Delivery: An Agile Practice Any Project Can Use!
Alan S. Koch
President and Principle Consultant
ASK Process, Inc.

Introduction:

Moving from traditional software development methods to an Agile approach can be a daunting prospect. Agility is so radically different that many cannot even imagine working in that way.

But some Agile practices can be implemented, even in the context of traditional methods and inflexible organizations. And any project will gain real value from them. Incremental Delivery is the most accessible and easily implemented of the Agile practices. It can be used as a first step toward Agility, or it can simply be used on its own.

Participants will learn:

This presentation will prepare participants to:

• Objectively evaluate the viability of Incremental Delivery on the projects
• Determine the value that their projects may derive from Incremental Delivery
• Start to experiment with Incremental Delivery on an appropriate project

Outline:

• Introducing the Agile Practice: Incremental Delivery
  • Savoring the essence of Agility
  • Ascertaining the value of Incremental Delivery
• Exploring How Incremental Delivery Works
  • Defining an Iterative Lifecycle model
  • Preparing for Incremental Delivery (Project Initiation)
    • Who will accept (or not) each Increment?
    • In what order will features be delivered?
    • How early and often will we deliver for Acceptance?
    • How early and often will we deliver into Production?
    • How will we react to the feedback we will get?
  • Delivering Incrementally
    • Building an increment of the product
    • Obtaining acceptance of (or feedback on) an increment
• Embracing Incremental Delivery on a Project
  • Choosing an appropriate project
  • Collaborating with your customer (if possible)
  • Gaining value form Incremental Delivery

Biography:

Alan S. Koch, PMP is a consultant, trainer, speaker and writer on effective Project Management methods. For over seven years, he has been President of ASK Process, Inc., a training and consulting company that helps companies to improve the return on their software investment by focusing on the quality of both their software products and the processes they use to development them.

Mr. Koch's 30+ years in software development include:

• 14 years designing, developing and maintaining software
• 5 years in Quality Assurance (including establishing & managing a QA department)
• 10+ years in Software Process Improvement
• and 10+ years in Management

Mr. Koch holds the ITIL Foundations Certification and has trained many other individuals who have successfully achieved their ITIL Foundations Certifications.