Why Slick
recurring challenges
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Setting and managing budget as parameters and goalposts change
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Tracking performance in a dynamic environment
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Making sure resources and skills are used efficiency
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Maintaining compliance
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Controlling investments and managing risks
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Ensuring profitability
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a new beginning
Agile has enabled teams to be more flexible in a highly dynamic environment, helping tackle:
- Poorly defined requirements
- Changing variables
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the landscape today
90% of tech companies claim to use the agile methodology…
… but 75% are failing to implement it to satisfaction
Deloitte Rewriting the rules for the digital age 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends
US Department of Defence DIB Guide: Detecting Agile BS Version 0.4, last modified 3 Oct 2018
what needs to change?
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technical development to financials so you can monitor
costs and results in real-time
why Slick®
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Clarity
Complete transparency on performance, risk and costs, with easy root cause analysis for any issues
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Collaboration
No more tension between developers and managers because of difficulty managing communication, budgets and timescales
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Cost-Effectiveness
Easily evaluate margins and manage budgets, so you can control spend in real time
how Slick® works
a straightforward add-on to Agile
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Slick® Core
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Slick® Core
benefit: easily manage project status, spend and sustainability
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Real-time milestone and budget tracking, accounting for continual evolution
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Managers can extract information without relying on developer updates
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See how decisions affect budget so you can manage objectives and requirement changes
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Early pivoting –it’s easier to change before it’s too late
Slick® Core
how it works
Slick® tools help you monitor progress, set realistic milestones, manage requirement changes and controlcosts
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Log Creation
Defineallthe project stories and make team estimation
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Index monitoring
Cost to Budget index CB
Project status
Effort to Budget index EB
Estimate error
Team overall Effort index TE
Team performance
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Slick chart evaluation
Based on a traffic-light system, showing at a glance if the project is on track and helping you pinpoint the cause of any bottlenecks
Slick® Core
using the indices and charts to shape your approach
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Cost to Budget index CB
Project status
CB=EB x TE
CB = Effort to Budget X Team overall Effort
CB is the main index and could be >1, <1 =1
Thanks to data collected, a point shows up in the chart every sprint (1-6 weeks long). The background color behind the point describes the project’s health: green is safe, yellow, red, orange is in danger.
Slick® Core
using the indices and charts to shape your approach
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Cost to Budget index CB
Project status
CB=EB x TE
CB = Effort to Budget X Team overall Effort
Case CB <1
Your project is healthy
Slick® Core
using the indices and charts to shape your approach
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Cost to Budget index CB
Project status
CB=EB x TE
CB = Effort to Budget X Team overall Effort
Case CB >1
Your project status is in danger… you need to investigate more
- Talk to investors
- Improve team performance
- Reduce uncertainty
- Limit flexibility
Slick® Core
using the indices and charts to shape your approach
![Slick Chart](https://slick-suite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/slick_chart_evaluation-4-1.png)
Cost to Budget index CB
Project status
CB=EB x TE
CB = Effort to Budget X Team overall Effort
Green is safe, yellow means underperforming team, orange means insufficient budget, red means both the problems.
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Budget Excess
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Team Critical
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Team Critical - Budget Critical
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Budget Critical
Slick® People
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Slick® People
benefit: easily monitor team resource and skills to motivate staff and achieve project goals
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Build teams with exactly the right skills mix
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Define roles and responsibilities in a fluid environment
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Allocate resource based on accurate, real-time requirements
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Set personal growth objectives
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Collect and monitor performance data
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Create quantitative performance records to eliminate bias and inform benefit and bonus policies
Slick® People
how it works
Slick tools help you allocate responsibilities, foster collaboration and reward success
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Roles and responsibilities
PL
Project Leader
DES
Designer
DEV
Developer
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Skill tags
Define the skills and expertise required for each element
Tag project with main skills
Tag stories with specific skills
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Personal skills record
Track people’s evolving skillsets
Easily review skill tags and
related performance
Slick® Skill Dashboard
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Slick® Company
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Slick® Company
benefit: leaders can easily manage a project portfolio –and evaluate company performance
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Make informed choices over a wide project portfolio to optimize overall performance
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Track project changes and budget impact
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Manage people and resource across different projects
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Delegate team allocations based on resource and skill requirements
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Manage company knowledge and IP in a structured, quantitative way
Slick® Company
how it works
Slick tools help you understand business, project and staff performance
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Fluid resource allocation
Allocate resources to evolving projects, with people in multiple projects concurrently
Select the most qualified team based on objective skills data
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Real-time business monitoring
Collate indices from every projects
Analyze load and margin in real-time
Make informed strategic decisions
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In-depth skills insight
Collect skills data from every project
Automate building of knowledge base
See how the company’s skills and knowledge base are changing in real-time