Online Course – Slides file
Presented by Mountain Goat Software
Duration Up to 1 PDU or 1 CDU Category C Free

This is the slide set for the presentation on April 7, 2011 – to the Danish Agile User’s Group. The slide set provides excellent strategies for working with distributed agile teams. Mike Cohn is the author of Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum, also Agile Estimating and Planning, and User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development.Mike has more than 25 years experience and is a founding member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance.

The early agile literature was adamant about two things: stick with small teams and put everyone in one room. However, in the years since the Agile Manifesto, the increasing popularity of agile and the dramatic improvements it brings has pushed it onto larger and larger projects. Additionally, having an entire team–especially on a large project–in one room, or even one building is a luxury no longer enjoyed by many projects.

This slide set looks at how agile can be scaled to work on any multi-team project. Even a project with two teams will benefit from learning how to proactively manage interteam dependencies, conduct iteration planning for multiple teams, cultivate communities of practice, and coordinating work. Because so many projects are spread across multiple sites they also look at overcoming the unique challenges facing distributed teams.

The information looks at deciding how to distribute a team, how to create coherence among team members, the importance of getting together and when are the most important times to use the travel budget, changes to what the team documents, and how to handle meetings when spread across time zones. Whether your project is spread across two locations in the same city or spread around the globe, you will leave with practical advice to try tomorrow.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 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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