WEBINAR – The Agile PMP (8/17)
Aug 17, 2010 — 9-10am PDT
Many of today’s accredited Project Management Professionals (PMPs) are finding themselves leading and managing Agile development teams, only to find that many of the tools and techniques applied when utilizing a traditional project management approach no longer work as effectively or at all. In order to do more than survive in this iterative development environment, today’s PMP must employ additional project management tools and techniques to effectively lead their teams and deliver their projects.
This hour long webinar will explore how today’s PMP can easily and successfully make the transition to an effective Agile PMP.
PDU: 1
COST: Free
SPEAKER: Bill Gaiennie, from ASPE, has more than 16 years of working in the software development field as a developer, project manager, ScrumMaster, and a training coach. Bill has coached and managed teams on both the national and international levels, having worked with an extensive range of client types and industries from small start-ups for Fortune 50 companies. Bill is an accomplished, experienced Agile trainer, effectively leading product and project teams in a wide array of Agile management and methodology based initiatives. With over five years of Agile Implementation, Coaching, and Training experience, Bill has coached and trained over 3,000 individuals at 100 different companies in their effort to implement Agile software development strategies. He is currently an accredited member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is active in the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance communities.
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CERTIFICATION – Lean-Agile Project Management Course (7/26-28)
July 26-28, 2010
Location: CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles/Orange County area)
This course prepares a person to play the role of the Lean-Agile Project Manager. In today’s world it is critical that one know why Agile works, not just be given a set of practices to coach the team in performing. While Scrum is a popular Agile method today, it is not always the best Agile method to use. This course introduces the participants to the three most popular Agile methods: Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban – all within the context of Lean-Agile methods.
- Understanding and managing the Lean Enterprise
- Lean Principles and Agile Practices
- Effective vs Efficient Process Management
- Defining and Managing the Value Stream
- Identifying and eliminating waste from projects
Why cycle time is more important than capacity utilization- How to manage your work in progress (WIP)
- How to create visibility both to and from the team
- Portfolio/Roadmap (Managing Lean Requirements Flow)
- Using Lean Principles to guide Agile Methods (Scrum, Kanban, XP)
- Agile Estimation Techniques
WEBINAR – Becoming Agile
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Learn how more traditional PMBOK and Waterfall organizations are becoming agile…and listen to great Q&A sessions with the audience
TOPICS COVERED
- Is Agile only for software projects?
- How and Where to identify areas to leverage Agile
- How do you move to Agile?
- How does Agile affect the traditional Project Manager role?
- and more…
Business Driven Software Development (webinar series)
Business Agility enables an organization to respond quickly to external forces (such as new market opportunities and competitive forces) as well as to respond quickly to new insights attained internally.
While many organizations have achieved the local optimizations of more effective teams, few have achieved agility at the organizational level. Even when team agility has been achieved, if improvements to how the business is selecting their product enhancements isn’t done, overall return on investment of software development may not have significantly improved.
This series is organized around “roles” - Executives to Team Leads – so each person in an organization can be introduced to what “they” need to know to achieve business agility.
FREE Webinar Series – 7 sessions:
- Session 1 – An Overview
- Session 2 - Product Portfolio Management
- Session 3 – Where to Start Your Agile Transition
- Session 4 – Team Agility: Scrum or Kanban?
- Session 5 - Essential Skills for the Agile Developer
- Session 6 – Acceptance Test-Driven Development: Understand Requirements Up-Front
- Session 7 - The Role of Management in Lean-Agile Transformations
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The Battle is Heating Up ! …which approach should I use?
Seems like there is a tension brewing between the different Agile and Waterfall approches used today. XXX is better than YYY !!! ZZZ always fails.
Each approach is like a football team – people become radical fans of a team and heaven forbid if anyone challenges them. It is like the Hatfield & McCoys or college rivalries during homecoming week !
2010 Trends in Project Management
2010 brings with it multiple trends for Project Management. It is not surprising that many of these trends will help mature the world of project management as we know it today. Just as businesses must be flexible with market conditions – Project Management professionals and organizations must also adapt accordingly.
In talking to industry leaders in Project Management – several trends stand out.
Economic conditions have changed – Companies are changing – and project managers must understand these changes to be the leaders needed in 2010.
Trend 1 – Enterprises continue to look for Efficiencies in Process & Technology
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP – Identify, Scope, & Prioritize Features using Agile (On-Demand)
Available On-DEMAND…
We always need to define the scope, duration, and costs of a project quickly.
Sponsors want as many details as possible before providing total funding. The team wants to understand the scope of the work they will be pursuing. Everyone wants to know what the major risks to the project are.
In this virtual workshop we will show you how to scope a project when information is low and requirements are still evolving. You will quickly define an overall project/release plan, and while doing so you will identify risks, prioritize features, and bring the project team and customer together with a common project vision.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Use a powerful Agile planning tool – The Feature Card
- Perform the correct level of planning – based on the information available
- Work with the customer to understand and scope project features
- Identify feature attributes that allow you to quantify value, risk, and uncertainty
- Involve the project team during feature scoping and sequencing
- Identify the minimal marketable feature set
- Deliver a project/release plan early, when requirements are still evolving
YOU WILL TAKE AWAY:
- Templates, Examples and Guides to use in your workplace after the workshop.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
- IT Project Managers
- Business Analysts
- Product Managers
- Program Managers
- Product Owners
- PMO executives or managers
- Anyone who works on software projects (developers, analysts, testers, DBAs, architects)
INSTRUCTOR: Greg Smith is a Senior Project Manager, ScrumMaster, and Agile coach with ten years of experience leading project teams to a more agile process. Greg has received numerous awards for his work in helping start-ups establish good software practices, and for helping enterprises overcome bureaucracy and deliver urgent projects. Greg has worked for companies including Philips Electronics, The Seattle Times, R.R. Donnelley, Washington Mutual, and JP Morgan Chase. Greg has been teaching Agile Project Management at Bellevue College since 2005. Greg is also a co-author of the top rated agile adoption book, Becoming Agile in an Imperfect World.
PDU’s: 1.5
COST: $27
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WEBINAR – Applying Lean Thinking to IT Projects
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In today’s business climate, ”more-for -less” is becoming very important. Applying “Lean Thinking” promises to deliver business results by greatly increasing quality, throughput, and productivity for organizations. An understanding of “lean concepts” can be used by Project Managers to improve process and enable IT organizations to more efficiently and effectively meet customer needs. This webinar with Carson Holmes will discuss lean practices that Project Managers can begin applying to IT Projects right away.
FREE Scrum Training (ie. Scrum for PMP’s)
Do you want to learn more about Scrum or get better at it?
Danube’s Scrum Core Training Webinars are led by five Certified Scrum Trainers–offering regularly scheduled webinars on the fundamentals of Scrum, from roles and terminology to its best practices.
Special Event Webinar Topics include:
- Scrum for PMPs
- Estimation: STory Sizes and Related Topics
- Explaining Scrum to Management
- Introcution to Scrum
*** See Danube’s lineup of ScrumCore Webinars at http://danube.com/scrum/webinars/scrumcore
Mixing it up with Agile & PMI – Shifting Focus
Many PMI project managers are looking for help in introducing Agile techniques into largely traditional organizations to help better manage today’s projects. Especially for non-software development projects where Agile teams are looking for help in gaining acceptance of their approaches and integrating what has been working well for them.
I’ve seen Agilistas criticize the command-and-control nature of some PMI approaches….I’ve also seen Traditional managers condemn the seemingly unstructured techniques practiced in Agile.
TIME TO MIX IT UP !
Have you ever seen a purist in either of these approaches? In reality, a smart mix of approaches can bring success to projects and organizations that so desperately need to start doing more with less.
My Speaking Engagements …..
-June 2: WEBINAR - Becoming Agile -June 15: PMI California Inland Empire -Sep 9: So Calif Quality Assurance Assoc Let’s Connect!
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