This ppt was presented by Narinder Kumar during Audit Event on 30th September at Radisson Suites.

1. Adopt, Inspect and Improve
Agile Process Audit
Narinder Kumar

2. Agenda
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Problem Context
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Benefits of Process Audit
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Applicability in your environment
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Our Approach
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What do we audit
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Sample Findings
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Q&A

4. Common Problems facing Software
Projects
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Cost Over-run
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Insufficient RoI
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Feature Expectation Mismatch
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Poor Quality
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Lack of Transparency
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Flexibility
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High Maintenance Costs

6. Solution : Agile Methodologies

7. Scrum Project Life-Cycle

8. Next Steps
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Thinking of Adopting Agile
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Readiness Scan
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Action Plan Best Preparedness
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Already implemented agile
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Implementation Level Scan
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Identify Bottlenecks
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Action Plan for Further Improvements
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Planning for wider-roll out
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Action Plan for Multiple Feature Team
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Management Adaptability Suggestions

9. What is a Process Audit
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Provides a clear insight in your current state
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Analyzes complete chain
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Identify pain-areas
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Suggest Improvements
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Aimed at increasing the overall productivity

10. Approach
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Planning Phase
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Discussion with Audit Sponsor and Key Stake
Holders
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Field Work
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Interviews and Analysis
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Audit Report
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Findings and Action Plan
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Follow-Up

11. What do we audit ?

12. Sample Findings
Findings Recommendations Benefits / Implications
Too many outside Adapt a Firewall Role Team can concentrate
distractions within the team. Can be better on work
assigned to Scrum Master External Interfaces need to
adapt to new style
Number of Bugs remain Work and improve Less time during QA
high after every Sprint Definition of Done process, better quality
Delivery
Bugs are discovered Involve QA early, Make Improved development
during Production or Testers part of the cycle,
much later after team Better Customer
delivery Satisfaction
More resources may be
required

13. Guiding Principles
• Eliminate Waste
• People Centric
• Optimize Across Organization