Adaptive Agile in Action – A Case Study

 

Adaptive Agile in Action – A Case Study

Expectations from Team:

• Very basic of Agile is to have development at fast pace
• Handle the 6 months Project road-map in smaller 14 days sprints
• Adapt to frequently changing client requirements
• Client and Project Teams work closer than in any other Project Management Model

Challenges we had in project:

• Requirements were changing on daily basis and this could have affected the whole product so we decided to go for adaptive agile method
• End date to deliver the project was fixed
• Customer wanted to be a part of the Project closely
• Delivering lots of content with in fixed deadline was a challenge

How we handled those challenges:

• Daily SCRUM meetings, Project Road map broken down into Mini Projects or Sprints
• Framework per Sprint ensuring each Sprint should have appropriate “User Stories”
• Client, Product Owner and BA worked closely through meetings, walkthroughs, midpoints and progress reports

Everyone to follow the Daily Stand-up rule of answering three questions:

• What I accomplished yesterday?
• What I will be accomplishing today?
• Any Impediments

(Ground Rule: Daily SCRUM to be wrapped up within 15 minutes)

Key Learning

• Agile gives you the ready work product at the end of every sprint…Client can share the findings and recommendations at any time once a sprint is over and move towards the “BIG PICTURE” of completing the Project Road-map
• It gets easier to Ready to accommodate changes if the Project Teams follows the “Adaptive Agile Methodology”