Program Number: C020-15092009
Why Agile... Why Now. Doing More with Less
Category Type: 3
Subject Areas
Knowledge: 10
Process: 06
Application/Specific Interest Groups: 30
Activity Sponsor: PMINJ Chapter (C020)
PDUs: - 1.5
Leadership - 0.0
Strategic - 0.0
Technical - 1.5
In the current economic downturn there
is very real pressure for IT departments to do more with
less, to allocate resources to only the most critical
projects and to execute flawlessly. With a systematic focus
on delivering value, removing waste, and continuously
identifying and removing impediments to optimal efficiency,
Agile software project management practices become even more
compelling in tough financial times and the question becomes
not, “Why implement Agile now?” but, “How can you afford to
NOT implement Agile now?!”
In this presentation Ken describes some typical reactions to
falling budgets and some common pitfall and solutions and
presents better alternatives to achieve cost-savings and
improve prioritization. Attendees will walk away with a
better appreciation for the benefits and mechanics of Agile
and Lean software development approaches and real techniques
that will help make their projects more successful today.
Ken Clyne
Bio:
Ken Clyne is an Agile Coach with Rally Software where he
pursues his passion for helping software organizations of
all sizes incrementally adopt Agile practices to shorten
their development cycles and collaborate across distributed
teams and silos.
Ken has over 20 years of experience spanning the software
life cycle. He began his career as a software engineer
developing compilers and air traffic control systems.
Evolving from an object-oriented evangelist Ken’s focus of
the last 10 years has been helping teams adopt lean
incremental, iterative approaches with Rational, Number Six
and now Rally. Ken is a certified PMP, ScrumMaster, Eclipse
committer and RUP consultant and holds a B.S. in Computer
Science from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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