Agile Project Planning and Execution
Project Assignment:
Agile Project Planning and Execution
Case Scenario:
Sam is an international student in the B415 program at George Brown College. He has just
completed week 10 of the first semester and he is not very satisfied with the overall learning
experience compared to his initial expectations from the program. There are many reasons fo
this dissatisfaction. Sam expected to achieve a lot more value from this program than what he is
getting. Being an international student, he is paying a lot of money to get the Canadian
education that he hopes someday will help him get a good job. He has approached the program
coordinator with some of these issues and the program coordinator has asked him to talk to
some of his classmates and form a group to prepare a list of cu
ent issues along with some
potential solutions. Sam, with the help of his friends (you), has identified three
oad areas
(epic/ theme) – physical infrastructure, ancillary services, and student learning experience - that
the college should immediately focus on improving to enhance the overall quality of services
offered to the students. The following work-in-progress list shows the actors and some of the
identified activities that are involved in this overall process.
Relevant Actors and Activity list:
Student:
● Registers for the courses
● Attend classes regularly
● Participate in class discussions
● Complete assignments
● Ask questions to clarify concepts
● Apply for credit transfer (if applicable)
Faculty:
● Prepare cu
iculum and week-by-week content
● Explain weekly content with students
● Prepare assessments
● Share assessments with student
● Facilitate in-class exercises and/or discussion sessions
● Check assignments
● Provide feedback on learning progress
Admin team:
● Assign appropriate faculty for each course
● Develop course schedule
● Assign classroom to respective courses
● Prepare classroom logistics for effective learning
● Process course registration
● Process credit transfer application
Final Project Instructions:
Part A
You, as a part of Sam’s group, will be performing the following tasks.
● Finalize the Activity table and sequence these activities in order for the respective actors.
– 1 mark
● Draw a process map (with distinct swim lanes and at least two decision points) using at
least 15 steps from the activity table. These steps are still work-in-progress as
mentioned and you need to complete the list with any missing activities or actors as you
need. – 2 marks
● Find at least two process enhancement project that can improve one (or many) of the
processes/ sub-processes from the list. Identify the appropriate wastes (based on Lean’s
10 wastes) from the identified processes or activities by any of these actors. - 2 marks
● Create 12 user stories for this project that relates to one of the three improvement areas
in a story card format. Make sure the user stories follow the INVEST guidelines and the
equirements are in a consistent and professional format. – 10 marks
● Prioritize the user stories using the MoSCoW model. – 1 mark
● Use an appropriate estimation technique for the story points estimation. – 1 mark
User Story Card format:
User Story title
As a-
I need-
So that I can-
Epic (Theme/ process)
Priority (MoSCoW)
Definition of Done
Story points
Value points S (Small), M (Medium), L (Large), XL (Extra Large), XXL …
BFTB*
Lean’s 8 wastes impact
* Bang for the Buck
Part B
● Based on the cumulative experience of the group, what aspects of the B415 program
would you like the respective stakeholders or actors to CONTINUE (or KEEP) DOING,
what new activities you want the respective actor(s) to START, STOP, DO MORE, or DO
LESS. – 5 marks.
Activity
Description
START STOP KEEP
DOING
DO
MORE
DO
LESS
Category
Students Physical
infrastructure
Faculty
members
Physical
infrastructure
Admin team Physical
infrastructure
Students Ancillary
Services
Faculty
members
Ancillary
Services
Admin team Ancillary
Services
Students Learning
Experience
Faculty
members
Learning
Experience
Admin team Learning
Experience
Additional Instructions
● Submit your PowerPoint deck (15 marks – content, communication, and analysis)
● Submit the final report (in pdf format). – 25 marks