Joseph Flahiff, CEO
Whitewater Projects, Inc.
“In the last 28 years, I have worked with
organizations around the world (South
Africa, New Zealand, Australia, USA, Hong
Kong & UK) in large and small businesses
and government. I can count on the
fingers of one hand the real Project
Managers I've had the privilege to work
with.”
~ Shane Hastie <[email protected]>
 Agile
in What Context
 What are the Options
 The other 80%
Project
Product
Management Development
Scope
Schedule
Fixed set of
features
On-going
prioritized list
of features
Start and
end date
multiple
releases
Budget Allocated once
Presentation Title
Cyclical
 Get
Educated!
 Make your Team Aware
 Look at the big picture
 Manage the product backlog as well as
the project backlog
 Work for Evolution not Revolution
 Agile
in What Context
 What are the Options
 The other 80%
Iteration Based
Feature / Release Based
Feature 1
Iteration Time
boxes
Feature 1
Epics
Release 1
Release 2
Rel. 3
Release 1
Release 2
External
Dependency
Rel. 3
Release 1
Release 2
External
milestone
Rel. 2.1
Rel. 3
 Agile
in What context
 What are the Options
 The other 80%
22
Sequential (Waterfall)
Scoping
Planning
Build
Test
Deploy
Close
Planning
Build
Test
Deploy
Close
Planning
Build
Test
Deploy
Feedback
Close
Build
Test
Deploy
Feedback
Close
Incremental
Scoping
Iterative
Scoping
Agile (Scrum)
Scoping
Planning
Enterprise Integration
Cross Portfolio
Issues
Enterprise
Project
Reporting
Agile Releases
coordinate with
Enterprise
Release Mgt.
Predictive Elements
Long lead
e.g. Hardware
deployment
Agile Development
Enterprise
Testing
(User
Acceptance)
Software development and
Testing (Unit/Component/Integration/pre-UAT)
eXtreme
Programming
Lean
XP
FDDAgile
TDD
Adaptive
ATDD
DSDM
AUP
scrum
Systems
Thinking
Six Sigma
Kanban
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Map the Existing Value Stream
Visualize the Value Stream
Limit Work-in-Progress
Establish a Cadence
Measure and Improve
 Agile
in What context
 What are the Options
 The other 80%
Technical
practices
Agile
Management
Theory
“Help their teams be successful, the
‘bearers of water and removers of
boulders’, who have the backbone to
resist unreasonable demands, who
clearly explain the impact of
management decisions, who can
motivate the team to meet a crisis
deadline ONLY when it is really a
crisis and who otherwise understand
the importance of sustainable pace.
They fight the petty fights and
protect their teams from the
dysfunction around them.”
~ Shane Hastie
<[email protected]>
Coaching Agile Teams: Lyssa Adkins
 Robert

Greenleaf (1904-1990)
“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins
with the natural feeling that one wants to serve,
to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one
to aspire to lead.”
Joseph Flahiff
www.whitewaterprojects.com
[email protected]
Tel: 888.831.9904
Direct: 206.276.1386
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