Vision

We start with the Vision, on a highest possible level. Why does this company do what it does? What do we want to achieve in our Project Delivery/Management organization? What is the real goal of this particular project? What is the Customer willing to pay us? I will help you gather answers for as many of these questions as possible. It is the basis of our future work.

Understanding

Clearly enough - getting the vision ready will give us most of the understanding: what are our Customer’s needs? Are they satisfied? Looking introspectively - what are our capabilities and limitations within the company? What generates waste?

Courage

It takes real courage to say “this is how it’s supposed to be done” or “this is wasteful, let’s stop doing it”. I can make it easier for you by giving you the right tools and practices that are intuitive, simple, clean.

Adaptability

How many times have you heard that “the Customer doesn’t know Agile”, “the Customer doesn’t understand how software is made” or that “the Customer has their own methodology and we cannot change it”? Ideological disputes won’t get you far. Most likely you’d like to shake hands on the deal. I can show you the way to adapt Agile working methods to virtually every project you encounter.

Project Kickoff

After Sales & Pre-Sales teams have done their job and the deal has been won it’s time to start the work. It’s a roughly 30-item checklist. Main job here is to

1. Validate initial assumptions (budget, scope, goal, staffing) together with Sales (handover) & Delivery representative

2. Establish rules of cooperation between the Team, the Customer and Delivery representative

3. Get commitment from the Project Lead to run the show

Blueprints & templates available!

Month closure

• Hour reports ready: check.

• Allocation done: check.

• Finances up to date: check.

• Invoicing done: check.

• Struggling projects identified & reviewed: checked.

Tools available!

Bi-weekly checkups

… and off we go! But hold on. Nobody can be left alone. Each Project Lead needs to have another human being supporting him or her with the conceptual work. A checkup is the heart of the Delivery Framework. It’s a roughly hour-long discussion between the Project Lead and another person (Delivery rep or another Project Lead) about what’s going on in the project, covering 5 critical areas.

• Money: are we in budget?​

• Scope: do we know what to do?​

• Timeline: do we have enough time to do it?​

• Team: do we have the right people and are they committed?​

• Customer: is the customer happy?

Blueprints available!

Operational & Agile activities

Gather your forecasting information in a conformed & predictable manner for the ongoing and new businesses. Keep the allocation in shape. Make sure your folks understand what Agile is and why we’re using it.

Tools, processes & trainings available!

Steercos

Establishing a proper relationship with a Customer is crucial. The internal steerco should prep us (Project Lead, Business rep, Delivery rep) towards a successful external steerco with the Customer. Topics to cover: finance/budget rundown, scope rundown, roadmap, customer satisfaction, future prospects. Yes, up-selling can happen here too.

Templates available!

Project closure

• Secure resources.

• Archive work.

• Share knowledge.

• Gracefully update with finance, delivery, marketing, sales.

• Celebrate.

Blueprints available!