Re: Completely new to Agile Dev principles, and it sure feels like I'm in over my head right now...

Scott,

You've gotten some good advice. I'll add one more suggestion.

Find some meaningful way of measuring progress. In this case, I'd want=20
to measure the ability to use the migrated data. If you can figure out=20
the ways in which it's currently being used, you can track progress by=20
which of those ways can be successfully used on the migrated database.=20
This will give you a clear view of the progress in a way that's less=20
likely to hide undoneness. It might also give you some good ideas on how=20
to chunk the work for taking smaller steps and setting priorities.

  - George

On 9/20/17 4:19 PM, [email protected] [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT] wrote:
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> Hi, Scott here.=C2=A0 I work remotely (strike 1 against Agile Dev) as a n=
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> christened Project Manager for a software company that uses a=20
> combination of onsite and offshore assets (strike 2) in their workflow=20
> as a matter of process.
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> The project I was handed as my first effort in this role is an enormous=20
> (strike 3) database migration, where the client insisted we employ Agile=
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> Dev principles because they wanted tangible deliverables to be delivered=
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> regularly (which would be reasonable if not for the scope of the project)=
.
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> I knew, when I saw the scope of this project, that Agile was not going=20
> to work, so I've been doing my best to adapt at least some of the=20
> principles to improve workflow and engagement.
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> So now I'm neck-deep in it, and I'm taking fire from all directions.=20=20
> Trying to teach the offshore team about Agile principles and my need for=
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> them to be creatively involved in the project instead of just waiting=20
> for me to tell them exactly what to do and how to do it is an exercise=20
> in futility thanks to language and culture barriers.=C2=A0 Even the clien=
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> side is driving me nuts.=C2=A0 The communication is so poor, my primary=20
> contact on the client side is telling me that my burndown chart tells=20
> him that my team is falling behind because the actual tickets remaining=20
> line is below the projected line (!!!!!)
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> I'm at my wit's end here.=C2=A0 Advise would be great.=C2=A0 And yes, I k=
now, send=20
> out resumes is good advice, but that's really not an option at this=20
> point.=C2=A0 I have to figure out how to keep this whole thing from crash=
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> and burning.
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   Software Development                    http://www.idiacomputing.com
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