Introduction to Workshop

• Introduction to Workshop Kanban
• Agenda
• Resumes

Agile & Earned Value Introduction (Stand-up Exercise)

• Agile & Earned Value Experience

Teams & Working Agreements

• Team Formation
• Working Agreements

Introduction to Agile & Scrum

• Agile Mindset
• Agile Manifesto
• 12 Agile Principles
• Introduction to Scrum

Scrum Team Execution

• Scrum Roles
• Scrum Events
• Scrum Artifacts

Development Cycle and Team Composition

• Structure of Waterfall and Agile teams
• Development Cycle
• Iterative Technical Reviews

Team Level Metrics

• Predictability Metrics
• Stability Metrics

Scaling Agile

• When to Scale
• Multiple Frameworks for Scaling

Scaled Metrics

• Predictability Metrics
• Improvement Metrics
• Efficiency Metrics
• Quality Metrics

Agile Capacity Planning

• Planning for Core Skill Sets and Stable Teams

Agile Product Roadmap Development

• Agile Planning Myths
• Possible Product Hierarchy
• Product Roadmap Development

Agile Product Vision (Agile Case Study #12)

• Develop a Product Vision for Assigned Product

Refining & Prioritizing the Backlog Exercise

• Backlog Prioritization Methods

Agile Story Development

• The Elements of a User Story

Agile Story Development (Agile Case Study #13)

• Decompose a Feature into User Stories
• Define Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done

Planning Poker Exercise

• Estimate Stories as a Team

The Game of Scrum (Stand-up Exercise #4)

• Scrum Roles and Events Exercise

Large Scale Estimation

• Estimating the Backlog
• Traditional and Reference Large Scale Estimation
• Normalizing Team Estimates

Traditional Large Scale Estimation (Stand-up Exercise #3)

• Estimate the Stealth Quad Program using Traditional LSE

Review of Earned Value Fundamentals

• EVMS Guidelines
• WBS/OBS/RAM and Agile Organization
• Rolling Wave Planning
• Contract Level Terms

EVMS & Agile

• Perceived Conflicts Between EV & Agile
• Agile to EVMS Hierarchy

Control Account, Work Package and QBD Exercise

• EVMS to Agile Alignment
• Determine Control Accounts, Work Packages and QBDs

Scheduling with EVM and Agile

• Recommended Agile Approach
• IMS and Agile Planning

Labor Cost Estimations

• Using Run Rate and Conversion Factor to Calculate Cost and Duration
• Time Phased Budgets

Stealth Quad Establishing BCWS Exercise

• Calculate Labor and Material Budget %
• Establish Control Account & Work Package Labor & Material Budget

Measuring Accomplishment

• Methods for Measuring Accomplishment
• Earned Value at the Feature and Epic Level
• Program Performance

Variance Analysis

• Thresholds and Formulas
• Harness Agile Data
• Root Cause, Impact & Corrective Action Planning

Estimates, Indices and Forecasts

• Developing EACs with Agile & Scrum
• Using Performance Indices
• Forecasting in Agile Projects
• Forecast Change Scenarios

Cost and Schedule Variance Exercise

• Calculate Cost and Schedule Variances
• Calculate CPI and SPI

Baseline Change Control

• EVMS Baseline Change Considerations
• Scrum Guidelines
• Baseline Change Scenarios

Appendix

Course Evaluation Sheet and Discussion