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Dr. J. Davidson Frame, PhD, PMP
In the information technology arena, agile
and iterative software development techniques are “in.” The underlying
premise of these techniques is that when carrying out high risk, dynamic
projects – significant traits of many IT projects – it is important to
incorporate learning into the development effort. This means that as a
project is carried out, it makes sense to take stock of what has been done
so far in order to guide future development efforts. In the agile and iterative
world, the traditional Waterfall development model – which is rigid and
fails to accommodate risk – is “out.”
In his presentation, Dr. J. Davidson Frame
presents a brief overview of the basic features of a number of agile and
iterative development techniques, including Scrum, time-boxed scheduling,
and RUP. He discusses why so many companies and government agencies are
moving away from Waterfall development methodologies and are trying to
employ agile and iterative principles into their software development processes.
He also examines the implications of these
approaches for a number of international standards that affect how projects
are carried out, specifically: PMBOK Guide, Capability Maturity Model,
and ISO 9000. He addresses provocative questions, such as: What value does
the WBS have in an age of agile development? When dealing with dynamic
project efforts, why would we strive for repeatable processes as required
by Level 2 of CMM? When trying to achieve project quality, why would we
emphasize statistical process control over inspection, when quality on
unique knowledge-based projects must be rooted in effective inspection?
David is Academic Dean of the University
of Management and Technology (UMT). From 1979 until 1998, he was Professor
of Management Science at George Washington University, where he served
as Chairman of the Management Science Department and established GWU’s
project management program. He is a PMI Fellow and recipient of PMI’s Distinguished
Contribution Award and Person of the Year Award. He served on the PMI Board
of Directors for a total of eleven years. He is author of ten books, including
the business best-seller, Managing Projects in Organizations.
Dr. Frame has been a major player in project
management education and training since the late 1970s. He has written
eight books and more than 30 scholarly articles on the subject. His Managing
Projects in Organizations (2003) is a business best seller. His most recent
book, Managing Risk in Organizations, was published in 2003.
Dr. Frame served as a Professor of Management
Science at The George Washington University (1979-1998), where he was Chairman
of the Management Science Department (1988-89), and Director of the International
Center for Project Management Excellence (1995-98). He also established
a Master of Science in Project Management degree program at The George
Washington University.
In 1999, Dr. Frame was elected to the 13-person
Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI), where he
helped to lead the 150,000-member organization until 2003. From 1990-1996,
Dr. Frame served as PMI's Director of Certification. He was the organization's
Director of Educational Services from 1997 to 1998. He won PMI's Distinguished
Service Award (1994) and Person of the Year Award (1995). In 2004, he was
made a Fellow of PMI.
Dr. Frame has trained more than 35,000
managers worldwide over the past two decades. He has taught technology
management, project management, and general management courses at organizations
such as Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Fannie Mae, AT&T, Motorola,
Sprint, Lucent, Boeing, IBM, and Marriott.
He holds the following degrees: a Ph.D.
and an M.A. from American University, where he focused on development economics
and quantitative methods; and a B.A. from the College of Wooster, with
a focus on history and mathematics. He is a certified Project Management
Professional (PMP).
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