Morgan Sindall appointed PDCS to undertake an Agile Readiness Workshop

The Organisation

Morgan Sindall is a group of specialist businesses, delivering construction and regeneration across the UK for the public, commercial and regulated sectors.

They operate through five divisions located throughout the UK with European presence.

Problem Statement

“Waterfall project delivery is inefficient and introduces problems for small projects.

Projects are run by project managers, deliver managers, and accidental project managers, all of whom need a light-weight project methodology to support successful project delivery.”

Challenges

• IT resources are pulled into BAU and unable to define the actual days worked on a project.
• High level design documentation by Technical SME’s is a problem area.
• Business resources lack time to review and test new software and processes.
• No dedicated IT testing team resources.
• Business changes scope during development.
• Business resources and IT resources are based in multiple locations, limiting opportunities for face to face project meetings.

The Solution

Morgan Sindall engaged PDCS to undertake an Agile Readiness workshop with key PMO, Project Management and Leadership of the Group IT function to assess their maturity in adopting Agile as a Project Delivery and Governance framework to

• Understand what is Agile Project Delivery?
• How does a PMO manage Agile Project Delivery?
• How does change management work with Agile Project Delivery?
• How exactly does Agile Project Delivery work?
• How does this work in a hybrid working environment?

Testimonial

“The Agile workshop was very useful and expertly run by Emma. Thank you for arranging that for us.

What it did highlight was a potential in our business analysis and requirements gathering in some specific software deliveries. Meanwhile we are working on the hybrid agile project delivery lifecycle that will work here.”