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    DSDM® - Agile Project Management - a (still) unknown alternative full of advantages: An introduction to the AgilePM® method, which combines the best of classical project management and agile product development
    DSDM® - Agile Project Management - a (still) unknown alternative full of advantages: An introduction to the AgilePM® method, which combines the best of classical project management and agile product development
    DSDM® - Agile Project Management - a (still) unknown alternative full of advantages: An introduction to the AgilePM® method, which combines the best of classical project management and agile product development
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    DSDM® - Agile Project Management - a (still) unknown alternative full of advantages: An introduction to the AgilePM® method, which combines the best of classical project management and agile product development

    By Robert M. Richards

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    Everyone is talking about agility and praising it as THE approach for successful project management. However, many approaches offer hardly any methods for external steering, budgeting, reporting, controlling. Many only cover the development process and leave it to the users to add further parts as needed. This repeatedly leads to the desire for hybrid project management, which combines agile development with project control and planning. However, most hybrid approaches are patchwork. Different philosophies are cobbled together, some of which contradict each other. DSDM® is different here. The method is completely based on agile approaches, but not only covers production, but also offers project planning, project steering and controlling, risk management and reporting with a goal-oriented role and responsibility management.

    In this booklet, the book author, himself an expert in DSDM® for many years, offers the reader a good overview of the method and shows why many more companies should get to grips with it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateDec 6, 2021
    ISBN9783752636635
    DSDM® - Agile Project Management - a (still) unknown alternative full of advantages: An introduction to the AgilePM® method, which combines the best of classical project management and agile product development

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      DSDM® - Agile Project Management - a (still) unknown alternative full of advantages - Robert M. Richards

      Table of Contents

      Preliminary note

      Foreword

      Introduction to agility

      The "Agile Manifesto

      Twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto

      AgilePM - Basics

      The elements of DSDM

      'Enough Design Up Front' (EDUF).

      The benefits of DSDM for project success

      Projects and project variables

      Introduction

      Understanding project variables

      The principles of DSDM

      Introduction

      Principle 1 - Focus on the business need

      Principle 2 - Deliver on time

      Principle 3 - Work together

      Principle 4 - Don't compromise on quality

      Principle 5 - Build progressively on solid foundations

      Principle 6 - Develop iteratively

      Principle 7 - Communicate continuously and clearly

      Principle 8 - Demonstrate control

      ISF's - Instrumental Success Factors

      Acceptance of the DSDM approach

      An effective solution development team

      Entrepreneurial commitment - active and continuous

      Iterative development, integrated testing and step-by-step implementation

      Transparency

      The DSDM process

      Pre-Project Phase

      Feasibility phase

      Foundation Phase

      Evolutionary Development Phase

      Deployment phase

      Post-Project Phase

      Roles and responsibilities

      Roles at project level

      Roles of the Solution Development Team

      Supporting roles

      The individual roles and their responsibilities

      Roles with business focus

      Business Sponsor

      Business Visionary

      Business Advisor

      Business Ambassador

      Business Analyst

      Roles with management focus

      Project Manager

      Team Leader

      The roles with technical focus

      Technical Coordinator

      Technical Advisor

      Business Analyst

      Solution Developer

      Solution Tester

      Roles with process focus

      Workshop Facilitator

      DSDM Coach

      Methods and techniques

      MoSCoW - Prioritization

      Timeboxing

      Iterative development

      Modeling & Prototyping

      Facilitated Workshops

      The DSDM products in the course of the project

      Terms of Reference

      Feasibility Assessment

      Business Case

      Prioritised Requirements List

      Solution Architecture Definition

      Development Approach Definition

      Management Approach Definition

      Foundations Summary

      Evolving Solution

      Timebox plan

      Timebox Review Record

      Project Review Report

      Benefits Assessment

      Agile control

      Risk Management

      Requirements Management

      User Stories

      User Stories - The 3-C Approach

      User Stories - INVEST Pattern

      The Business Analyst

      Estimate

      Success factors and adaptation possibilities of DSDM

      The Project Approach Questionnaire (PAQ) - Assessing Options and Risks

      Statement 1: All members of the project understand and accept the DSDM approach (philosophy, principles and practices).

      Statement 2: The Business Sponsor and Business Visionary clearly and proactively take ownership of the project.

      Statement 3: The corporate vision behind the project is clearly stated and understood by all members of the project team.

      Statement 4: All project participants understand and accept the importance of submitting an acceptable solution on time as a primary success factor.

      Statement 5: Requirements can be prioritized and there is confidence in meeting agreed costs and deadlines by varying the scope of the solution presented.

      Statement 6: All members of the project team accept the only rough definition of the requirements during the initial phase and the announcement of the details only during the development

      Statement 7: All members of the project team accept the inevitability of changes to requirements and that the right solution can only be delivered if changes are welcomed.

      Statement 8: The Business Sponsor and Business Visionary understand the importance of active business involvement, and they are willing and empowered to commit appropriate business resources to the project.

      Statement 9: It is possible for the Solution Development Team members responsible for business and solution development to collaborate throughout the project.

      Statement 10: All Solution Development Team members are appropriately and sufficiently empowered to support the day-to-day decision making necessary for rapid solution development within the context of short, focused timboxes.

      Statement 11: DSDM roles and responsibilities have been assigned in an appropriate manner and all stakeholders understand and accept the responsibilities associated with their role.

      Statement 12: The Solution Development Team has appropriate shared knowledge and skills (soft and technical skills) to work together to develop an optimal business solution.

      Statement 13: Solution Development Team members are assigned to the project at an appropriate and consistent level sufficient to fully support the DSDM process for establishing timeboxes.

      Statement 14: The tools and common working practices within the Solution Development Team are sufficient to enable effective, iterative development of the solution.

      Statement 15: All necessary review and testing activities are fully integrated into iterative development.

      Statement 16: Project progress is measured primarily by incremental, demonstrable delivery of business value.

      Statement 17: There are no mandatory standards or other constraints that prevent the application of DSDM philosophy and practices to this project.

      Afterword

      Preliminary note

      DSDM® (stands for Dynamic System Development Method) and AgilePM® are both trademarks of Agile Business Consortium Limited (www.agilebusiness.org). This book has been produced independently of the copyright holder and represents the author's personal experience with the named method. In the text, the ® signs have been omitted for ease of reading. They should be kept in mind when reading.

      Foreword

      When I talk to customers and clients about agile approaches and methods, I always hear the prejudice after a very short time that they are all well and good, but that they are probably more suitable for companies that would implement any new ideas as a start-up on a greenfield site. In an environment like theirs, with all the divisions and departments and all the governance and controlling requirements, this would only be possible with considerable adjustments - if at all. Yes, there was a lot of good stuff in there and they had also used some agile ideas, but that was enough. We are not

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