Agile Strategy ManagementTechniques for Continuous Alignment and Improvement By Soren Lyngso

Table of Contents

Introduction
Knowledge Sharing
Synchronization
     The Importance of Synchronization
Why our Methods
     Agile Strategy Quality Management
     Quality Management Objects
Strategy and Strategic Initiatives
     The Strategy
     The Strategic Initiatives
Agile Principles
Scope Establishment
Stakeholder Identification
     The Balder Case
     The Private Bank Case
     The DANCOIN Cash Card Case
Agile Team-Building
     No Excuse for Failure Principle
     Simulated Accept-Testing
Assessment and Recovery of Projects in Trouble
     Medical Factory Implementation
     Complete Swap of All IT Systems in a Private Bank
Strategy Quality and Successful Strategy
     Strategy Quality and People
     Strategy Quality and Risk
     Strategy Quality and Leadership
Lessons Learned

Team Building for a Strategic Initiative
Get a Strategic Initiative Off To a Good Start
     The Sponsor Role
     The Coach/Facilitator Role
     The Unknown Unknowns
     Stakeholder Identification
Key-Stakeholder Selection Examples
     A Merged ICT Consulting Enterprise Project Management Improvement
          Initial Problems and Needs
          Sponsor and Strategy Governance Team Member Selection
          Strategy Governance Team Members
     Web Catalog Factory (WCAT) Order Management Improvement
          Initial Problems and Needs
          Sponsor and Strategy Governance Team Member Selection
          Strategy Governance Team Members
     Private Bank Information Systems Swap
          Initial Problems and Needs
          Sponsor and Strategy Governance Team Member Selection
          Strategy Governance Team Members
Organizations for Strategic Initiative Support
     The Project Office
     The Program Office
Team Types for Strategic Initiatives
     The Strategy Governance Team
     Strategy Governance Team Members
     The Process Quality Assurance Team
     PQA Team Members
     The Process Governance Team
     The Process Governance Team Members
     The Workgroup Team
     Workgroup Team Members
     Cross Team Membership Value
The No Excuse for Failure Principle
The War Room
     The Private Bank Solution Swap War Room (Figure 2.8)
          Initial Situation
Sponsor and Key-Stakeholder Risk
Lessons Learned

Strategy Process Quality Management
Strategy Quality Management
Strategy Quality Objects
     Strategy Quality Object Attributes
SQM Facilitation and Initiation
The PQA Method
     PQA for Destructive Conflict Prevention and Stakeholder Motivation
     The PQA Teams and the Cascading PQA Processes
Prepare the PQA Workshop War Room
     Running a One-Day PQA Workshop
     Running a Two-Day PQA Workshop
Prepare the PQA Team for PQA and PQA Workshop
The PQA Process and Workshop Introduction
     PQA and PQA Workshop Introduction Examples
The PQA Workshop
     The PowerPoint-Based PQA Team PQA Introduction
     Question and Answer Session
     Definition of Personal Visions and Missions
     Definition of Success Factors with Quality Control
Definition of Critical Success Factors
     The PQA Matrix with Activity Definition
     PQA Activity Description and Assignment of an Activity Manager
     PQA Workshop Review Planning in the PQA Workshop
The Activity Description Production
     The Activity Description Preparation
     The Activity Description Guideline
     Activity Description Example
The PQA Reviews
     The Basic Activity Description Review Workshop
     The Risk Management Based Review Workshop and the Risk List
     The Strategic Initiative Planning Workshop and the Project Schedule
The WCAT Case Study
     Activity Description Examples
The Banking Information System Swap Case
     The PQA Non-Standard PQA Process
     The Non-Standard PQA Activity Description Meeting
     Complications from Not Following Standard PQA
     What We Could Have Done Better
The Military Healthcare Information System Case
     Strategy Governance Team PQA Introduction
     Strategy Governance Team PQA Workshop Result
     Activity Description for FOSIS Implementation
Lessons Learned
Document Examples
     PQA Introduction to Participants (Appendix A)
     PQA Workshop PowerPoint Intro (Appendix B)
     PQA Workshop Result Example (Appendix C)

Solution Provider Procurement
Bank Information System Swap Risk
     Procurement Risk Mitigation
Bank Case Procurement Risk Response
The Requirements Specification
Solicitation for Competent Contractors
     The Solicitation Process
     Commitment of Internal Workpackage Workgroups
The Call for Tender
     The Workpackage Workflow Documentation
The Tender Material
     The Workpackages for Contracting
     The Framework Agreement
     The Framework Agreement Consultative Service Agreement
     The Framework Agreement Statement of Confidentiality
     Escrow Clause
Choice of Solution Providers
     Core-Banking COTS Setup Proposals
Lessons Learned
Document Examples
     Framework Agreement (Appendix D)
     Consultative Service Agreement (Appendix E)
     Statement of Confidentiality (Appendix F)

Strategy Implementation
The Coffee Bean Strategy Implementation Methods
     Implementation
     Development
     Quality and Project Management
     Simulated Accept-Testing
The Information Requirements Study
     Workflow-Based or Consolidated Report-Based IRS Documentation
     The IRS Organization
     The IRS Process to Produce the IRS Consolidated Report
     IRS Process Duration Estimation
     IRS Participant Motivation
     IRS Section Interviews
     Manager Interviews
     IRS Report Consolidation
     PQA Closing Out IRS
     The IRS Consolidated Report
The Object Lifecycle Analysis
     Matrix Usage
     Diagram Usage
IRS Case Studies
     The Defense Healthcare IRS Consolidated Report
     The Private Bank Sectional Report
Solution Design and Development
     Design Documentation
     Training Documentation
     User Guide Documentation
Simulated Accept-Testing
     Test Model Handling
     Test Result Documentation
Final Accept-Testing and Sign Off
Solution Operation Kick-Off
Lessons Learned
Document Examples
     IRS Intro to Participants (Appendix G)
     OLA PowerPoint Intro for IRS Consolidation (Appendix H)
     IRS OLA Consolidation Intro (Appendix I)
     IRS Section Report Example (Appendix J)

Strategy Governance
Negotiation
Estimation and Forecasting
     Monte Carlo Simulated Forecasting
Strategic Initiative Key Performance Indicators
     Classic Strategic Initiative KPI
     Agile KPI
     Solution Quality Evaluation
The Compound Expected Value
Communication
     Workgroup Manager Communication Management
     Governance Team Communication
     Project Office Communication Support
     Program Office Governance Team Communication Support
Lessons Learned

Agile Strategic Management Recap
Stakeholder Involvement
Agile Team Building for Strategic Initiatives
     Sponsor and Coach/Facilitator Roles
     Teams for Agile Strategic Initiative Governance and Management
     The "No Excuse for Failure" Principle
Strategy Process Quality Assurance
     Other Strategy Quality Management Tools
Solution Provider Procurement
     Procurement Lessons Learned
Strategy Implementation
     The Coffee Bean Methods
Strategy Governance
     Negotiation
     Estimation and Forecasting
     Strategic Initiative Key Performance Indicators
     Communication
Appendix A: Luxembourg Process Quality Assurance of Enterprise Management Implementation Project
Appendix B: WCAT Order Management Improvement Planning
Appendix C: Delivery of Consultative Services Framework Agreement between Bank and Solution Provider Contract no. 999
Consultative Services Agreement under Delivery of Consultative Services Framework Agreement 999 between Bank and Solution Provider
Appendix G: Introduction to Participants in Information Requirements Study
FOSIS Information Requirements Study OLA Consolidated Report Extract with Summary and Conclusion 2013
Order Handling IRS Section