project whispering-v1
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Why this session?
Drupal is evolvingDrupal is moving into the
enterprise business and government space and it is forcing the increase in the number or Drupal projects running at the same time in any given organization
Why this session?
Drupal ComplexityMigrations from legacy
systems or integrations with non-Drupal systems is forcing the available resource pool to become more skilled, expensive, difficult to manage and retain
The goalsProvide a management framework to navigate the evolution and complexity of Drupal
Provide an organizational (cultural) framework in setting priority and making decisions
Management Framework
Project Management
Product Management
Program Management
Portfolio Management
Management Framework
Description:
Project management is the act of creating plans and managing resources in order to accomplish a project. A project is a scheduled undertaking for the purpose of creating a product or service
Project Management
Management Framework
Description:
A discipline that is responsible for the overall success of a product (not a project with very specific constraints like budget and schedule). Product managers remain to manage the product through the products entire lifecycle
Product Management
Management Framework
Description:
Program management is the act of creating and managing multiple projects, most of the projects are usually related to one another usually through dependency
Program Management
Management Framework
Description:
Project portfolio management is a management process designed to help an organization acquire and view information about all of its projects, then sort and prioritize each project according to certain criteria, such as strategic value, impact on resources, cost, and so on
Portfolio Management
Organizational Evolution
Project Management and Product Management
Program Management
Portfolio Management
Program Management
Project Management Office (PMO)
Dependencies
Project Templates
A deeper look
Project Management Office (PMO)
The PMO is the group or department within a organization that defines and maintains standards for project management. The primary goal is to achieve benefits from standardizing and following project management policies, processes and methods
PMO is usually based upon 3 models:Project repository, Project coaching,
and Enterprise
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Project Dependencies
Finish to start (FS) – Project B can’t start before A is finished (i.e. Foundations dug then concrete is poured)
Finish to finish (FF) – Project B can’t finish before A is finished (i.e. Last chapter written before entire book is finished)
Start to start (SS) – Project B can’t start before A starts (i.e. Project work started before project management activities started)
Start to finish (SF) – Project B can’t finish before A starts (i.e. New shifts starts after previous shift finishes)
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Important to know due to impact on resourcing
Project TemplatesBusiness Development
Contract/Statement of workKickoff DiscoverySprint 1 (including multiple milestones)Sprint 2 (including multiple milestones)TrainingQALaunchPost MortemSupport
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Idea is to standardize so project plans and lifecycles are not created from scratch each time
Project Portfolio Management
Business Objectives
Prioritization
Scoring and rating
Mechanism for checks and balances
A deeper look
Business ObjectivesExamples:We want our team to gain D7
experienceWe need more revenueWe want to start doing more
business in the educational sector
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PrioritizationWe want our team to gain D7
experience - Very importantWe need more revenue - Critical
We want to start doing more business in the educational sector – Nice to have
We want more repeat business
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Scoring and Rating
Potential Project
Total Budget
Profit Potential
Diversification
(technology)
Prestige (brand)
Loyalty Factor
Future Work Potential
Total Rating
Project A with D7
1 4 1 3 0 4 13
Project B at University
2 3 2 1 3 3 11
Project C with old client
1 3 2 1 2 2 9
Project D with D7 and University
4 3 3 2 0 3 12
Planning and trackingDEMO
Final thoughtsGrow your organizational project culture
Understand planning at this level is hard and EVERYONE is struggling with these concepts
The myth of the central system
Thank you
Questions?