Online VideoCast
Presented by: Bernardo Tirado from The Project Box
Duration: 15 minutes 0.25 PDU Credits: 0.25 PDU Category C – Free PDU

Bernardo Tirado, PMP (LinkedIn profile, @thepmobox) has launched a Web TV series called Meet the Experts TV, a program where subject matter experts from around the world are interviewed. In this second episode, Bernardo interviews Peter Saddington (LinkedIn profile, @AgileScout) who is known as AgileScout and writer of the Scrum Pocket Guide.

During this 15 minute interview, Peter and Bernardo discuss the human side of software development, issues companies should consider before adopting agile, the importance of the internal champion and the reasons behind agile failures.

PDU Category C documentation details for Perspectives on Agile Software Development:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop 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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Below is the list of books that Peter mentioned during the interview:

• Change expert & best-selling author Seth Godin’s books Poke the Box and Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
• Tom Rath’s book StrengthsFinder 2.0
• Daniel Pink’s Book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
  • Daniel Pink other best sellers include:
    • A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
    • Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself
    • The 7 Dirty Words of the Free Agent Workforce
    • and his most popular book The New Social Learning: A Guide to Transforming Organizations Through Social Media.
• Scott Belsky’s book Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
• Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

The Meet the Experts Series launched January 20, 2012 and will feature a new episode every 3rd Thursday of each month. From Agile to Virtual Team Management, the series will provide insights that you can immediately use as a Project Manager.

Click to view Meet the Experts TV on The Project Box