About Plan A Projects

Agile On Time: What does Plan A Projects offer?

Plan A Projects is a consultant- and teaching company established in 2005. We offer agile project method and courses in agile project management. Our delivery model is builded around headhunted agile coaches and an international network of around 50 agile coaches additionally. We create time for growth by helping our customers creating better results, faster, month after month. Plan A Projects’ services give operational answers to DSDM’s project method:

• Agile Project model

We base our project model on the customer’s existing stage gate model. We create project roles: Description and responsibilities for each role. We have implemented our project model in three big companies by basing it on their existing stage gate models. Afterwards we have completed successful pilot projects delivered on time or before.

• Agile coaching

Plan A Projects was the agile coach at the first big agile SAP-projects in Denmark. An agile coach is an agile antenna in the organization who supports, helps and spaves with the project manager and the steering committee, to ensure the agile track so that you can reach the goal on time or before! At the same time, an agile coach makes the agile project method reachable and understandable for all parts so that the method gets used.

• Agile certifications

Agile certification course with an internationally approved certification administered by DSDM in England. Your outcome is an operational approach, concrete tools and exercises, methods and leadership styles, international certification, good dialogue and sparring.

• Adjusted courses

Customized courses depending on your needs with economic savings. Company courses give your company an opportunity to increase the common knowledge about agile project management and contributes to complete projects in time and within the budget, educate several employees at the same time focusing on operational tools and creating a common language for the employees and the business as a whole.

• Facilitated workshops

Facilitated workshops give you and your team opportunity to get up the learning curve together and thereby increasing your probability to deliver on time. Examples on popular workshops: Project Breakdown, Medium Level Specifications, High Level Planning, Estimation with Planning Poker Cards and/or the Information Radiator.

• Agile Facilitation – Management Groups & Steering Committees

Rooted in the Client’s individual situation and needs, a workshop is designed aimed at key Project-Stakeholders. The Project-Stakeholders are guided through a half-day program, designed to increase the team’s understanding of the agile method, and also outline the areas in which the major agile methodologies differ, and where each is best applicable. The Workshop discovers the team’s expected and/or existing project-challenges, unique organizational needs and potential obstacles, and creates alignment around the team’s use of terminology and project-language. Finally, the Workshop provides Plan A Project’s proprietary reporting-tool specifically designed for Steering Committee reporting and communication – a tool, which provides the Steering Committee and Management Team with a platform for project-tracking and decision-making throughout the project.

• Assessment of Agile Programs and Complex Projects

In situations, where one or more current projects need adjusting in order to deliver better and faster results – or, where the project-methodology chosen may be questionable due to specific project circumstances or changes, we undertake a thorough assessment of these, in close collaboration with the client. The goal is to right-track the project, by outlining potential obstacles and alternative solutions, with the aim to optimize the project and methodology. The Assessment includes tangible recommendations and implementation of these in close collaboration with the client – potentially as part of a train-the-trainer program.

• Which Agile Method is best for my company? – Agile Method Feasibility Study & Agile Method Advisory

It can be challenging to navigate the various project-methods available on the market today. Plan A Projects provide support to Management Teams and Project Managers by participating in the internal analysis and due-diligence leading to a well-supported choice of the best suited Agile Method(s). The foundation is an inclusive thorough evaluation based on our Agile Method Landscape, the underlying method framework, and the client’s unique circumstances and needs.

• Agile 1:1 Feedback & Advisory

We provide individual feedback and support to Project Managers and Steering Committees. This is arranged according to the client’s individual needs and  circumstances – usually on an ad-hoc basis, during sprint-shifts, or as part of selected project-milestones. The 1:1 Feedback & Advisory can be arranged on an hourly basis or as part of a retainer contract. The goal is to provide neutral, unbias advisory and partnership, which helps secure that the project moves forward efficiently and according to schedule. It also allows for a neutral forum for discussion and testing of alternative ideas and solutions.

• After-work meetings

An After-work meeting about agile project management gives you and your colleagues an overview of the agile method, concrete tools, rewarding reflections and courage to get started. In our preparations for the After-work meeting we can customize the content together to reach exactly your goal for the meeting. You can gather the whole organization or a part of it and choose the time, place and language for the event. 

• Train the Trainer

Do you have one or several employees who must be trained to be the agile expert in your business? Train the Trainer is an effective, in-house way of securing your future agile focus on the projects.