Agile Project Management

CIS047-3
Tess Crosbie
(tess.crosbie@beds.ac.uk)
 Recap
 To what entities does the Freedom of Information Act apply?
• Public bodies
 What does GDPR stand for?
• General Data Protection Regulation
 What is the maximum timeframe for reporting a breach under GDPR?
• 72 hours
 What are the fines?
• The greater of 4% annual global turnover or $20M
 What is the BCS Code of Conduct? (hint: there are 4 areas)
• Public interest; professional competence and integrity; duty to the relevant
authority; duty to the profession
 Closing a project
 A project is a temporary endeavour – it must have an end
 Show what objectives (hopefully, all) have been met
 Unachieved goals and objectives are identified for future action
 Move the product into BAU or some larger programme
 Transfers ownership of product to the customer
 Project team is disbanded
 Terminates management team responsibilities
 No further project costs are incurred
 Closing a project
 May take the form of a workshop
 Includes a review of final release
 Ensure the customer’s quality expectations and acceptance criteria
have been fully met
 Operational handover
 Training and technical documentation finalised
 Lessons learned
https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/importance-of-closing-process-group-9949
 Lessons learned report
 Not just a commentary on what
went well, what went badly
 Consider the alternatives available
at the time
 The project management
approach
 Measurements of effort are
important
 Recommendations for future
projects
PRINCE2 Agile, Axelos, pg.162
 Reminder
 The project officially ends today
 You have until 21st April to finalise your documentation and submit:
 Start-up manager:
• Project plan, Gantt chart, code of conduct
 Project manager:
• Lessons learned report, video of working artefact
 Quality manager:
• Quality plan
 Risk manager:
• Risk plan and log
 Scheduling manager:
• Meeting minutes, communication plan, Gantt chart (again)