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how do you teach the client
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Background:I work in the Federal Sector for a very large agency.  I'm the project manager for the web team that develops and maintains the entire agencies web presence (internal, external and hr);…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Simon Kiteley Jun 17, 2010.

 

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Dave Hopkins replied to Dave Hopkins's discussion 'how do you teach the client'
That's right were we live. Somewhere between Agile and Waterfall.. teetering back and forth, leaning to one side or the other based on whether or not the client is in today.. More to come!
May 6, 2010
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Radha Israni replied to Dave Hopkins's discussion 'how do you teach the client'
Well then you can choose your priority! Do you want(as a contractor) to get your time sheets signed in time and a referenceable customer or do you want to loose focus from the project/SCRUM and get embroiled in massive change management issues…
May 6, 2010
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Dave Hopkins replied to Dave Hopkins's discussion 'how do you teach the client'
Too funny.. At this point, this is exactly what we do. We limit the number of features, and typically have to forgo any serious testing cycles. We still test at the end of each story and again at the end of each sprint, but those are mostly Peer…
May 6, 2010
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Radha Israni replied to Dave Hopkins's discussion 'how do you teach the client'
I can totally understand your dilemma when you say you are trying to do what you with the Fed! In general I have had terrible experiences implementing SCRUM in public sector projects(in my past life as a consultant-I now work for an in-house…
May 6, 2010
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Dave Hopkins replied to Dave Hopkins's discussion 'how do you teach the client'
Radha, Thanks for the insight. As you suspected I have a fair bit of clout with regards to the team, but when it comes to the client I can only recommend. I do however have a pretty stern "I recommend" voice that I use ... Sometimes that…
May 6, 2010
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Radha Israni replied to Dave Hopkins's discussion 'how do you teach the client'
It all depends upon how much clout you have? From the looks of the background information you have provided I presume you have some authority in terms of process adoption? Given that the client wants the 'what' but have you got any say in…
Apr 29, 2010
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how do you teach the client

Background:I work in the Federal Sector for a very large agency.  I'm the project manager for the web team that develops and maintains the entire agencies web presence (internal, external and hr); hundreds of thousands of pages.  My team has for the last umpteen years been the sole design and content team for the entire web offering.Scenario:We've recently been tasked with developing several high visibility and complex web based applications.  These apps are agency wide, very high profile (one…See More
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