Program Number: C020-17092013
Why All the Fuss About Agile?
Category: A
Activity Sponsor: PMINJ Chapter (C020)
PDUs: - 1.5
Leadership - 0.0
Strategic - 0.0
Technical - 1.5
In these challenging economic times,
organizations have been struggling to find ways of doing
more with less while improving employee morale that, in some
companies, is at a generational low. One solution that
has caught people's attention is the adoption of agile
delivery methods. Agile approaches have been garnering
a lot of interest for more than a decade and with mainstream
organizations now using agile methods, other organizations
are now taking the approach seriously.
In this presentation, join agile guru Kevin Aguanno as
he introduces you to the business case for adopting agile
methods including benefits and risks, how agile differs from
other delivery methods, what types of projects are best
suited to agile delivery approaches, and statistics from
organizations who have already made the leap.
Bio:
With over 25 years of managing complex systems integration
and software development projects, Kevin Aguanno is known in
the industry for his innovative approaches to solving common
project management problems. He focuses on two project
management specialty areas: agile project management and
troubled project recovery.
As a well-known keynote speaker, trainer, and coach in
agile management methods, Aguanno has taught thousands of
people how to better manage high-change projects by using
techniques from Scrum, Extreme Programming, Feature-Driven
Development, OpenUP and other agile methods. He is a
frequent presenter at conferences and private corporate
events where he delights audiences with practical advice
peppered with fascinating stories from his own experiences
in the trenches practicing agile project management.
He has taught for several years at the University of
Waterloo and the University of Toronto where he won the
coveted SCS Excellence in Teaching Award, and is a regular
guest lecturer in software engineering and project
management classes at several other universities.
Kevin holds a B.A. from the University of Western
Ontario, and a Master's in Project Management from the
School of Business and Public Management at George
Washington University. He is a PMI-certified Project
Management Professional (PMP), as well as a PMI
Agile-Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and is also
recognized by the Scrum Alliance as both a Certified
ScrumMaster (CSM) and Certified Scrum Professional
(CSP). Kevin holds comparable international PM
credentials in his home country, Canada, the U.K. and
Switzerland. He is the author of over thirty books,
audiobooks, DVDs, and CD-ROMs in addition to a number of
articles published in magazines and journals worldwide.
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