These slides were presented during the TOBIUS PPM day on March 27th 2014. The goal was to initiate a discussion about resource management and increasing people utilization by assigning them to different projects during the same timeframe. It's based on: http://tastycupcakes.org/2013/11/three-projects-three-experiments/.
One of the suggestions that came out of the team is based on an article by Mitch Lacey : Team Consultants. https://www.mitchlacey.com/blog/structuring-the-team-in-scrum-agile-projects
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Context Switching - The state of mind when doing several projects at once
1. Context Switching
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The state of mind when doing multiple projects
at the same time
2. Workshop – YOUR ideas matter
• Planned time : 60’
• Exercice
• Brainstorming
• Actions
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5. •Project I - 1, 2, 3, 4, … 30
•Project II - a, b, c, d, … z
•Project III - 2, 4, 6, 8, … 56
Let’s do this !
6. •Project I - Estimation vs Actuals
•Project II - Estimation vs Actuals
•Project III - Estimation vs Actuals
Evaluation
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8. •Project I - 1, 2, 3, 4, … 30
•Project II - a, b, c, d, … z
•Project III - 2, 4, 6, 8, … 56
More customers
More projects
9. •Project I - Estimation vs Actuals
•Project II - Estimation vs Actuals
•Project III - Estimation vs Actuals
Evaluation
20. References
• Three Projects, Three Experiments - http://tastycupcakes.org
• The Science behind high performance teams – http://agilescout.com
• 24 Common pitfalls of Scrum - http://www.agileadvice.com
• Team Consultants – https://www.mitchlacey.com
21. TOBIUS nv
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Romeinsesteenweg 564, bus 4 • B-1853 Strombeek-Bever
www.tobius.be • info@tobius.be
Notes de l'éditeur
Starting my new company. I’ll need some qualified people to help me realise my projects. I’ll need a team of six people and someone to handle the timesheets.
Thanks, we have a winning team here. I’ll now present you with my projects.[Based on Three Projects, Three Experiments on TastyCupcakes.org/Original exercise by Peter Saddington]
Those are the projects I’d like you to work on. Can you please estimate the time it will take you to complete each project?
Ensure you track total time as well!
How did that feel?
Now, I’ll start switching projects. When you switch, pick the next project where it was left. E.g. 1, 2, 3, [switch] a, b, c, [switch] 2, 4, 6, [switch] 4, 5,…-> Note to speaker: Don’t switch too often at the start!
Compare total run time of 3 projects with the first one
How did THAT feel?
During the project, there’s only one person working while the others are watching, let’s change this! I’ll increase people utilization!
In addition to the 3 projects, you’ll now have to throw a ball to each other (not to your direct neighbour) and one person is responsible for tracking the counts. I personally didn’t set a limit, but they had to count the number of times the ball was thrown.