Live Webinar April 10th, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Webinar Duration: 1 Hour ea Credits: 1 Category C – Free PDUs
Presented by: Modern Analyst

NOTE: We have listed this as a Category C but the provider has stated that this session is ** Eligible for PDUs, CDUs. ** This may be a category A presentation presented by Diversified Business Communications (Rep #1811). More Information will be available will be available at the end of the session.

Decades since the early implementation of incremental software development methods, Agile has taken the software industry by storm. Not surprising given that it promotes development, teamwork, collaboration, and process adaptability throughout the entire life cycle of a project.

But problems and confusion continue to exist leading some to claim that Agile is either not scalable or worse it doesn’t work at all. A few of the issues are:

• Senior management struggles to understand what is happening within Agile teams resulting in unintentional interference and bureaucracy that frustrates and slows teams down
• Agile’s focus on the implementation stage skips an important creative process that occurs outside of prototyping or working software
• Too much focus on Agile methodologies has resulted in a loss of the human aspect
• Agile has failed to incorporate the organization as a whole and continues to struggle in finding the balance between agility and accountability

To avoid these issues successful Agile projects require organization-wide Sociocracy to create a structure that involves all members throughout the organization “in the flow” in decision-making, while producing a strong, transparent, efficient decision-making structure.

Join Derwyn Harris, as he shares how to use tools, language, process, and Sociocracy to improve collaboration and expand Agile practices in an organization. This will be a great webinar for all levels of management, including Business Analysts, Product Managers, Developers and Executives.

Presenter: Derwyn Harris, (LinkedIn profile) Solutions Architect and Co-Founder at Jama Software

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 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.’

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