: Idea of a product, which
inspires
Strategical planning phase: content of the
release plan
The product backlog: fixing of product
features
8. Bottom-up corporate development
Exchange in meetings
Sprint Planning Meeting 1+2
Daily Scrum- Daily meeting, overview of the
progress of each team member
Sprint Review: presentation of work results
Sprint Retrospective: Ideas of improvement
9. Shortening of the „time-to-market“
Need for reduced time and budget in projects
Improvement of productivity
Alignment of IT to the organisation´s KPIs
Improved software quality
Increased project transparence
Optimised team collaboration
Improved communication, within the team and to
the outside
Increased customer satisfaction
10. Employee Survey at Allianz, Germany:
The effect of Scrum was:
Improvement of customer satisfaction 63%
Improved quality 57%
Increased transparency 91%
Would again decide for Scrum 82%
11. According to statistics, only 5% of all agile users
do not see significant improvements of results
and efficiency
Users of agile methods have been more
successful in companies within the last 3 years
than users of standard PM methods.
Users of agile methods rate scrum practices
better than users of standardised PM methods
12. Client Contact
Projects with direct client contact several times a week have been
significantly more succesful than others
„Business people and developers must work together daily throughout
the project“ (Agile Manifest)
Flexibility
Reaction on change is given more emphasis than following of a pre-set
plan
Speed
Delivery of functioning software on a regular basis within a few
weeks and months with focus on prioritising the shorter time frame
13. Focus: Employee
Build up projects around motivated individuals and provide them with
the environment and support they need. Trust, that they will manage
the tasks you give them.
Team Meetings
On a regular basis, the team reflects, how it can work more effectively
and can adapt behavior accordingly
Sustainability
Agile processes promote sustainably development. The customer,
developer and user should maintain a steadily pace.
14. How can I affect a team to deliver excellent work?
Agile management -> focus on value creation,
not adaptation
Working in self organised teams, benefit from the
brain power of all members
The result: „Cultural Change“ within the
organisation
An organisationwide change process is starting -
> the company is on the way to an agiel
organisation