The Agile PM
Speaker :Al Cline, PMP
Date:09/25/09 Registration Time :07:30 AM Lunch :12:00 PM Meeting Start Time :08:00 AM Meeting End Time :04:30 PM Location:Devry
Number of PDU's :8 for PMP re-certification Early Registration expires :Early registration for this event ends at NOON on September 23, 2009. We accept only cash and checks at the door. If you wish to pay by credit card, please make your reservation during the early registration timeframe. This event offers a special discount* to Members of PMICOC, IIBA-Columbus and COHAA.
Cost : *Chapter Members: $95 Non Chapter Members: $120 Price at Door for *Chapter Members: $125 Price at Door for Non Chapter Members: $150
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Speaker Bio : Al Cline, PMP
Al Cline has been a software engineering consultant for the last 20 years. He is president of Carolla Development, a process improvement consulting firm, and a founder of the Carolla Methodology, an agile development process. He is also Board member of the Central Ohio Agile Alliance (COHAA), and a member of the PMI senior instructor core. Formerly, he was on the faculty of OSUs computer science department.
As president of Carolla Development Inc, he has helped Fortune 500 clients develop their own PMOs and software development roadmaps, and the harder problem of strategic deployment and cultural change for implementation. Projects completed under Mr. Cline have routinely come in within budget, on-time, and with few or zero defects.
At OSU, he was a member of their outreach group (CETI) that consulted to government and the private sector. He taught systems analysis & design and project management; co-developed both the software engineering and project management curricula for the Computer Science & Engineering department.
In 2002 the Central Ohio QA Association selected his project as one of the star projects in the state, and he was keynote speaker at their star project conference. He speaks regularly to local and national groups on project management, agile techniques, organizational development, and related topics. Mr. Cline is trained in, and assessed, SEI CMMI, ISO 9000, and Sarbanes-Oxley auditing standards and processes. He has an M.S in physics and B.S. in math, both contributing to his passionate zeal for rigor in software development and project management.
Abstract : Agile Project Management and Practices An orientation, and hands-on workshop, for todays project managers beginning to work in an agile environment. In todays economy, companies are trying harder to improve quality and shorten product-to-market cycles, so they are trimming rework and defects with new agile development processes. Although most principles are the same, agile practices are different than the traditional approaches. Todays PMs must add new skills to the way they work with the project team, collect different metrics, track progress, and manage customer expectations--even the language is different!
As a result of this course, participants will become familiar with: A quick history of why and how agile practices developed, and what agile is not. How agile technology fits into the business project development process and goals; where it is useful and where it is not. The difference between agile, iterative, and traditional project development; the benefits and pitfalls of agile approaches for project management. A point-by-point comparison between the knowledge areas of the new 4th edition PMBOK and how agile supports them. How quality and speed (or lack thereof) are reflected in various agile practices: when is a project too agile? How to balance quality with cost, scope, and time constraints. Where discipline and documentation are required, and where it is not. Fundamental concepts and terminology behind the buzzwords. Audience: Project managers, business managers, iteration managers, QA groups, developers, analysts, and anyone else planning to be on an agile team.
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