Flavors of Agile - Intermission

 

It's time to take a brief intermission from the Flavors of Agile.  If my weekend had just been a 4 hour post SAP test environment refresh validation that turned into an ALL DAY event (as if that wasn't enough), you might be hearing about LESS, and possibly SLIM.  However, life had other plans for me.

Saturday was a loss, at least with regards to writing.  I did get a short break, and took my wife out to Brazilian bbq, so it wasn't a total loss, but I don't feel like I had a weekend.  Sunday evening, we had a not completely unexpected guest for dinner, followed by a conversation that you're never ready to have, no matter how ready you are to have it.  My oldest daughter and her boyfriend wanted to have a conversation with my wife and me, after dinner.  You might be able to guess where this is going. Yes, she wants to upgrade 'The Boyfriend' to 'The Fiancé.'

When did I get old enough to have a daughter who not just wants to get married, but is legally able to?

I won't go into the details of the conversation.  I kept my inner project manager restrained, but I was envisioning risks (oh man, the risks), timelines, budgets, stakeholder analysis, and thinking who the heck is going to be the sponsor?  Maybe a committee, but we'll still need a product owner, maybe more than one.

I was good and did not use any project management jargon, but we did remind them that getting married is about more than just setting a date and showing up (although both help).  Thoughts of requirements, deliverables, and work packages started spinning around in my head, but even more importantly, ROI.  The young suitor assured us his every intention was to provide for our daughter.  We encouraged them to make sure they both agree on what that means; they need to agree on the success criteria.

I'll get back to the Flavors of Agile next week.  We'll see what happens the week after that; we're going live with HANA on CRM that weekend, and I may have other things on my mind.