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Hybrid Project Management
A how-to guide for leaders of hybrid projects that covers technical and leadership principles across the project delivery spectrum.
Hybrid Project Management offers practical guidance for combining waterfall and adaptive (Agile) project management approaches. This helpful guide includes advice on when to use each approach and how various methods can be combined and customized to meet the needs of projects and stakeholders. A sample case study demonstrates how to apply the concepts described throughout the text.
An exciting new title from bestselling author Cyndi Snyder Dionisio on a top trending topic in the field, sample topics covered in Hybrid Project Management include:
* Variables to consider when choosing a development approach
* Project roles such as sponsors, product owners, project managers, scrum masters, and the project team
* Launching a hybrid project (vision statements and charters) and structuring the project (development approach, delivery cadence, lifecycle, and roadmap)
* Project scope requirements, backlogs, and user stories
* Hybrid scheduling that combines Gantt charts and release plans
* Leadership in a hybrid project, covering servant leadership, bias, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, motivation, and developing high-performing teams
* Managing risk on hybrid projects including estimating reserve and using a risk-adjusted backlog
* Identifying metrics and reports for predictive and adaptive project work, such as burn charts, variance analysis, forecasts, and cumulative flow diagrams
With over fifty percent of projects today being managed using a hybrid approach, Hybrid Project Management serves as an important guide to hybrid project management methods for project management professionals and academia. It is an invaluable resource for understanding the approach and effectively implementing it for better outcomes.
List of contents
Acknowledgmentsxii
Introduction xiii
1 Introducing Project Management 1
The Spectrum of Development Approaches 2
Waterfall 3
Iterative 4
Incremental 6
Agile 8
Hybrid Project Management and Development Approaches 9
Summary 11
Key Terms 11
2 Choosing a Development Approach 12
Product Variables 12
Innovation 13
Scope Stability 13
Requirements Certainty 14
Ease of Change 14
Risk 15
Criticality 15
Safety 16
Regulatory 16
Project Variables 16
Stakeholders 17
Delivery Options 17
Funding Availability 18
Organization Variables 18
Structure 18
Culture 19
Project Team 19
Experience and Commitment 20
Development Approach Evaluation Tool 21
Product Variables 21
Project Variables 22
Organizational Variables 23
Creating a Visual Display of The Variables 24
Summary 25
Key Terms 25
3 Project Roles 26
Project Sponsor 26
Initiating Projects 27
Up- Front Planning 27
Monitoring Progress 28
Supporting the Project Manager 28
Project Manager 29
Leadership Skills 29
Management Skills 30
Product Owner 31
Product Functions 31
People Activities 32
Scrum Master 32
Facilitation 32
Support 33
The Team 33
Generalizing Specialists 34
Hybrid Options 35
Summary 36
Key Terms 36
4 Launching a Hybrid Project 37
Vision Statements 38
Organizations' Vision Statements 38
Project Vision Statements 39
Project Charter 40
Case Study 42
Background 42
Case Study Vision Statement 42
Case Study Charter 43
Assumptions and Constraints 46
Summary 47
Key Terms 47
5 Hybrid Project Planning and Structure 48
Planning Fundamentals 49
Progressive Elaboration and Rolling Wave Planning 49
Competing Demands 50
The Project Management Plan 51
Subsidiary Plans 51
Tailoring the Project Management Plan for Hybrid Projects 53
Project Life Cycles 54
Key Reviews 57
Project Management Plan for a Hybrid Project 58
Development Approach 58
Life Cycle 60
Subsidiary Plans 62
Key Reviews 63
Roadmap 63
Summary 64
Key Terms 65
6 Defining Scope in Hybrid Projects 66
Planning for Scope with a Scope Management Plan 66
Elaborating Scope with a Scope Statement 69
Narrative Description 69
Deliverables 70
Out of Scope 72
Organizing Scope with a Work Breakdown Structure 72
WBS Levels 72
Work Packages, Planning Packages, and Control Accounts 74
Steps to Create a WBS 76
Getting into the Detail with A WBS Dictionary 76
Working with Requirements 76
Elicitation 78
Prioritization 79
Documenting Requirements 81
Prioritizing Scope with a Backlog 83
Summary 84
Key Terms 84
7 Building a Predictive Schedule 85
Organizing with a Schedule Management Plan 85
Predictive Scheduling 88
Identify Tasks 88
Sequence Tasks 89
Assign Team Member
About the author
CYNTHIA SNYDER DIONISIO, PMP, MBA is a well-known consultant with over 25 years of experience in project management. She has authored a dozen books related to project management. She is the Project, Program and Portfolio Management Lead at the International Institute for Learning.
Summary
Hybrid Project Management
A how-to guide for leaders of hybrid projects that covers technical and leadership principles across the project delivery spectrum.
Hybrid Project Management offers practical guidance for combining waterfall and adaptive (Agile) project management approaches. This helpful guide includes advice on when to use each approach and how various methods can be combined and customized to meet the needs of projects and stakeholders. A sample case study demonstrates how to apply the concepts described throughout the text.
An exciting new title from bestselling author Cyndi Snyder Dionisio on a top trending topic in the field, sample topics covered in Hybrid Project Management include:
* Variables to consider when choosing a development approach
* Project roles such as sponsors, product owners, project managers, scrum masters, and the project team
* Launching a hybrid project (vision statements and charters) and structuring the project (development approach, delivery cadence, lifecycle, and roadmap)
* Project scope requirements, backlogs, and user stories
* Hybrid scheduling that combines Gantt charts and release plans
* Leadership in a hybrid project, covering servant leadership, bias, critical thinking, emotional intelligence, motivation, and developing high-performing teams
* Managing risk on hybrid projects including estimating reserve and using a risk-adjusted backlog
* Identifying metrics and reports for predictive and adaptive project work, such as burn charts, variance analysis, forecasts, and cumulative flow diagrams
With over fifty percent of projects today being managed using a hybrid approach, Hybrid Project Management serves as an important guide to hybrid project management methods for project management professionals and academia. It is an invaluable resource for understanding the approach and effectively implementing it for better outcomes.
