Agile Delivery Framework

Agile Delivery Framework
Assignment 2
You previously created a project charter for your project. Your project sponsor has requested more information about the Agile areas of your project. You have decided to use the Agile Delivery Framework for this project, but your team members are now offshore in India.
Write a 5–6-page paper in which you define the delivery framework of your project. In your paper you must:
1. Develop a project schedule that includes at least four phases and no more than ten tasks under the Agile delivery framework through the use of MS Project or Excel.
i. Note: Submit a screenshot or image file that shows your work. The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
2. Determine the product vision and provide strategies for how to conduct the envisioning practice.
3. Determine the main roles of the Agile project team and explain whether the product manager should be from an IT field or a non-IT related field.
4. Explain how iteration works in this project. Support your rationale.
5. Take a position on whether stories are important in the Agile delivery framework and explain why or why not. Include at least two feature-story examples to support your explanation.
6. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment.
i. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
• Prepare the delivery framework for an Agile project.
Resources:

• The Project Management Institute. 2017. Project Manager Competency Development Framework (3rd ed.). Project Management Institute.
• Project Management Institute. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) — Sixth Edition and Agile Practice Guide. Newtown Square. PA. 2017.
• Doug Rose. 2015. Leading Agile Teams. Project Management Institute.
• Stanley E. Portny. 2017. Project Management For Dummies Cheat Sheet. http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/project-management-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html
• Don Wells. 2013. Extreme Programming: A Gentle Introduction. http://www.extremeprogramming.org/
• Feature Driven Development. No date. http://www.featuredrivendevelopment.com/
• Project Management Institute. No date. http://www.pmi.org/
• Project Management Institute. No date. Student Membership. https://www.pmi.org/membership/student
• Project Management. No date. https://www.projectmanagement.com/
• Bruce Harpham. 2018. Project Managers at Work. Apress.
• Penny Pullan (Ed.). 2013. Business Analysis and Leadership: Influencing Change. Kogan Page.
• Jesse Fewell. 2018. More to Master: There’s No Way Around It: Going Agile Requires New Skills. PM Network, vol. 32, no. 7, p. 23.
• Erika Barden. 2018. What’s Agile Got to Do with It? Seven Key Trends Leaders Need to Know. NZ Business and Management, vol. 32, no 4, pp. 22–25.
• Kate Rockwood. 2018. The Right Tact: As Agile Teams Move at Lightning Speed, They Must Double Down on Emotional Intelligence. PM Network, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 48–53.
• Jesse Fewell. 2018. Restructured Role: PMO Leaders Shouldn’t Fear Agile if They Stay in Tune With the Times. PM Network, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 22.
• Steve Hendershot. 2018. Public Domain: Government Software Teams Are Adopting Agile—and Shedding Bureaucratic Stereotypes. PM Network, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 44–49.
• What’s the One Skill Leaders Need to Be Agile? 2016. AMA Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 10.