Online Webinar – Recorded June 5th 2015
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU

Most Agile books are mute about specific roles and skillsets.

• Where does the traditional project manager (PM) fit into Agile projects?
• What does a professional business analyst (BA) do on an Agile team?

The sociological, psychological, and cultural factors that have been known to influence project success was not a part of traditional project management theory (PM-1), also known as the predictive life cycle (and its ugly cousin, the waterfall method).

These factors, implemented through stakeholder management, team dynamics, and organizational culture, are now explicitly included in the next evolutionary step of project management theory (PM-2).

Agile practices, developed concurrently, have unconsciously included some of the implementation of PM-2 in trying to solve the same problem.

Consequently, the more important factors of project success have been identified, and the needed roles of project teams are also clearer.

This presentation will briefly trace the evolution of project management theory and the evolution of Agile practices to show how this melding of theory and practice compares to the traditional approach, and why it produces a more successful project for 21st century software development.

Presenter: Alan Cline (LinkedIn profile) is President at Carolla Development doing USAF Research. With 40+ years in IT, 12 years in agile development, and 20 years as strategic consultant, typically centered around building PMOs and troubleshooting IT organizations, Alan has assessed various clients for compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley, CMMi Level 2 and 3, and ISO 9000 compliances. He is currently leading a corporation toward CMMi Level 2 agile compliance!

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