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NEOPMI Chapter Program Meeting

Topic : Are you ready for Agile?

April 17, 2013

6:00 PM Registration Opens 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Registration and Networking 6:45 PM – 7:00 PM Meeting Announcements 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM Panelist Discussion 7:45 PM – 8:15 PM Panelist Q&A 8:15 PM – 8:30 PM Raffle, Network time with panelists

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Meeting Topic…

“Are you ready for Agile?”

Facilitator:

Christy Laird, PMP Panelists:

Robert Zoller, PMP Laura Hind, PMP

Martina Jaegers, PMP

Panelist: Martina Jaegers, PMP, is an IT Senior Project Manager at The Sherwin-Williams Company. Though a thirteen year veteran project manager, Martina is an Agile “newbie” who has embraced it’s principles and practices. She’s a member of a pilot Agile team being coached by consultants, is currently leading the team, and looks forward to growing agile within the organization. Martina is happy to share her experiences and eager to exchange ideas.

Panelist: Laura Hind, PMP, is a Project Manager and part of the IT PMO at MTD Products since 2010. She’s had 12+ years of experience in project management, IT release and quality management in the finance sector using Agile since 2005 to improve oversee development and team collaboration. She is certified PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) since 2011 and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) since 2007.

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Bio: Panelists

Panelist: Bob Zoller, PMP, is a Project Management and PMO consultant with 25 years IT experience including technical roles and PMO roles. He has PMP and CSM (Certified Scrum Master) credentials. He has worked at a variety of organizations in the area, with industry experience in manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and insurance. His Agile project experience includes the Scrum style as well as waterfall/iterative combinations. He has been a member of the chapter since 2006, and has supported the chapter in roles in the membership and member services areas. Bob is contracted currently at Progressive Insurance.

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Bio: Panelists

Project Management Methodologies

Traditional approaches

Waterfall

PRINCE2

Critical Chain project management

Process-based management

Event Chain methodology

Agile approaches

Scrum

Extreme Programming (XP)

Lean Software Development

Dynamic Systems Development (DSDM)

Feature Driven Development (FDD)

What is Agile?

A method that cycles through small releases and keeps business stakeholders engaged throughout the lifecycle

Breaking out large projects into smaller manageable bodies of work

Delivering highest value items first by continuously prioritizing “wants”

Gathering requirements along the way to accommodate changes

Improve quality by reducing waste and improving communication and feedback

Why Agile?

Accelerate time to market

Enhance ability to manage rapidly changing priorities

Increase Productivity

Enhance software quality

Reduced risk

Improved team morale

VersionOne/Agile Alliance 5th Annual Survey, 2010

Scrum Process

Daily Standup

Meeting

Iteration Planning Meeting Iteration Review

Meeting

Combination Approach

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Lifecycle Differences

Waterfall

Well established business processes

Significant interfacing with legacy systems

Package implementation

Broad user community

Firmly fixed scope

Team works best under tight control

Agile

Exploring new business processes

Evolving requirements

Experimental approach to solution

Using new technology

Firmly fixed deadline

Team works best when managing itself

Questions for Panelists

Q1: First time doing Agile (startup in a company for the first time)?

Q2: What are your best practices when doing Agile?

Q3: What are the challenges of Agile and when does it make sense not to do Agile?

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PMI Agile Certification

PMI-ACP = Agile Certified Practitioner (2,000 certified so far)

Requirement Description

Educational Level

• Secondary degree (high school or equivalent) or higher

General Project Experience

• 2,000 hours working on project teams, within 5 years

- OR - • PMP or PgMP certification

Agile Project Experience

• 1,500 hours working on Agile teams, within 3 years • This is in addition to General Project Experience

Training • 21 contact hours in agile practices

Application Fee • $435 for PMI members • $495 for non-members

Exam • Pass a 3-hour multiple-choice examination

Maintenance • 30 PDUs per 3 years, in agile principles and practices

• These PDUs can also count towards PMP and PgMP

References

Project Management Institute: www.pmi.org

Agile Manifesto – www.agilemanifesto.org

Agile Alliance – www.agilealliance.org

Scrum Alliance – www.scrumalliance.org

Noted Agile Authors

Ken Beck

Alistair Cockburn

Ken Schwaber

Panelist Q&A

Questions from the audience for the Panelists?

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