Imposing a traditional gating and governance approach on an Agile project can eliminate the advantages that Agile delivery methods offer. Make sure to rework your traditional project gating and governance approach to be Agile friendly.
Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
This deck is a guide to creating your own Agile-friendly project gating and governance approach using Info-Tech’s Agile Gating Framework.
Modify Info-Tech’s Gates 3 and 3A Checklists to meet your organization’s needs, and then use them to determine when Agile projects are ready to enter and exit the RRVC phase.
Modify Info-Tech’s Agilometer to meet your organization’s needs, and then use it to determine the level of support and oversight the project will need.
Modify Info-Tech’s Agile Project Status Report to meet your organization’s needs, and then use it to monitor in-flight Agile projects.
Use Info-Tech’s Project Burndown Chart to monitor the progress of your in-flight Agile projects.
Use Info-Tech’s Traditional to Agile Gating Artifact Mapping tool to modify your gating artifacts for Agile projects.
Phase 1: Establish Your Gating and Governance Purpose
Phase 2: Understand and Adapt Info-Tech’s Agile Gating Framework
Most project gating and governance approaches are designed for traditional (Waterfall) delivery methods. However, Agile delivery methods call for a different way of working that doesn’t align well with these approaches.
Applying traditional project gating and governance to Agile projects is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Not only will it make Agile project delivery less efficient, but in the extreme, it can lead to outright project failure and even derail your organization’s Agile transformation.
If you want Agile to successfully take root in your organization, be prepared to rethink your current gating and governance practices. This document presents a framework that you can use to rework your approach to provide both effective oversight and support for your Agile projects.
Alex Ciraco
Principal Research Director, Application Delivery and Management Info-Tech Research Group |
Your Challenge
|
Common Obstacles
|
Info-Tech’s Approach
|
Imposing a traditional governance approach on an Agile project can eliminate the advantages that Agile delivery methods offer. Make sure to rework your project gating and governance approach to be Agile friendly.
1. Establish Your Gating and Governance Purpose | 2. Understand and Adapt Info-Tech’s Agile Gating Framework | 3. Complete your Agile Gating Framework | |
Phase Steps |
1.1 Understand How We Gate and Govern Projects 1.2 Compare Traditional to Agile Delivery 1.3 Realize What Traditional Gating Looks Like and Why |
2.1 Understand How Agile Manages Risk and Ensures Value Delivery 2.2 Introducing Info-Tech’s Agile Gating Framework 2.3 Create Your Agilometer 2.4 Create an Agile-Friendly Project Status Report 2.5 Select Your Agile Health Check Tool |
3.1 Map Your Traditional Gating Artifacts to Agile Delivery 3.2 Determine Your Now, Next, Later Roadmap for Implementation |
Phase Outcomes |
|
|
|
Agilometer ToolCreate your customized Agilometer tool to determine project support and oversight needs. |
Gates 3 and 3A ChecklistsCreate your customized checklists for projects at Gates 3 and 3A. |
||
Agile-Friendly Project Status ReportCreate your Agile-friendly project status report to monitor progress. |
Artifact Mapping ToolMap your traditional gating artifacts to their Agile replacements. |
Phase 1 1.1 Understand How We Gate and Govern Projects 1.2 Compare Traditional to Agile Delivery 1.3 Realize What Traditional Gating Looks Like And Why | Phase 2 2.1 Understand How Agile Manages Risk and Ensures Value Delivery 2.2 Introducing Info-Tech’s Agile Gating Framework 2.3 Create Your Agilometer 2.4 Create Your Agile-Friendly Project Status Report 2.5 Select Your Agile Health Check Tool | Phase 3 3.1 Map Your Traditional Gating Artifacts to Agile Delivery 3.2 Determine Your Now, Next, Later Roadmap for Implementation |
73% of organizations created their project gating framework before adopting or considering Agile delivery practices. (Athens Journal of Technology and Engineering)
71% of survey respondents felt an Agile-friendly gating approach improves both productivity and product quality. (Athens Journal of Technology and Engineering) |
Moving to an Agile-friendly gating approach has many benefits:
|
|
Don’t make the mistake of asking an Agile project to follow a traditional phase-gate approach to project delivery! |
Before reworking your gating approach, you need to consider two important questionsAnswering these questions will help guide your new gating process to both be Agile friendly and meet your organization’s needs
|
|