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1. How to improve your time to
market by moving to agile...
...with good governance
Keith Richards Carl Grice
Managing Software Development
Director Manager
KRC Keynetix

2. Presentation Structure
• Introductions
• Why change?
• The challenges
• How to transition
• Lessons learned
• How to “make it stick”
• A case study
• Further information / next steps
• Questions.

3. Introductions – Carl Grice
• Advanced Agile Practitioner (DSDM Atern)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• 8 years experience in software development
• Keynetix Ltd
 Software developer and data management consultant
 Specialise in Geotechnical and Environmental Industries
 Used by UK site investigation contractors and consultants
 Customers in more than 20 countries.

4. Introductions – Keith Richards
• KRC is a pioneering training and consultancy company
• Specialising in Agile approaches
• Focusing on improving Agile capability at scale
• 15 years experience in PRINCE2 and DSDM Atern
• DSDM Membership Director (formerly Technical Director)
• IAF Accredited Facilitator
• Author of ‘Agile Project Management’ (TSO)
• Voted ‘Most Valuable Agile Player’ UK Agile Awards 2011.

5. “It is common sense to take a method and try it.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But
above all try something.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

6. Why change?
Current situation – Management, Business, Technical
Problems:
- document heavy
- no added value from the process
- communication breakdowns
- requirements not understood
- buggy software/rushed testing
- unclear project status
- lack of business knowledge
- unclear deadlines.

7. The challenges!
• The challenges for management
 reluctant to change
 no spare time
 agile misconceptions
• The challenges for developers
 fear of change
 resentments of knowledge transfer
 blame culture.

8. Our transition in six stages
• Assess
• Develop
• Pilot
• Implement
• Review
• Refine.

9. 1.Assess 2.Develop 3.Pilot
• Current Situation • Review Alternatives • Real Project
Checkpoint
Checkpoint
• Areas of Improvement • Select Guiding Team • Low Risk / Complexity
• Baseline Performance • Invest in Training • Sufficient Team Size
• Success Criteria • Achieve Certification • Process Reviews
• Create Roadmap • Avoid Complicated Tools • Capture Lessons Learnt

10. 4.Implement 5.Review 6.Refine
• Tailor the Process • Track Progress • Prioritise Changes
Checkpoint
Checkpoint
• Allocate a Coach • External Review • Iterative Improvements
• Learn from Experience • Measure Improvements • Review Tooling
• Portfolio Rollout • Communicate • Maintain Focus

11. Lessons learned
• Strive to achieve ownership
• Focus on the business/user needs
• Change the culture
• Walk before you run
• It’s not one size fits all
• Applying the
techniques is not always easy.

12. How to “make it stick”
• See it as a journey
• Continuous communication and feedback
• Be visible
• Build momentum through positive outcomes
• Constantly monitor and improve the process
• Baseline success criteria early
• Get independently checked out.

13. Highways Agency case study
• Background
 national Geotechnical and Drainage Asset Management
 GIS System developed in partnership with Mott MacDonald
 access for over 1000 active users from 300 offices
 over 1.5 million assets and 300 mapping datasets
• The project
 7 month project with fixed deploy date and budget
 develop and integrate over 30 work packages.

14. Why combining PRINCE2 with DSDM?
• PRINCE2 is mandated on many ICT projects
• Formalise the use of agile practices and techniques
• Utilise the existing governance structure
• Minimise the impact
• Extend PRINCE2 without duplicating effort.

16. The outcome
• Delivered 22 work packages into production environment
• De-scoped the lower priority items
• Predictable timeline and budget
• Controlled risks
• Increased client confidence
• Quality assurance
• Success!

17. Further Information / Next Steps
To download a copy of the Highways Agency case study,
or to watch a Webinar on combining PRINCE2 with Agile
or to look for other free downloads
go to www.agilekrc.com and click on ‘resources’
Websites:
For more about Keynetix go to www.keynetix.com
For more about KRC go to www.agilekrc.com
Twitter @agilekrc
Join ‘The DSDM Group’ on LinkedIn.

18. How to improve your
time to market by
moving to agile
Questions?
carl.grice@keynetix.com
k.richards@agilekrc.com