Below are my requirements for a “Project” related information RADIATOR in my office. I asked the App Dev leadership team to produce an output based on the below stories. I decided to use stories as I think it helps us think about what’s truly necessary, and allows the team to focus without me suggesting a specific solution (…just like on our teams, imagine that).

I’ve started with an EPIC story, then decomposed toward more granular user stories that can be delivered in pieces.

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EPIC STORY – App Dev Visual Controls

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want:
  • to see my entire project portfolio’s “relevant project data”
  • displayed visually
  • in a simple and cohesive way
  • in ONE location
• So I can help ensure IT has a healthy, productive, positive, transparent, and delivery focused development organization.

USER STORIES – App Dev Visual Controls

Project Delivery – Roadmap

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want to see a projects “functional roadmap” along with ongoing changes
• So I can help drive delivery and guide execution across our product portfolio.

Project Delivery – Release Plan

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want to see a projects release plan
• So I can help drive delivery and guide execution across our product portfolio.

Project Delivery – Impediment Backlog

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want to see a projects impediment backlog
• So I can see project risk clearly (and early) and help remove impediments at an organizational level when appropriate.

Trends – Cyclomatic Complexity

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want to see cyclomatic complexity trends for major projects,
• So I can help ensure our codebase remains malleable, of high quality, and change tolerant over time.

Trends – Code Coverage

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want to see code coverge trends for major projects,
• So I can help ensure our codebase remains malleable, of high quality, and change tolerant over time.

Trends – Coupling

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want to see coupling trends for major projects,
• So I can help ensure our codebase remains malleable, of high quality, and change tolerant over time.

Trends – Technical Debt

• As an Application Development Director,
• I want to see the technical debt backlog and “debt load” trends for major projects,
• So I can track the health of our technology organization by seeing clearly the rate at which we add and clear technical debt.