Agile

Agile

1. An approach to project management

   • Also known as the DSDM approach
     • Incorporates flexibility
       • While working closely with the customer throughout
         • Ensuring final solution actually meets business needs
           • And deferring decisions until the last responsible moment
   • Originally developed for new software projects
     • Now has a framework that can be incorporated in all projects
   • When considering using agile in a project...
     • 2 questions should be asked
       • How can we be agile?
       • How agile can we be?

2. MoSoCoW Prioritisation

   • Helps to understand the importance of features in an agile project
     • Must have
       • Features that are critical
     • Should have
       • Not critical but very important features
     • Could have
       • Not important features that can be included
         • As long as they come in on time, budget...
           • And without sacrificing quality
     • Won't have
       • Features an agile project won't include

3. Agile vs Waterfall

   • Agile
     • Iterative and incremental
       • The project goes live multiple times throughout its life cycle
         • This allows feedback and review during use
           • Allowing it to better meet customer requirements
           • And the project can achieve benefits earlier
             • Which can potentially allow for the project to become self funding
               • Where the money gained from early deployments
                 • Fund the rest of the development
     • Time, Cost and Quality are fixed
       • And Features are variable
         • What features to keep and what ones to leave is decided by....
           • MoSoCoW Prioritisation
       • Agile projects don't allow Scope Creep
         • They allow Scope Change
   • Waterfall
     • Linear and serial
       • The project follows a number of set stages
         • And the project gets deployed at the very end
     • Features and quality are fixed
       • And time and cost are variable
         • Allowing for late and over budget projects