DSA* envisioned to be a market leader in the financial sector. The IT team was tasked with several digital transformation projects with clear deadlines and budgets. However, several projects of the delivery team struggled heavily due to unclear and ever-changing scope from the customer side, contractual limitations from the vendor side, estimation challenges and lack of clear progress tracking. The PM team could soon see itself losing its reputation amongst the various stakeholders despite trying to put best efforts.
A review of the projects and practices revealed use of incorrect PM methodologies. Several of these projects were much suited to a Scrum based delivery environment. The team was trained on the Fundamentals of Scrum based Project Management including identifying the right PM methodology for projects, Scrum Roles, Artefacts – Agile Project Charter, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increments, Estimates, Burn up and Burn down charts, Velocity tracking, User stories, and Scrum Events like Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective among others across relevant phases of the project lifecycle.
The team approached the projects through a Scrum framework and soon discovered the process of developing better user stories, planning in sprints, incorporating regular feedback and quickly coming up with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
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