Why Slick
recurring challenges
Setting and managing budget as parameters and goalposts change
Tracking performance in a dynamic environment
Making sure resources and skills are used efficiency
Maintaining compliance
Controlling investments and managing risks
Ensuring profitability
a new beginning
Agile has enabled teams to be more flexible in a highly dynamic environment, helping tackle:
- Poorly defined requirements
- Changing variables
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?
technical development to financials so you can monitor
costs and results in real-time
why Slick®
Clarity
Complete transparency on performance, risk and costs, with easy root cause analysis for any issues
Collaboration
No more tension between developers and managers because of difficulty managing communication, budgets and timescales
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
Slick® Core
Slick® Core
benefit: easily manage project status, spend and sustainability
Real-time milestone and budget tracking, accounting for continual evolution
Managers can extract information without relying on developer updates
See how decisions affect budget so you can manage objectives and requirement changes
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
Log Creation
Defineallthe project stories and make team estimation
Index monitoring
Cost to Budget index CB
Project status
Effort to Budget index EB
Estimate error
Team overall Effort index TE
Team performance
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
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
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
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
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.
Budget Excess
Team Critical
Team Critical - Budget Critical
Budget Critical
Slick® People
Slick® People
benefit: easily monitor team resource and skills to motivate staff and achieve project goals
Build teams with exactly the right skills mix
Define roles and responsibilities in a fluid environment
Allocate resource based on accurate, real-time requirements
Set personal growth objectives
Collect and monitor performance data
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
Roles and responsibilities
PL
Project Leader
DES
Designer
DEV
Developer
Skill tags
Define the skills and expertise required for each element
Tag project with main skills
Tag stories with specific skills
Personal skills record
Track people’s evolving skillsets
Easily review skill tags and
related performance
Slick® Skill Dashboard
Slick® Company
Slick® Company
benefit: leaders can easily manage a project portfolio –and evaluate company performance
Make informed choices over a wide project portfolio to optimize overall performance
Track project changes and budget impact
Manage people and resource across different projects
Delegate team allocations based on resource and skill requirements
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
Fluid resource allocation
Allocate resources to evolving projects, with people in multiple projects concurrently
Select the most qualified team based on objective skills data
Real-time business monitoring
Collate indices from every projects
Analyze load and margin in real-time
Make informed strategic decisions
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
