The Agile Advantage: eXtreme Project Management & Agile Methods

Date:  September 21, 2007

Time:    9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location:  Darden School Room 160, Charlottesville, VA
                     Click Here for driving directions and a map

Synopsis:

eXtreme Project Management ™ applied:
How to Lead & Succeed in the Face of Volatility

Doug DeCarlo

 No sooner do you say the word "plan," when something else has changed.  Instead of managing priorities, you often find yourself prioritizing crises. 

Traditional project management practices simply don’t cut in on today’s volatile, high-change, high-speed, high-stress ventures. To succeed on these extreme projects, today’s new breed project manager needs to adopt a quantum mindset, know how to apply a flexible project model, and at the same time, be able to unleash motivation and innovation.

Based on his work with over 250 project teams from around the world, Doug DeCarlo-- with the help of his African drum -- will share proven principles, practices and tools that have been captured in his highly acclaimed book, eXtreme Project Management:  Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility.

The Agile Adoption Framework

Dr. Ahmed Sidky

Many organizations aspire to adopt agile processes to take advantage of the numerous benefits that they offer to an organization. As the demand for agile adoption grows, we keep asking what does it mean to be agile? When is an organization considered agile? Which practices should the organization adopt? Are there any guidelines to help with agile adoption efforts?

The Agile Adoption Framework is a structured, yet flexible process framework that helps guide and assist agile coaches and organizations in their agile adoption efforts. The framework consists of two components: (1) an agile measurement index, to identify the agile potential of projects and organizations, and (2) a 4-Stage process to determine which set of agile practices the organization can adopt for each project. This talk also includes an exciting hands-on simulation of an agile adoption engagement.

Agenda

Please fill out the registration form and return to the address or fax provided or click here to RSVP by September 14 to Jenny Leslie.
Be sure to list 3 members of your organization who will be attending along with their emails and titles.

****NEW FOR THIS PROGRAM ONLY***
NONMEMBER MS-MIT Alums may register to attend this program for a $500 fee. Seating is limited. We have 10 nonmember slots and these will not be filled until all CMIT member companies have claimed their 3 slots each.

MS-MIT alums will be receiving an invitation and registration instructions from Michel Koenig directly.