1. SE503 Advanced Project Management Dr. Ahmed Sameh, Ph.D. Professor, CS & IS The Agile Revolution

2. Product Development Woes New product cycles are shorter New product development is more important to the future of a company 60% of newly launched products fail 46% of product development resources are spent on products that are cancelled or fail

3. Innovative Product Development Low-cost experimentation and modeling – Rapid – Automated – Virtual Adaptive, not anticipative – Vision driven – Exploratory and evolutionary – Collaborative

4. Agile Requirements High speed Changing requirements Quality results

5. Adaptability Adaptable products Adaptable people Adaptable processes Reliable results – Quality – Cost – Time

6. The Agile Manifesto Responding to change – over following a plan Working products – over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration – over contract negotiation Individuals and interactions – over processes and tools

7. Responding to change Envision and explore, not plan and do Adapting instead of anticipating Goal oriented, not task oriented Short term plan, long term change

8. Working products Short term deliverables that are real – Products, models, or prototypes Less emphasis on documentation – Drawings, specifications, bid packages – Documents developed interactively, not exchanged Quick meaningful feedback from customers

9. Customer collaboration Customer or proxy? Customer or stakeholder? – Customers define value – Stakeholders define constraints Higher uncertainty means higher customer collaboration

10. Individuals and interactions Individuals produce goods and services – Unique talents and experience – Unique personalities and behavior Creators and stewards Good processes – Support people – Adapt to the needs of people Good tools improve efficiency People make decisions

11. Agile Project Managers Leaders, not enforcers Managers, not administrators Enable rather than hinder progress Add value to the project rather than creating busy work – Would the customer pay for this?

12. How much structure do we need? Too much – Stifles creativity – Rigidity – Predictable results Not enough – Inefficiency – Chaos Balance of flexibility and stability

13. Agile Organizations Adaptive culture that embraces change Minimal rules Self-organization Self-discipline Intense collaboration and interaction

14. Agile Project Management Framework Envision Speculate Explore Adapt Close Iterative

15. Complex Adaptive Systems Autonomous intelligent agents – Sense and react to environment – Pursue individual goals – Communicate with other agents – Learn from experience and adapt – Move within the environment – Possess emotional states and personalities Self-organize into complex structures

16. Does APM require a certain type of: Project Organization Project manager Project participant Customer