Task 1:
- Analyze case study, Agile at Lego at: https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/09/agile-lego/
- Analyze case study, Agile Delivery at British Telecom at http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=43
To Do:
- Write up your analysis of the two case studies in APA 7th Refer to specific issues in the case in your analysis. The papers should devote 2-3 pages per case study.
Task 2:
To Do: Based on the project idea submitted on Task 1
- Submit the following 3 documents
- scope statement,
- communications management plan,
- project report here
PLEASE REFER TO THE TEMPLATES BELOW:
Scope Statement (Version xx)
| Project Title:
Date: Prepared by: |
| Project Justification:
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| Product Characteristics and Requirements:
1. 2. 3. 4.
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| Product User Acceptance Criteria:
Summary of Project Deliverables Project management-related deliverables: business case, charter, team contract, scope statement, WBS, schedule, cost baseline, status reports, final project presentation, final project report, lessons-learned report, and any other documents required to manage the project. Product-related deliverables: research reports, design documents, software code, hardware, etc. 1. 2.
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| Out of Scope
Everything not specifically documented as in scope is explicitly out of scope. In particular the following is out of scope for this project:
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Communication Management Plan Version 1.0
Date
Project Name:
- Stakeholder communications requirements:
- Communications summary:
| Stakeholders | Communications Name | Delivery Method/Format | Producer | Due/Frequency |
| Project steering committee | Weekly status report | Hard copy and short meeting | Kristin Maur | Wed. mornings at 9 AM |
| Sponsor and champion | Monthly status report | Hard copy and short meeting | Kristin Maur | First Thursday of month at 10 AM |
| Affected employees | Project announcement | Memo, e-mail, intranet site, and announcement at department meetings | Lucy Camerena and Mike Sundby | July 1, 2007 |
| Project team | Weekly status report | Short meeting | All team members | Tues. afternoons at 2:00. |
- Comments/Guidelines:
- Escalation procedures for resolving issues:
- Revision procedures for this document:
- Glossary of common terminology:
Project Report includes the following:
Student submits all of the required elements: (Project Report)
- the project selected,
- why you are doing this project,
- what your main deliverables will be,
- how you will measure success,
- a summary of communication thus far with the client,
- scope statement (activity 1),
- team charter (see sample on p. 203 in Schwalbe)
- communication plan (activity 2),
- high level milestones, and
- a brief summary of the type of project management you will use (agile, waterfall, Kanban).
Rubrics:
| Task 1
Agile Case Studies |
Submission is a complete analysis, not just a summary, of the two case studies including a section that compares/contrasts the Agile implementations described. Analyses should include the student’s opinions on what went well and what did not. |
| Task 2 (a,b,c) | a. Scope statement demonstrates a complete
understanding of the concept of scope. It is submitted using one of the templates provided and shows a continuation of the project from the Business Case to the Project Charter and is further refined in the Scope Statement. Specific elements: · Product deliverables identified · Acceptance criteria identified for the products · Requirements for the deliverables · Clear definition of in-scope versus out-of-scope.
b. Communication Plan Submitted using one of the acceptable communications management plan templates from the library. Completely fills out the communication plan grid to include at least 3 types of project communications, the audience, the medium, the owner, and the frequency of each communication.
c. Student submits all of the required elements: (Project Report) • • the project selected, • • why you are doing this project, • • what your main deliverables will be, • • how you will measure success, • • a summary of communication thus far with the client, • • scope statement (activity 1), • • team charter (see sample on p. 203 in Schwalbe) • • communication plan (activity 2), • • high level milestones, and • a brief summary of the type of project management you will use (agile, waterfall, Kanban).
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