Lead Global Digital Projects

Course introduction (day 1) 
Slides:

Class Discussion (day 1 & day 2) – Intro to Product Management Slides:

Readings (day 2):
https://hbr.org/2017/12/what-it-takes-to-become-a-great-product-manager
https://www.productplan.com/what-is-product-development/

Videos (day 2):
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/becoming-a-product-manager/what-is-a-product-manager?u=2206009 (Chapter 1: Introduction to Product Management, about 30 min)
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/becoming-a-product-manager/what-is-customer-development?u=2206009 (Chapter 5: Customer Development, only the first 3 sub chapters, about 20 min)

Tuesday September 5th: Quiz #1 on canvas during class (10 minutes: week 2 readings & web research)

Class Discussion (day 1) – Intro to Agile Product Management
Slides:

Readings (day 1):
https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3237508/what-is-agile-methodology-modern-software-development-explained.html
http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/software-technology/difference-between-agile-and-waterfal/

Web Research (day 1):

• What are the “Agile Principles”?
• What is the “Agile Manifesto”?
• What is a “stakeholder”?
• What is a stakeholder register?

Change Leadership (day 1)
– After reading the introduction chapter, The Heart of Change, come to class prepared to compare and contrast the difference in the techniques and the relative strengths/weaknesses of See-Feel-Change vs. Analysis-Think-Change.
– Come to class prepared to discuss at a very high level the eight steps of successful large-scale change.

Video (day 1)
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/enterprise-agile-changing-your-culture/welcome?u=2206009  Section 3 “Making the Change”, “trying the Kotter approach (3 minutes 28 seconds)” and being fearless (4m 20 seconds)”.

First Client Interview on Thursday September 7 (day 2) – class is online (see zoom folder on canvas for link)

Teams are due by 11:59 pm on Sept 5

Class Discussion (day 1) – Introduction to Scrum
Slides:

Readings (day 1):
https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum
https://www.scrum-institute.org/Scrum_Roles_The_Scrum_Team.php
https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/product-owner-roles-and-responsibilities
https://www.knowledgehut.com/tutorials/scrum-tutorial/scrum-framework

Web Research (day 1):

• What are the SCRUM Values?
• What is the “Tuckman Model” of team development?
• What are the advantages of a Scrum Team?

Studio Day (day 2): Research the Agile Product Management Software and create your Scorecard

Quiz #2 on Sept 12

Class Discussion (day 1) – SCRUM Framework
Slides:

Readings (day 1):
https://agilevelocity.com/agile-tools/story-mapping-101/
https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/10-tips-product-owners-product-backlog-management

Web Research (day 1)

• What is a product vision in Agile/Scrum?
• What are the different methods of Agile Estimation?

Video (day 1)
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/scrum-the-basics/set-the-vision-for-your-project?u=2206009 (Chapter 3: Getting ready to work, about 20 min)

Change Management: (day 2)
Kotter – Chapter 1 : Increase Urgency
– Getting the Boss’ Approval
– The Videotape of the Angry Customer
– When Alligators are Nipping at Your Heels
– Gloves on the Boardroom Table
– The CEO Portrait Gallery

• Prepare a brief PowerPoint presentation (2-5 slides) for your 3 favorite short stories. The first slide will “tell the story”. The following slide(s) will include key lessons learned the reader should take away from the case and how it relates to your current project.

Students will be selected at random to lead the class discussion on one of these short stories and will use this slide deck to add structure to their discussion.

Studio Day (day 2): Simulation Introduction / Run #1

Slides:

Assignment #1 due by EOD Sept 19

Purchase your HBR simulation course pack  by EOD  Sept 19

Submit your Simulation Screenshot by EOD Sept 24

Week 5 slides:

Simulation Debrief (day 2) slides:

Studio Day (day 2):

• Create your stakeholder register
• Create your DoD (Definition of Done)
• If you decide not to use WordPress, research & select your web development platform
• Select your relative estimation technique

Studio Day (day 1) – Product Vision and Story MAP In Class Activity
File to use for ICA:

Kotter – Chapter 2 (day 2): Build the Guiding Team
– The Blues versus the Greens
– The New and More Diverse Team
– General Mollo and I were Floating in the Water
– Meetings Down Under

• Prepare a brief PowerPoint presentation (2-5 slides) for your 3 favorite short stories. The first slide will “tell the story”. The following slide(s) will include key lessons learned the reader should take away from the case and how it relates to your current project.

Students will be selected at random to lead the class discussion on one of these short stories and will use this slide deck to add structure to their discussion.

Studio Day (day 2)
– Create your Product Vision & Story MAP (part 1 of Assignment 2)

Review for Exam 1 (day 2)
Slides:

Submit your ICA by EOD  Oct 3

Studio Day (day 1)
– Create your Product Backlog for your project (part 2 of Assignment 2)

Second Assignment due by EOD October 15

Exam 1 (day 2): Thursday October 12, week 1-7 material

Assignment #2 due by EOD October 15

Class Discussion (day 1) – SCRUM Events
Slides:

Readings (day 1): https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#events

Videos (day 1):Scrum Events: Chapter 3: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/cert-prep-scrum-master/scrum-events-overview?u=2206009 (about 20 min)Studio day (day 1):

• Start your first sprint today!
• Pull stories from your Product backlog

Class discussion “Managing Conflict” and Studio day (day 2):

Web Research (day 2):

• What is a spike story?
• Is conflict within your project a good thing or a bad thing?
• What are the pros/cons of the following 5 conflict handling modes:
  1 – Compromise
  2 – Smoothing
  3 – Forcing
  4 – Withdrawal
  5- Collaboration

Studio Day (Day 2):

• Draft your Product Roadmap for the semester
• Continue working on your digital products (Sprint 1 continuing)

Video (day 1):
Agile at work reporting  (the entire course: about 30 min)

Answer the following questions (from the video/web research):

• What is a burndown chart in Agile/Scrum?
• What are the 2 type of burndown charts? explain the difference

Class discussion (day 1):

• Stand up 3 Teams
• Class Discussion: Reporting with Agile Charts

Studio day (Day 1):

• Continue working on your first sprint
• Start working on your client presentation (sprint review)

Stand up 3 Teams & Change Leadership (day 2)

Kotter – Chapter 3: Get the Vision Right (day 2)
– Painting Pictures of the Future
– Cost Versus Service
– The Plane Will Not Move!
– The Body in the Living Room

Studio day (Day 2):

• Complete your first sprint
• Finish your client presentation (sprint review)

Third Assignment due by October 29

Client feedback session on Tuesday October 31 – Day 1 (Sprint Review Presentations, i.e. Assignment #3) – class is online (see zoom folder on canvas for link)

Studio Day (day 2):

1. Refine your product backlog: update your estimation to hours or points, add or delete stories, update per the feedback you received in your second assignment
2. Plan your Sprint #2
3. Create your Sprint Burn Down Chart for your Sprint #2
4. Start Working on your Sprint #2

Week 11 slides:

Stand up 2 Teams & Change Leadership (day 1)

Kotter – Chapter 4: Communicate for Buy-In (day 1)
– Preparing for Q&A
– My Portal
– Nuking the Executive Floor
– The Screen Saver

Risk Management (day 1)

Web Research (day 1):

• What is the difference between “known risks” and “unknown risks”?
• What is “Qualitative Risk Analysis”?
• What is “Quantitative Risk Analysis”?

Studio Day (day 1)
– Continue working on your Sprint #2

Kotter – Chapter 5 : Empower Action (day 2)
– Retooling the Boss
– The Worldwide Competition
– I Survived, So You Can To-
– Making Movies on the Factory Floor
– Harold and Lidia

Studio Day (day 2)

– Update your Sprint #2 burndown chart with your actual so far and submit on canvas by EOD
– Create your Risk Register – this will be one of your project deliverable
Template: Risk Register Format
– Create a snapshot of your Scrum board (as of this week) – this will be one of your project deliverable
– Complete Sprint #2 / work on your deliverables

Quiz #4 on November 7

Submit your draft Sprint Burn Down Chart by EOD November 9

Nov 14 & 16

NO CLASS ON NOV 16

Change Leadership (day 1)
Kotter – Chapter 6: Create Short-Term Wins
– The List on the Bulletin Boards
– Creating the New Navy
– The Senator Owned a Trucking Company
– Hoopla

Studio Day (day 1)
– Create your Sprint Retrospective
– Work on your deliverables

Studio Day (day 2) – No class – student work on their  simulation
– Simulation #2
– Simulation Report (Assignment #4) Due by EOD Nov 26

Slides:

Change Leadership (day 1)
Kotter – Chapter 7: Don’t Let Up
– PE Ratios
– The Merchant of Fear
– Reducing Twenty-Five Pages to Two
– The Street

Change Leadership (day 1)
Kotter – Chapter 8: Make Change Stick
– The Boss Went to Switzerland
– The Path to the Patient
– Promoting the Thirty-Something
– The Home Mortgage

Review for Exam 2 (day 1)

Exam 2 on Thursday November 30: week 8-13 material

Quiz #5 on November 28

Exam 2 on Nov 30

Client final presentations on December 5 & 7 (day 1 & day 2) – class is online (see zoom folder on canvas for link)

Slides:

Team feedback due by EOD day December 8

Complete SFF by EOD 12

Optional: Pro points submission due by EOD December 15