1. Integrating Agile in a Waterfall World

2. IT’S HARD Hard for the team Hard for the sponsors
Hard for the organization
Cutting Edge
My opinion, my experience, We need to hear from <<<YOU>>>

3. Regence Blue Shield Mission Statement Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah
Our mission is to eliminate the tyranny of healthcare waste and confusion for our members and their families.
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah
EPMO ~170 People
Agile at Regence
No formal Agile approach
Pockets of agile and all different
Regence Agile Working Group
5 scrum masters
What is a scrum Master?
Org structure with scrum master in IT and PM outside of dev team.

4. 4 Corners Agile Predictive Novice Very familiar
Integration of both compass
Novice
Very familiar
How familiar are you with
Agile
Waterafall/Predictive
Integrating both
Any Scrum Masters? – If there are make sure they are distributed around the room.
Do you understand
Story cards
Story Points
Burn down
Velocity
Beginner
Newbe

5. Overview Spotting an Agile project in its natural habitat
Taming an Agile project
Bringing an Agile project home
Showing your Agile project for fun and profit 
WHERE SHOULD WE FOCUS?
Spotting an Agile project in its natural habitat – What makes a project a good candidate to be agile? What makes it a bad candidate?
Taming an Agile project - Agile-Waterfall Continuum. Learn how to create a part agile, part waterfall project.
Bringing an Agile project home - Learn the complexities and tricks for tracking and reporting Agile Projects with Waterfall Portfolios. 
Showing your Agile project for fun and profit  - Identify Problems with Earned Value on Agile Projects, and how you can address them.

6. Spotting an Agile Project
Predictive Projects
Agile Projects
Predictive is best when…
Known Problem
Known Solution
Change is Dangerous and should be avoided or controlled
Control is Good and should be encouraged
Agile is best when…
Known Problem
Unknown Solution
Change is Good and Should be encouraged
Control is Dangerous and should be avoided ?
The problem is known but solution is unknown
The problem is known and solution is known
<<DO YOU HAVE PROJECTS THAT FIT ONE OR THE OTHER? TELL US ABOUT THEM>>
Are you using Agile right now?
If so, what kinds of projects are agile?
What are your criteria for selecting agile/predictive?

7. Principles Plan the Work/ Work the Plan
Predicative Principles
Agile Principles
Plan the Work/ Work the Plan
Working for Predictable results.
Reduce & Control Change(Change= Risk)
Individuals & Interactions over Process & tools
Working software over Comprehensive Documentation
Collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
Talk about each
TRIPPLE CONSTRAINT - HIGHLIGHTED IN AGILE

8. Taming an Agile Project
Agile isn’t the wild west
The Agile Waterfall Continuum ?
Agile
Predictive
Taming an Agile project - Agile-Waterfall Continuum. Learn how to create a part agile, part waterfall project.
Agile may feel
wild random
uncontrolled
but it really is very DISCIPLINED
Individual discipline. NO weak teams
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It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. (Sacrilege)
If you have agile projects are they all or nothing?
What would you see as problems with implementation of a hybrid solution?
Tell a Story about Transparency (Just because it is a web project doesn’t mean it is agile)
2 years
70 people
5 sub projects
Steering committee
Risk Committee
Legal Review
Medical Review
Sat it a risk committee meeting with legal council, senior management (evps) and discussed for an hour and a half. How far down to drill to summarize at the CPT category was giving too much away. Debated for hours if revealing our pricing would drive costs up or down.

9. Balancing Agility and Discipline
Personnel Skill Level
Mostly Level 2 or 3 players – Mostly Level 1
Requirements Stability
% change / Month (Low Change – High Change)
Culture
No Tolerance for change – Change is normal
Team Size
Risk
Life & Limb - Comfort
Agile development within a Predictive envelope

10. Enterprise Project Reporting - EPMO
Hybrid Project Model
Enterprise Project Reporting - EPMO
Predictive Milestones sync with Sprints
Agile
Predictive elements - PM
Long lead
e.g. Hardware deployment
Enterprise Testing
(UAT)
Agile Sprints - SM
Software Development
Software Testing (Unit/Integration)
It ain’t easy.
Takes commitment from both sides to work together.
But it is the ONLY way to be successful

11. Real World Example

12. Brining your Agile Project Home
Integration with Predictive Portfolios
Earned Value
Status Reporting ?
Does anyone have experience with Earned value and Status in Agile projects?

13. Earned Value Calculation
Models of calculation
% complete estimated
0 , 100%
0,50, 100%
0, 25, 50, 75, 100%
Burn down & Earned Value
Nothing is perfect
Look at a burn down chart & estimate
Problems
Agile plans for scope change
EV expects to control scope change
0-100 doesn’t work

14. Reporting Project Status
Status Stop lights:
Schedule
Velocity and Burn Down
Budget
Staffing=Budget
Scope
Nope
Assumes change is bad
Executive sponsorship
Executives must know how agile works.
constantly asking for schedules
knowing you need their constant input
knowing their role when new requirements are implemented

15. Role of the Project Manager?

16. What makes both successful
Predictive
Agile
People

17. Lessons Learned High Company Risk High Importance
Transparency on the Web
Employer Reporting on the Web
High Company Risk
High Importance
Complex Data Analysis
Complex Org. Silos
No external project dependencies
Low Company Risk
High Importance
Low data analysis complexity
High Company Risk
High Importance
Complex Data Analysis
Complex Org. Silos
No external project dependencies
Low Company Risk
Low data analysis complexity

18. Employer Reporting What I am doing different End of the line project.
Multiple external dependencies
Which is perfect for an agile project.