Batch-Based Agile Program Management Approach for Coordinating IT multi-Project Concurrent Development

PRESENTATION TOPIC
Batch-based agile program
management approach for
coordinating IT multi-project
concurrent development

PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CAD / CAM DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Abstract Introduction Literature
Review
Case
Study
Batch
Management
Conclusion

ABSTRACT
 Software development projects have undergone remarkable changes with the arrival of agile
development approaches.
 Many firms are facing a need to use these approaches to manage entities consisting of multiple
projects (i.e. programs) simultaneously and efficiently.
 New technologies such as big data provide a huge power and rich demand for the IT application
system of the commercial bank which has the characteristics of multiple sub-projects, strong inter-
project correlation, and numerous project participating teams.
 IT program management was the methods to solve the problems in multi-project concurrent
development practice through integrating the ideas of program and batch management. First, to
coordinate the multi-project development process, this paper presents the batch-based agile
program management approach that synthesizes concurrent engineering with agile methods.

INTRODUCTION
 Project management is considered as primary capabilities of a firm to respond to change and thereby gain
competitive leverage.
 Today, many firms are facing a need to manage entities consisting of multiple projects that is programs
simultaneously and efficiently.
 Programs may consist of multiple projects that are related to each other, and reaching the objectives of a
program would not be possible by managing the projects independently.
 Compare to ordinary projects, programs are often regarded as having more long-term and strategic
orientation, higher scale and complexity, and higher flexibility in responding to uncertainty.
 To realize digital transformation in the big data environment, many organizations (especially the business
banks) invest huge number of Information technology (IT) product development (PD) projects to improve
the for the better experience.
 Especially in the Banking system has always been in a dynamic and alterable state, changing with the
demand of the financial market and updating with the very fast speed.

LITERATURE REVIEW
Project Management:
• Programs are regarded as entities of multiple projects that enable achieving business benefits
in the interface between individual projects and organizational strategy.
• Programs can involve the coordinated management of interconnected projects and other non-
project activities to obtain benefits and control not available by managing program
components individually.
• Exiting research about multi-project management has emphasized how to select the right
projects, allocate resources, balance the cross-sectional from the view of the portfolio,
program, and technology transfer.

CASE STUDY
 Taking the IT program management of a bank in China as a case, we explore the methods
to solve the problems in multi-project concurrent development practice through
integrating the ideas of program and batch management.
 New technologies such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, Mobile
Internet, and the Internet of Things (IOT) provide huge power and rich demand for the
technology applications of the commercial bank.
 Using the IT program management in the Bank of China (BOC) as a case, the selected
paper presents a new IT program management method that is, the Batch-based Agile
Program Management that integrating the traditional batch, agile, and overlapping
approaches with the program, to facilitate team coordination in the context of multi-
project management.
 As the integration of software projects, bank application system has the characteristics of
multiple sub-projects, strong inter-project correlation, short development cycle,
numerous project participating teams. Thus, IT project managers in the bank are
generally improve the efficiency of program management.

 Batch management method can be used to manage the multi-project according to the batch.
Batch management is a kind of traceability management methods to ensure product quality and
improve efficiency, which is commonly used in manufacturing industry
 The batch management is a method to improve the productivity and energy utilization in
production.
 Batch management can be used to improve product quality in continuous manufacturing.
BATCH MANAGEMENT

BATCH MANAGEMENT

Traditional IT development project management
method
 It shows the traditional individual project management in the bank and all software projects are
arranged separately. Each project just like a private car, project planning, organization, and
controlling (e.g. performance assessment and writing monitoring report) are executed separately
for each project.
 Project performance assessment and monitoring report will be executed for various projects. The
traditional individual project management method leads to some problems, such as lack of
coordination among projects, frequent shutdown of system, huge resources waste, and quality
problems.
 Due to limitation of resources in software development, multiple projects can be arranged in
overlapping or parallel, in which the resource, environment, technology, and process are similar
and interdependent.
IT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (BATCHES)

 Batch-based agile program management model

The overlapping between stages and individual
project’s activities
 Overlapping is a fundamental feature in concurrent PD project. It is acceptable to move activities
from one stage to an earlier one and in effect to overlap stages, starting one stage (e.g. process)
before the previous stage finished and analyzed the overlapping in PD process, including partial
overlap and complete overlap.
 In the batch based agile program management model: one is the overlapping stages and activities of
individual project, another one is the overlapping between projects in the program.
 As shown in next slide, the life cycle of IT batch based program can be divided into six stages:
planning, demand analysis, development, testing, commission (joint training), and pre-operation
and operation.
 It can also be classified into three phases: before implementation (i.e. planning and demand analysis)
CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND
OVERLAPPING
IN THE BATCH-BASED PROGRAM

 An integrated method for solving complex IT multi project of large banks issues has been
proposed in the research paper: that is, the batch-based agile program management model.
 The batch approach is one of the most useful methods to enhance the coordination of multi
project management.
 Therefore, multiple software products are developed and managed as family members to
share common environments and technologies human resources. We combine the idea of
agile, an iterative approach, so that customers’ rapid involvement and continuous feedback
facilitate the development processes of IT projects.
CONCLUSION

Batch-Based Agile Program Management Approach for Coordinating IT multi-Project Concurrent Development

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