ORIENTATION

Business Plan Implementation 2 Session 01

 COURSE DESCRIPTION
A 5-unit course that continues the EC401 – Business Plan
Implementation 1. Processes, approaches, methods, and
steps necessary to translate a business plan into an
operating enterprise will be adopted including the Agile
Approach to Project Management.
 A method of process management
highly responsive to:

AGILE Changing market circumstances

APPROACH TO
MANAGEMENT Sudden, unexpected tactics of
competitors
Changing consumer
expectations
 INCREMENTAL PHASES

Iterate Usable product or Consumer feedback

service
THIS IS THE SCRUM
 AGILE IS ITERATIVE

Agile involves an itinerant With which to fulfill the In incremental stages until
(phased) process… customer’s needs… completion.
THAT’S WHY THE
ITERATIVE PROCESS
ALWAYS PRODUCES
MVP

You can release a Minimum

Viable Product earlier…
Where the customer can
use the value earlier, and…
You can achieve an earlier
ROI:

Wash-Rinse-Repeat
IF THE PROCESS ISN’T
WORKING…
What should we do?
TERMINATE THE PROCESS…

AND START ANEW! EXPLORE, REITERATE!

 IF IT’S NOT WORKING…
Create a new path, a new process, and a product or service that better
suits the consumer!
HOW DO WE SAY IF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE?

Is the project complete if the Is the project complete if it has

product or service has fully reached its revenue targets?
satisfied the consumer?
 YOU STOP…

Until the funds are Until there’s no more

exhausted time
 THAT’S WHY IT’S IMPOSSIBLE…

…For an agile project The available capital Its deadline!

to surpass: investment, or…
 AT THIS STAGE…

You have Then, you have Right now, you will That actual
envisioned your speculated how explore: implementation.
product or much resources
service… and time you need
to arrive at the final
result.
EXPLORING IS NOT JUST IMPLEMENTING

It is gathering answers! Why?

 BECAUSE IT’S A SCRUM!

Iterate Usable product or Consumer feedback

service
WHO WILL DO THE
“EXPLORING”?
IT’S THE SCRUM TEAM!
 An enabler for Scrum:
Facilitates Sprint Planning
Facilitates Scrum meetings
SCRUM Facilitates the Sprint Retrospective
MASTER Shepherds the team:
Moving them down the general path…
Instead of telling them what to do.
PRODUCT OWNER

Represents the voice of the
customer:
S/he liaises with And is responsible for
customers… understanding what is
considered valuable from
the multiple customers who
may need or are using a
product.
AGILE COACH
In this case, from the
Your team advisor:
Faculty.
SCRUM
EVENTS