Online Webinar
Presented by: Sogeti Ireland
Duration 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free

On 22 June 2010, Colm O’hEocha (LinkedIn profile) and John McArdle (LinkedIn profile) presented the webinar Agile Adoption: Patterns of Success and Failure. They looked at how agile and lean software development methods have been successfully implemented and scaled and also outlined some common symptoms and causes of failure in adoption

Agile methods are becoming increasingly mainstream, with recent research indicating up to 35% of software development now uses a method such as Scrum or eXtreme Programming. However, many organisations are struggling to realise the promised benefits. Success requires far reaching changes in the organisation, beyond the software development process itself.

This webinar will discuss the fundamental changes required for a transition to agile, the benefits promised, approaches to business justification, and common symptoms of issues and their underlying causes.

For organisations either considering or in the early stages of adopting agile, this webinar will provide useful insights from the practical experiences of early adopters.

Agenda
This webinar covered the following:

• Business Justification and Agile Adoption in Industry
• The Agile Adoption Curve
• Common Problems and Solutions
• A Strategy for Successful Adoption

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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