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Online Webinar – Presented by: Pillar Technology Group
Duration: 1 Hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Recorded: September 28, 2011

Project managers often wonder what their role should be in an Agile environment.

  • What does it mean that teams are self-organized?
  • No manager necessary?
  • And what about executives?
  • What should the CIO’s role be and how should they interact with the teams?
  • Is it any different?

In this webinar, Daryl discusses how the fundamental nature of leadership must change in order for Agile to be successful.It is too easy to just put cards on walls and feel like you’re “done Agile.”But unless the chain of command changes its own behavior, the teams will never achieve the results that Agile promises — reduced defects, higher productivity, focus on business value.

Watch Pillar Technologies session for a great conversation on the topic of servant leadership and Agile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YFLHTDHGvlo#!

Presenter: Daryl Kulak (LinkedIn profile) author of Use Cases: Requirements in Context (2nd Edition). The book opens with a brief introduction to use cases and the Unified Modeling Language (UML). It explains how use cases reduce the incidence of duplicate and inconsistent requirements, and how they facilitate the documentation process and communication among stakeholders.

The book shows you how to:

  • Describe the context of relationships and interactions between actors and applications using use case diagrams and scenarios
  • Specify functional and nonfunctional requirements
  • Create the candidate use case list
  • Break out detailed use cases and add detail to use case diagrams
  • Add triggers, preconditions, basic course of events, and exceptions to use cases
  • Manage the iterative/incremental use case driven project lifecycle
  • Trace back to use cases, nonfunctionals, and business rules
  • Avoid classic mistakes and pitfalls

The book also highlights numerous currently available tools, including use case name filters, the context matrix, user interface requirements, and Daryl’s own “hierarchy killer.”

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

  • 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
  • 9.3 Develop Project Team
  • 9.4 Manage 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’

Click to watch How To Be a Servant Leader in an Agile Environment On Pillar Technology Group’s Site

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