C duggan ams_use of agile methods presentation
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The document summarizes an agile project to develop a calendar app for Digital Skills Academy. A team including Catherine Duggan, Sean Deverell and Fergal Rice will use scrum methodology with Susan Conlon as product owner. They will apply scrum roles, perform sprint planning and events. The project aims to understand requirements, build trust with clients, and identify user personas through an iterative process. While agile provided in-depth knowledge, not all team members had experience and time management was challenging with coursework.
C duggan ams_use of agile methods presentation
- 1. Agile Methods: Industry Project Digital Skills Academy: Calendar App Team Members: Catherine Duggan Sean Deverell Fergal Rice
- 2. Agenda • Introduction & Background • Use of Agile Methodologies • Practical Application of Scrum Roles • Sprint Planning & Scrum Events • Scrum Artifacts • Evaluation of Agile Methods in Course Project Strengths Weaknesses Successes Failures
- 3. Introduction & Background • Current DSA Timetable created in Excel from Master File • Saved as A3 PDF and uploaded to Moodle • Updates are notified to all by email • New versions are uploaded to Moodle by DSA administrator
- 4. Introduction & Background Proposed New DSA Calendar App: • The DSA Calendar App will be based on DCU Campus Calendar App • Will have it’s own specific functions & features DSA App Development Team Members: • Catherine Duggan: Project Manger • Sean Deverell: App Developer • Fergal Rice: App Developer
- 5. Use of Agile Methodologies • Using Agile Method for development of App • Better than Waterfall for this project • User stories easy to create & understand • Complexity & Priority of stories for Sprints • Quick & frequent iterations • Product owner sees prototype early in process
- 6. Practical Application of Scrum Roles Product Owner: Susan Conlon, Digital Skills Academy Stakeholders: DSA, Team, Users Team Members: Fergal Rice, App Dev Sean Deverell, App Dev * Product Manager: Catherine Duggan Users: Admin, Participants & Lecturers * Scrum Master
- 7. Sprint Planning & Scrum Events Done In Process To be Finalised
- 9. Evaluation of Agile Methods in Course Project Strengths: • In-depth understanding of client requirements & goals • Builds trust & empathy with client and team • Early identification of types of users & personas: Super User End User • Collaborative process
- 10. Evaluation of Agile Methods in Course Project Weaknesses: • Not all team members have Agile knowledge • Need to use mix of PM methods to get job done: XP & Traditional PM • Team not co-located for daily stand-up meetings • Challenging to build trust & rapport across streams • Time management - heavy course workload: CA’s, Presentations
- 11. Evaluation of Agile Methods in Course Project Successes: • Personal In-depth knowledge of Agile Methods Added to PM toolbox Experienced Agile on Live Project • Project Understanding client’s needs, goals & objectives Identification of types of users Creation of relevant user stories
- 12. Evaluation of Agile Methods in Course Project Failures: • Too early in the process • Refer to Weaknesses