GRAD-695 Final Presentation.pptx - COMMUNICATION IN AGILE...

COMMUNICATION
IN AGILE TEAMS
BY PRAGUN SHARMA

OVERVIEW OF GRAD 695 RESEARCH
• What is Communication?
• What is an Agile Team?
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Contribution to Project Management
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Connects information and data between team members, managers,
and higher management

PROBLEM STATEMENT
• Communication problems
• Off-shore and in the same time zone
• Company Hierarchy
• Inaccurate or wrongful data/messages being
passed = CORE
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Not aware of the correct channel of
communication
• Problems lead to Unhappy Clients

LITERATURE REVIEW
• Communication issues = Very common (Reed & Knight, 2010)
• Teams don’t work together most of the time
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Face-to Face or visual communication is very essential for agile teams
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First risk caused due to communication
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Communication process works differently on team basis

SOLUTIONS RECOMMENDED
• Sprints
• Visual/Vocal Communication (F-F)
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Preferably Co-Located
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Communication Framework
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Debriefing in the Planning Stage
and throughout the cycle of the
project by PM
• Technology (see fig.)

RESEARCH PROPOSAL
• Survey
• Qualitative over quantitative
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Analysis between Visual and Vocal communication

INSIGHTS AND CONCLUSION
• Off-shore leads to communication issues
• Organizational hierarchy
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Use of technology (tools)
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Agile Distributed Software Development teams often require face-to-
face communication.
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Future research – specific solutions, role of management, different
types of teams