Project Peace of Mind

Project Peace of Mind
Rob Keefer, PhD
@rbkeefer

@pomietwww.pomiet.com
There must be a
better way.

Command
&
Control
ConﬁdenceCommunication
?Peace of Mind comes from

Peace of Mind comes from Project Success?
Summary:
Projects slip most of the time, testing is minimized, though the team is competent.

Peace of Mind comes from Sponsor Support?
Summary:
Sponsors don’t know what they want until they see it.

Peace of Mind comes from Problem Management?
Rank the frequency of the following project problems
1. Project slips date/budget due to changing requirements.
2. Project slips date due to uncommitted resources.
3. Project is released with known bugs.
4. Project falters due to lack of project sponsorship.
5. Project falters due to team member interaction

Peace of Mind comes from my Responses?
Summary:
When sponsors don’t know what they want, I’m frustrated.

Guarded
Command
&
Control
ConﬁdenceCommunication
Peace of Mind comes from ?

Control
InﬂuenceLearn
Build Measure
Data
Peace of Mind comes from ?

Data. Data gives us a
better way.

Tree:
Most Tactical
Grove:
Most Pivotal
Forest:
Most Strategic

Tree:
Most Tactical
Peace of Mind comes from Data
Daily Activities
Pay attention to daily progress
and quality measures

Tree:
Most Tactical
Daily Activities

Grove:
Most Pivotal
Sprint Activities
Pay attention to relative progress
and quality measures

Grove:
Most Pivotal
Sprint Activities

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Pay attention to overall progress
and story growth

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Summary:
Team eventually achieved a sustainable pace.

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Summary:
Team continued to add valuable tests while methodically growing
the code base.

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Estimated Actual Completed Story Growth
1/7/13 100 100 0 15%
2/1/13 80 92 20 15%
3/1/13 60 83 20 15%
3/29/13 40 72 20 15%
4/26/13 20 60 20 15%
5/24/13 0 46 20 15%
6/21/13 30 20 15%
7/19/13 11 20 15%
8/16/13 0 11 15%

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Estimated Actual Completed Story Growth
3/1/10 70 70 0
3/26/10 55 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 147 9 6%
6/18/10 10 139 19 7%
7/16/10 0 49 21 4%
8/13/10 0 41 13 10%
9/10/10 0 17 24 0%
10/8/10 0 0 17 0%

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
Completed Story Growth
3/1/10 70 70 70
3/26/10 55 55
4/23/10 40 40
5/21/10 25 25
6/18/10 10 10
7/16/10 0 0
8/13/10 0 0
9/10/10 0 0
10/8/10 0 0

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 159
5/21/10 25 243
6/18/10 10 371
7/16/10 0 568
8/13/10 0 868
9/10/10 0 1327
10/8/10 0 2028

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 218
6/18/10 10 322
7/16/10 0 477
8/13/10 0 707
9/10/10 0 1047
10/8/10 0 1550

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 147 147 9 6%
6/18/10 10 156
7/16/10 0 166
8/13/10 0 176
9/10/10 0 186
10/8/10 0 198

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 147 147 9 6%
6/18/10 10 139 139 19 7%
7/16/10 0 148
8/13/10 0 157
9/10/10 0 166
10/8/10 0 176

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 147 147 9 6%
6/18/10 10 139 139 19 7%
7/16/10 0 49 49 21 4%
8/13/10 0 53
9/10/10 0 57
10/8/10 0 61

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 147 147 9 6%
6/18/10 10 139 139 19 7%
7/16/10 0 49 49 21 4%
8/13/10 0 41 41 13 10%
9/10/10 0 45
10/8/10 0 50

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 147 147 9 6%
6/18/10 10 139 139 19 7%
7/16/10 0 49 49 21 4%
8/13/10 0 41 41 13 10%
9/10/10 0 17 17 24 0%
10/8/10 0 17

Forest:
Most Strategic
Release Activities
Date Target
Estimated
Remaining
Actual
Remaining
3/1/10 70 70 70 0 0%
3/26/10 55 104 104 3 53%
4/23/10 40 147 147 7 48%
5/21/10 25 147 147 9 6%
6/18/10 10 139 139 19 7%
7/16/10 0 49 49 21 4%
8/13/10 0 41 41 13 10%
9/10/10 0 17 17 24 0%
10/8/10 0 0 0 17 0%

Peace of Mind comes from
Control
InﬂuenceLearn
Build Measure
Data
Data

Forest:
Most Strategic

Forest:
Most Strategic
Number of Tests: 93
Code Coverage: 85%
Passed: 89
Failed: 4

Forest:
Most Strategic
Number of Tests: 166
Code Coverage: 89%
Passed: 133
Failed: 33

Forest:
Most Strategic
Code Coverage: 51%
Passed: 167
Failed: 13

Forest:
Most Strategic
Code Coverage: 67%
Passed: 198
Failed: 11

Forest:
Most Strategic
Code Coverage: 78%
Passed: 241
Failed: 0

Control
InﬂuenceLearn
Build Measure
Data
Peace of Mind comes fromUnderstanding
RealityData

“When we go to the ﬁeld, of course, none of this
will work, and we’ll end up doing something
completely different.”
- Ian Heigh, IFRC Logistics Coordinator

Rob Keefer, PhD
Rob.Keefer@pomiet.com
@rbkeefer

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