Attending: Kian Colestock, Diane Dunn, Ying Kussman, Jeff Martin, Steve Noh, Eric Puchalski, Paul Sheirich, Eric Taggart, Briandy Walden
Absent: Diane (v)
Agenda/Notes:
- Charge and 2014-2015 Goals/Objectives (Eric T, Jeff, Kian)
- UCI's PMC vs OIT's PMO
- PMC charge/objectives
- Communicating OIT processes/best practices/tools/etc
- Help identify common challenges w/ projects: managing stakeholder expectations, prioritization, communication, resource management (esp cross-team), accountability/impact, change management
- Big/enterprise projects w/ own PM versus other
- PMC charge/objectives
- PM methodology/framework vs SDLC
- project execution methodologies may vary: traditional, iterative, spiral, agile/scrum
- What do we want to accomplish this year
- Develop and recommend a PM framework
- Configure/use/evaluate the PM framework in ServiceNow
- Collect and refine tools/resources
- Support OIT projects in need - consultative role
- Develop and recommend a PM framework
- UCI's PMC vs OIT's PMO
- UCI's ServiceNow implementation timeline overview (Eric P)
- Dev and production instance are up - local IDs now, UCI authentication soon
- OIT team-wise implementation approach planned (over a long time period)
- Resources: UC ServiceNow community, ServiceNow wIki, etc.
- By the time we're ready to setup a PM framework/workflow, there should be a number of projects represented in SN
- Discussion re: scope of SN
- Current PM Practices Survey Results (Eric P)
- Eric P handouts
- Review OIT Software Development PM Framework and OIT Unified SDLC (Eric P)
- Eric P handouts
- Further discussion at next meeting
- Previous Project Management Special Interest Group (UCI-PMSIG) (Eric P)
- remember past experiences and see if there are useful artifacts
- Potential OIT Project Management Framework: Phase/Gate Model
- Minimum phase gates: Proposal Approval, Design Approval, Launch Approval
- Others?
- Objectives:
- command/controls, resource allocation, confirming priority, alignment with roadmaps,
- ServiceNow: OIT Project Workflow pilot
- Minimum phase gates: Proposal Approval, Design Approval, Launch Approval
- Next meeting ideas
- Review PM survey results, looking for trends, ideas, challenges
- Suss-out PM aspects of OIT Unified SDLC to help inform/leverage ongoing discussions
Action Items:
- ET clean-up goals/objectives
- Jeff/Eric T meet and may task more
- Propose a Project Plan or Roadmap for this group
- Consider PMC members all taking the UCLC ITIL foundation courses to help establish common understanding/language for ITSM concepts/practices
- How can we better use ITSM terminology?
- Eric P investigate other UC campus willing to do SN ReadyTalk
Future Agenda Items:
- ServiceNow brief demo re: PM and Portfolio aspects
- ServiceNow learning re: best practices
- Maybe another UC campus via ReadyTalk
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Parking Lot Topics:
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