Chapter Ten: Speculate: the Planning Meeting;

Chapter Ten: Speculate: The Planning Meeting;

Chapter Eleven: Postplanning Work

Learning Objectives

• Understand the distinction between the planning and scoping meetings.

• Understand the importance of assertiveness in the role of eXtreme project manager.

• Understand the significance of time boxing as a key technique to keep an eXtreme project under control.

• Understand the importance of the postplanning meeting.

• Understand how the Shared Values, Business Questions, and Accelerators came into play in the SOS case study.

• Assess your skills for leading the planning meeting.

• Understand the importance of picking an appropriate life cycle for the project.

1. How does the planning meeting differ from the scoping meeting held during the

Visionate cycle? Who needs to attend each?

2. In the parallel universe example, what was the significance of the encounter between

Ezekiel and Rananda?

3. What makes time boxing a key tool in delivering value in the face of volatility?

What does the postplanning meeting boil down to? Why is it important in the eXtreme model of the world? 4. Referring to the parallel universe example, there were tense moments between

Rananda, Dirk, and Ez. What approach did Rananda take that made the meeting a success? Which Shared Values, Project Accelerators, and Business Questions did she apply that contributed to her success?

5. Rananda knew that Dirk was of the Guardian temperament in the Keirsey model. How did she use this information to win her argument during the postplanning meeting with

Dirk and Ez?

Exercise 1

DeCarlo outlines a step-by-step process for conducting the scoping meeting. What project management subject matter knowledge is required to conduct such a meeting? In what subject areas do you need to improve your knowledge base?

Exercise 2

Refer back to the project you were asked to think about in Exercise 2 in Chapter Eight.

Which of the life cycles outlined (or combinations thereof) would seem to best fit the project you have in mind?