tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294880416142264316.post2771250147166248237..comments2021-07-20T03:34:18.702-04:00Comments on b-Speaking: But the Business Doesn't Care How Successful IT Works!Gabino Roche, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06469491664507841290noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294880416142264316.post-86053307964324697242010-02-16T16:33:23.050-05:002010-02-16T16:33:23.050-05:00Gabino
In the example that I want to explore the ...Gabino<br /><br />In the example that I want to explore the resistance was from the head of information security with a political agenda and no mandate. He tried to use this project as a lever and trashing my approach was one way to generate a voice and "credibility".<br /><br />He objected to agile in principle because it was unstructured, undisciplined and there was no project control! As this was a new concept to the company(management and IT) there was nobody knowledgeable to back me up in rebutting the statement. I managed to maintain my point but with the need to change his perspective. I achieved this with a direct approach pointing out his ignorance on the subject (which went down badly) and challenged him to inform himself and prove me wrong. I used this approach based on the personality I was dealing with. It took some time but working together he eventually conceded that he did not know enough to have made the statements he did and agreed that an agile approach was in fact the correct one. By this time the project was underway but it did not follow traditional agile lines, morphing rather into a loose iterative approach supported by both IT and management without either having to commit to an agile methodology.<br /><br />In principle the business did buy into the following:<br />- iterative approach<br />- self managing teams (with difficulty).<br /><br />I produced cost and budget estimates using story points and velocity but this was not transparent.<br /><br />For this company an agile approach to both project management and IT development was badly needed given time and budget constraints across all projects but the company lacked a practitioner and my time as a consultant was too limited. The head of information security was not that person even though ultimately convinced.<br /><br />BrianAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15117712898371151771noreply@blogger.com