{"id":4790,"date":"2015-02-19T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T07:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoware.it\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2018-07-03T14:23:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T12:23:52","slug":"agile-project-how-manage-change-automation-project-scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.autoware.it\/en\/news\/agile-project-how-manage-change-automation-project-scope\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile Project &#8211; How to Manage Change in Automation Project Scope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Third (and last) installment\u00a0on how the less\u00a0conventional agile approach, and answer to reader&#8217;s questions on how to change project scope during and Agile Project.\u00a0<em>Luigi de Bernardini\u2019s new blog on Automation World<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This column is the third (and last) installment\u00a0on how the less\u00a0conventional agile approach can be crucial to manufacturing execution system (MES)\/manufacturing operations management (MOM) project success for the end user and the system integrator. As I pointed out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/old.autoware.it\/en\/news\/agile-project-management-questions-answered-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last month<\/a>, when I wrote the <a href=\"https:\/\/old.autoware.it\/en\/news\/agile-project-management-mes-deployments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first post<\/a>\u00a0on this topic, I did not expect to generate so much interest. Several commenters requested explanations and insights on how to create a cost\u00a0estimate of projects that use\u00a0this approach.\u00a0Others wanted to know how you can manage the inevitable changes of scope that may occur during the various sprints. Last month I addressed the subject of how a cost estimate can be made. This month, I&#8217;ll\u00a0explore the second point\u2014management of change\u00a0in project scope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Changes in automation project scope are\u00a0every project manager\u2019s nightmare. They are bound to occur, but can easily lead\u2014depending on how they are managed\u2014to a radical reduction in margins or a compromised relationship with the client. Both cases are obviously harmful and show how important it is to carefully manage\u00a0any changes in project scope. In the case of an MES project, the situation is even more complicated because the project involves the organization of production procedures that are constantly evolving. If you tackle a project of this kind in a monolithic\u00a0way, meaning that you apply\u00a0classic <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waterfall_model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waterfall\u00a0project management<\/a>, you run the risk of either having to manage a large number of variants in development or reaching the end of the project with a system that no longer meets the user\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this context, using the atypical agile approach\u00a0provides a major advantage because development takes place in a progressive manner\u2014sprint by sprint\u2014within a context analyzed globally in the initial stage so as to ensure a coherent framework.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">See more on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.automationworld.com\/how-manage-change-automation-project-scope\"><em>Automation World <\/em><\/a>web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third (and last) installment\u00a0on how the less\u00a0conventional agile approach, and answer to reader&#8217;s questions on how to change project scope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[172,168,169],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.6.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Manage Change in Automation Project Scope - Autoware<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Changes in automation project scope are every project manager\u2019s nightmare, but they happens. 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