Quarterly Technology Briefing

Agile Governance - Managing The Enterprise Issues

AN/FSQ-7

To my mind, the question that’s much more important than how to control a software project is, why on earth are we doing so many projects that deliver such marginal value?

- Tom DeMarco, July 2009

Lonely Planet’s route to agile

The illusion of control in IT projects

I’d strongly suggest that we pick a date to catalyse our efforts and hold ourselves accountable to delivering

full scope on budget. It will be a rallying call for

all of us and something to shift our culture

to holding deliverables to deadlines.

The new look of governance

Governance at the coal face

Agile’s ultra-transparency invites critique

Initiation

Detailed Product Design

PrepDevelop and

Test (usually 2

weeks)

Release

Idea

Concept to Cash

Average Cycle Time from Initiation to Release: 78 days!25% of this time is spent actually creating value. The rest is waste.Often there is an additional 2 weeks after deployment before advertisements generate cash.

17 days

4 days

Essential ‘coal-face’ governance equipment

CFO’s & Lawyers: where’s the guarantees?

ITIL governance plugs right in

Communication > governance

Outsourcing agile? Can it work?

How does Agile survive and thrive in a corporate ?

Agile and the Beast

Agile’s Adventures in Wonderland

The Wizard of Agile

1 2 3Three stories about Agile..

Agile and The Beast

PMOs and the ‘G’ word..

How much governance does a self-directed,self-organising project team need ?..

Agile and The Beast

Don’t you know who I am.. ?!

The role of the PMO has to change..

Agile and The Beast

Don’t you know who I am.. ?!

How can a PMO compete with this ?

Agile’s Adventures in Wonderland

What about the people.. ?

It’s a truly wonderful place,but requires people to be, well, different..

Actually, Agile is all about risk mitigation..

The Wizard of Agile

What about the risk.. ?

The Wizard of Agile

“Audit says no”

The intent of an audit is to assess ifyou did what you said you would do..

You Say..I Say..

In Agile, it’s just different, that’s all..Bridging the gap is easier than you might think !

In the end..