September 23, 2010 (8 – 9:30 am PDT)
Estimation is the lightening rod for conflicts between agile and process driven methodologies however times are changing. Regardless of how you define agile I would suggest that we all would agree that agile methods are now maturing. Part of the process of maturing is the incorporation of best practices from other methods and frameworks creating a hybrid. Functional metrics are a means incorporating additional process discipline into the estimation process typically used by agile teams. This process discipline aids in attaining CMMI Maturity Levels.
SPEAKER: CAI is a global IT services firm out of Pennsylvania that manages engagements with over 100 Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies around the world.
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September 8, 2010 (8 – 9:30 am PDT)
According to Forrester Research 14% of the enterprises both in the USA and in Europe apply an agile approach and another 19% consider to get started with agile. A lot of companies want to become agile because they regard agility as a promising development approach, not only because the Standish Group is recommending agile development processes for avoiding project failures.
Yet, many teams are uncertain about how and where to start in order to become agile. Moreover, transitioning to agile often has an impact in many dimensions that are difficult to foresee.
In this Free webinar, CAI provides insights in how to get started with agile, what pitfalls to watch out for in the transition phase and as well how to ensure that the agile mindset will be preserved.
SPEAKER: CAI is a global IT services firm out of Pennsylvania that manages engagements with over 100 Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies around the world.
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October 13, 2010 (9 – 10am PDT)
Misconceptions abound about how agile projects analyze and develop requirements. In practice, requirements are the basis for planning, developing and delivering agile projects.
Agile requirements are congruent– they combine to form a sound and sensible union that drives successful delivery of business value.
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YOU WILL LEARN:
- The agile method of developing requirements and how ‘traditional’ requirements practices are adapted on agile projects
- The value of requirements analysis on agile projects
- Ways in which requirement form the basis for planning on agile projects
- How effective agile teams collaborate around requirements
PDU: 1
COST: Free
SPEAKER: Ellen Gottesdiener, Principal Consultant and Founder of EBG Consulting, Inc., helps business and technical teams collaborate to define and deliver products customers value and needs. Ellen is an internationally recognized facilitator, coach, trainer, author, speaker, and expert on requirements development, product chartering, retrospectives, agile requirements, and collaborative workshops.
She is the author of two acclaimed books (Requirements by Collaboration and The Software Requirements Memory Jogger), Ellen speaks at industry conferences; writes articles, blogs, and tweets; and is an IIBA (BABOK®) expert reviewer and contributor to the (in progress) agile-BABOK addendum. Her free eNewsletter Success with Requirements offers practical guidance and news, her blog ponders topical ideas and experiences, and EBG’s Web site provides a variety of useful practitioner resources.
*** ALL who register will get a link to the recording ***
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Hear about a real life Very Large, Complex, Multi-year and Distributed project at a leading corporation where using Agile practices were introduced in a very Waterfall traditional environment.
A seasoned PM Consultant, Donnla Nic Gearailt, shares her experience as the Project Manager of a team with responsibilities for the development of NEW software for businesses globally, ranging from tactical bug fixes, to complete system rewrites and re-engineering, to adding new modules to existing systems.
She shares with us in a 30 minute interview:
- How Waterfall and Scrum fit into her project lifecycle
- What happened before Scrum Sprints started
- How Estimating was done with the team and ultimately got management approval
- What the Team looked like and roles on the team (ie. Project Manager, Product Owner, Stakeholders Business Users, Development, Testing and Release)
- How her mixed project was integrated with the other waterfall-only projects
- How dependencies between projects were handled
- How the Backlog was managed and what was in the backlog
- What the Scrum Sprints looked like – duration – activities – stand-ups
- What documentation was used ?
- How Collaboration was encouraged and achieved with such a distributed team.
- LOOKING BACK – Donnla also shares what made the project a great success, and key factors any company should consider in mixing Agile & Waterfall when starting to use Agile in their Waterfall world.
SPEAKER: Donnala Nic Gearailt is a Project Management Consultant with CROM Consulting Ltd. She has been leading and participating in Agile teams for over 4 years and over 8 years in Financial Projects. She has also played the role of Portfolio Manager, Business Analyst and Developer — and now is the Project Manager of teams. She has extensive experience in managing projects with many dependencies on other teams and in dealing with the associated issues, such as getting her projects on to the relevant prioritization lists and executed.
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