2021 Book of Cases

Lean Construction Ireland Annual Book of Cases 2021 23 Case 5 the six-week look-ahead interactive planning cycle conducted weekly. Handoffs and interactions are agreed and a two-week batch of work per discipline is agreed. Each discipline proceeds to run their own Scrum board to complete their own sprint. Figure 6 illustrates a two-week sprint for electrical design on a project. TheTrello board, as shown in Figure 6, starts off with a high-level sixweek Product Backlog on the left-hand column.The Backlog tasks are broken into finer detailed deliverables in theTo Do column by the teammembers who will execute the work.The tasks then move across the board fromTo Do to Doing to Done during the sprint duration. The recurring weekly six-week look-ahead session ensures the Backlog is always being topped up with new deliverables. A key aspect of the board is the Blockers/Risks column as this is where the team, through their ScrumMaster, can reach to the Product Owner for assistance in rapidly removing constraints or impediments. DPS Group has experienced tangible improvements in its delivery processes by adopting the concepts and principles of Scrum and Agile. While the impact of remote working has pushed virtual collaboration and accelerated innovative ways of communicating, the Scrum framework has enabled traditional methodologies to move faster and greatly reduced waiting and response time on projects. Figure 5. Construction to Close-outTrello Board Figure 6. Two-week Design Sprint

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