Rule #61
Do you Reward your developers for completing a release on time and budget?
  v2.0 Posted at 20/10/2010 7:56 PM by system
When your team has completed a release successfully, they should be rewarded with a morale boosting event such as lunch, dinner, the movies or bowling, so long as you can meet the following conditions:
  1. Budget - the release must be completed within the budget allocated
  2. Scope - no more than 50% reduction in work item hours
  3. Quality - must pass test please and get a mark of 7/10 or above from the client
  4. Time - the release cannot be delivered 50% over time e.g. if the planned finish date was 14 days (two weeks) after the start, then the release must be delivered less than 21 days after the start date
  5. Release debrief - sent to the client and completed and a review of "Rules to better project management" by the project manager

 

Subject: "Release completed on budget and customer happy - reward!"
 
New,

  • Release - on time
    • Done.  Release was handed over on the deadline.
  • Release - on budget
    • Done. The release was fixed price
  • Scope - no more than 50% cut-out in items (count the work hours removed compared to the original total)
    • Done.  No items were cut from the release plan
  • Quality - must pass test please and get a mark of 7/10 or above from the client
    • Test please passed.  The client assigned 8/10
  • Release debrief to the client to be completed -  
    • Release debrief completed.  Rules to better project management reviewed.  Greater visibility of progress would be beneficial and remote access to staging server during development.
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  • Our team will be celebrating our success by going for lunch.

Developers,

Congratulations on completing the project on time!  We will celebrate by going for lunch together at Bistro Paris on Friday!  We have a budget of $50 per team member!

Robin,

If you are available it would be great if you could join us.  Meet at the SSW office in Neutral Bay at 12:45pm.

Figure: Email to accountant/team members and client informing of release success and reward event
 

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