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1. Daria Nevenchana, PMO
at Limestone Digital
“PoC – Beginning or ending?”

2. Introduction
- Over 7 years of management experience acting in different roles;
- 3+ years in IT at different levels e.g. Delivery Manager, Project
Manager, Scrum Master, Account Manager.
Experienced in:
- hiring, mentoring and coaching PM/Delivery Managers;
- managing delivery cluster ( 4+ Delivery Managers and 12+ projects);
- creating project/process documentation;
- launching PMO and Cop (community of practice);
- developing 'personal map' for employees’;
Domains:
Insurance, Analytics, Security, Fintech, E-commerce, Gamedev.

3. Proof of concept vs.
prototype
Proof of concept (POC)
Validation of a product/process/concept
Not intended to explore market demand
for the idea, nor is it intended to determine
the best production process
Test whether the idea is viable and explore
the idea’s potential to be developed or
built
Prototype
Very early draft of a product/process/concept
Gives stakeholders, project managers,
executives and potential investors a draft of
what the final product might be
Meant to turn a POC idea into a slimmed-
down version of the end product that can be
tested and evaluated for functionality and
design

4. Chapter 1:
“HOW IT WAS”

5. Data
Scientist
(India)
Stakeholders
(US)
PM (UA)
Front-end
(UA)
Back-end
(UA)
…“Cool
project. All is
clear”
…“ok”
…“WTF?”
…“My code is
perfect. Don’t
change my
code”
…“Look forward to
see awesome
results in 3
months!”
Go as we go
Preliminary estimate:
Back-end – 1 month
Front-end – 2 months
Commitment point: fixed price project with 3 months length

6. 1. Script delays and broken promises
2. How easy to become QA Engineer in a few
months
3. Are risky decisions always risky?
4. Cherry on the pie
Issues come up…

7. Chapter 2:
“HOW IT SHOULD BE”

8. 1. RISK ANALYSIS
This party is on
fire!
“Avoiding clashes with more powerful forces states
not about cowardice, rather about wisdom, coz
sacrifice yourself never and nowhere being edge.”
HOW TO FIND RISKS:

9. HOW TO WORK WITH RISKS [ROAM
technique]:
• Resolved – The teams
agree that the issue is no
longer a concern
• Owned [Open]– The item
cannot be resolved in the
meeting, but someone
takes ownership
• Accepted – Some risks are
just facts or potential
occurrences that simply
must be understood and
accepted
• Mitigated – Teams can
identify a plan to mitigate
the impact of an item

10. 2. RULES SET UP
“If in the army is missing an order and procedures,
so, force despises his General.
If General has no authority, then in the army will
prevail disorder."
???

12. Lessons Learned
B E A CC O U N TA B L E A N D D O N ’ T
S C A R E TO TA K E R I S K Y
D E C I S I O N S
D O N ’ T I N G N O R E U S I N G A
U S U F U L T E C H N I Q U E S &
TO O L S
H O L D C L I E N T ’s H A N D
H AV I N G K N O W L E D G E H O W TO
W O R K W I T H D YS F U N C T I O N A L
B E H AV I O U R :

13. “PoC – Beginning or
ending?”

14. THANK YOU FOR THE
ATTENTION!