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Project Management: from Stone Age to DevOps
Antonio Cobo @Mind_of_AC
14/10/2016 @Mind_of_AC
The DevOps movement is gradually changing IT organisations
Project managers are often forgotten
Are project managers ready for DevOps?
What is the accent?
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Wow! That was fast!
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Wow! That was fast!
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Who am I?
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Antonio Cobo - @Mind_of_AC
→ Agile Delivery Consultant at OpenCredo
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Agile, architecture, CI/CD, DevOps
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Delivering business outcomes via the application of emerging technology
Latest projects
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UK Government company - Secure cloud platform using multiple cloud providers
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International Investment Management company - Secure cloud platform using public cloud providers
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Global Information Services company - Secure Container Platform for their product
Different industries - Similar goals and challenges
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Hoping to deliver products to customers faster
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Hoping to reduce the cost & time developing and delivering products
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Hoping to update monolithic applications for the Cloud
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Agenda
1. Project Management Archaeology: Stone Age
2. Project Management Archaeology: Renaissance
3. Project Management in the DevOps Era
4. Wrapping up
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1. Project Management Archaeology: Stone Age
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Was it wrong?
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Project managers in the Stone Age
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Gannt charts
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Planning
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Prioritising tasks
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Assigning tasks
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Generating reports
Project manager - Developer interaction
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Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
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Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding
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Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues
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Team culture rather than going home leaving the Devs working
Project manager - Developer interaction
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Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)
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Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding
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Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues
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Team culture rather than going home leaving the Devs working
Bad estimation techniques
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Ops in the Stone Age
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Yes, when project is finished they will support the software
Ops in the Stone Age
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Yes, when project is finished they will support the software
A project in the Stone Age
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2. Project Management Archaeology: Renaissance
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“I want to stay in the Stone Age!”
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Project Team in the Renaissance
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Where is the Ops Team in the Renaissance?
Project managers in the Renaissance
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Estimating better
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Cost control: is the benefit of the project out-weighting its cost?
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Gain the confidence of the sponsors
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Ensure there is a common understanding of what is needed
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Scope trade off
Estimations techniques in the Renaissance
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A project in the Renaissance
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3. Project Management in the DevOps Era
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The Team
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Project managers in the DevOps Era
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Nurturing continuous improvement mindset
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Raise awareness of risks
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Facilitate coordination between the different teams to mitigate the risks
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Advocating CI/CD culture for better impediment removal
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Project managers in the DevOps Era
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Facilitate communication: within the team and outside the team
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Make sure the sponsor's time is used in the best way
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Bridging communication between the sponsor and the team
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Team culture, why? Because the project manager is now PART OF THE TEAM!
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A (project) in the DevOps Era
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How did I manage to be part of the team?
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4. Wrapping up
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4. Wrapping up
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4. Wrapping up
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4. Wrapping up
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Thank you for listening!
Thanks to all the @OpenCredo team for inspiration
Thanks to @dainiuskniuksta for continuous feedback
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@Mind_of_AC
antonio.cobo@opencredo.com
www.opencredo.com
We are hiring!
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