What are Suitability Filters?
Suitability filters are models that offer simplified views of a decision-making process. They help people identify and discuss the variables at play and make a recommendation. These models can be used in variety of situations – Project Management, Team Discussions, Product listing pages in e-com platforms, and many more.
Some of the popular as well as less-know models across the industries are as follows –
- DSDM Suitability Filter
- Alistair Cockburn’s Project Criticality and Team Size
- Boehm and Turner – Radar Chart
- Dave Cohen’s Agile Factors
- The Organizational Suitability Filter
- PMI Agile Suitability Filter
- PRINCE2 Agile Algometer
- The Approach Bias Hammer
The Organizational Suitability Filter
The DSDM Consortium published an Organizational Suitability Filter questionnaire as a white paper to accompany the Project Suitability Filter. The questionnaire comprises 46 questions divided across the following categories :-
PMI Agile Suitability Filter:-
The PMI Agile Suitability Filter is a model that helps assess whether an agile approach is suitable for a project or organization. The model was published in 2017 as Appendix X3 of the Agile Practice Guide. The filter helps organizations evaluate the suitability of agile and make informed decisions about project management approaches. It is an amalgam of other models and has proved popular as a starting point for conversations around approach suitability.
PRINCE2 ® Agile Agilometer:-
For a PRINCE2 project it is recommended that Suitability of Agile is assessed throughout the project life (In agile terms mostly during retrospectives). To assess the agile environment in order to tailor PRINCE2 in the most effective way to work with agile, PRINCE2 Agile guidance suggests using an assessment tool called “Agilometer”. Use of Agilometer helps you make an informed decision. The project manager is responsible for figuring out what values should be given to each category after consulting the required stakeholders. Each category is represented on the Agilometer figure by a slider.
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