Day Three

So I went to work, and tried to contain my excitement. I had sent some e-mails to Evan and Dave because I wanted to get their direction on this. I have a way of storming into something and then just expect everyone else will follow. I think what you get from that is a bunch of people with bewildered looks getting frustrated and confused because its hard to follow, or a bunch of people that just stand back and watch because its over their heads. Either way, its never the result you blindly think would happen.

Evan thought it was good, but didn't want me spreading it around the office. This was to be understood because I do this and it directs attention away from other things that are important. He said he would read the book.

Dave thought it was good and it sounds exciting, but that this should be run past Christine, the VP of Operations. She was out. I was busy anyway. Dave suggested I set up a meeting and present this to the team. I agreed. Looks like I'd have to become an expert in this anyway. I explained to Dave that I wanted to use this for EPM since its how I would handle the project anyway. Kind of like a pilot. He thought that would be fine. Just wanted to make sure it fits and that I'm not reworking something that's already been worked. I assured him that it should all fit together nicely.

So I went home that night with the book (I stole it back from Evan) and began making my outline and powerpoint. I e-mailed Mike Cohn and explained my rags to agile situation. I found some presentations he had done. In the end I decided to make my own and run this through my filtration system. I wanted to show how it could be used and integrated. I wanted to give examples of real life scenarios.

One thing I realized that day was this... at work we do use the agile process, but often at the end of projects that have too short time lines (due to scheduling conflicts) or failing projects (these are typically few). The good thing is that our team already uses them and resorts to it. So why haven't we done this yet?