Project management: from Stone Age to DevOps - TopConf Tallinn 2017

Project Management: from Stone Age to DevOps

Antonio Cobo OpenCredo

Who am I?

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• Java developer 2000-2007

• Technical project manager 2007-2015

• Senior Agile Delivery Consultant 2015-present

What is the accent?

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Wow! That was fast!

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DevOps movement is gradually changing IT organisations

Project managers are often forgotten on any IT change

Are project managers ready to change?

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Agenda

1. Project Management Archaeology: Stone Age 2. Project Management Archaeology: Renaissance 3. Project Management in the DevOps Era 4. Wrapping up

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1. Project Management Archaeology: Stone Age

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Waterfall

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Why waterfall?

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Project managers in the Stone Age

● Gannt charts ● Planning ● Prioritising tasks ● Assigning tasks ● Generating reports ● Checking budget

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Project manager - Developer interaction

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● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)

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● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)● Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding

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● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)● Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding● Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues

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● Conversation rather than argument (or not even listening)● Willing to work with the Devs rather than giving tasks without understanding● Searching to improve rather than blaming others for issues● Team culture rather than going home leaving the Devs working

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Bad estimation techniques

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Ops in the Stone Age

Yes, when project is finished they will support the software

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Ops in the Stone Age

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Delivery in the Stone Age

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2. Project Management Archaeology: Renaissance

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“I want to stay in the Stone Age!”

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Project managers in the Renaissance

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Better estimation —> Shared understanding

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Communication

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Where is the Ops Team in the Renaissance?

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Delivery in the Renaissance

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3. Project Management in the DevOps Era

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Delivery in the DevOps Era

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#noprojectshttps://www.infoq.com/articles/kelly-beyond-projects

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PROJECT MANAGER

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PROJECT MANAGER

DELIVERY ENABLER

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Delivery enablers in the DevOps Era

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● Nurturing continuous improvement mindset

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● Raise awareness of risks

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● Facilitate coordination between the different teams to mitigate the risks

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● Facilitate coordination between the different teams to mitigate the risks

● Advocating CI/CD culture for better impediment removal

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● Facilitate communication: within the team and outside the team

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● Make sure the sponsor's time is used in the best way

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● Bridging communication between the sponsor and the team

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● Bridging communication between the sponsor and the team

● Team culture, because the delivery enabler is now PART OF THE TEAM!

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How did I manage to be part of the team?

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Be human again!

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4. Wrapping up

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I WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!Thanks to all the @OpenCredo team for inspiration

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Antonio Cobo @Mind_of_AC

OpenCredo [email protected]

Project management: from Stone Age to DevOps - TopConf Tallinn 2017

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