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Kevin Aguanno, PMP, MAPM

Ever-Changing Requirements? Use Agile Methods to Reduce Project Risk

 

Description

This tutorial will outline the underlying principles of Agile Development and the details of how it differs from traditional development projects. It examines the practical application of some common agile techniques, sharing lessons learned from real projects.

An extension of Mr. Aguanno’s often-requested presentation “Agile Development Using Scrum,” this new presentation includes a comparison of other agile development methods, including Extreme Programming, Crystal method, and Feature Driven Development, among others. The seminar is peppered with lively stories from Mr. Aguanno’s experiences delivering real-world agile development projects.

Participants will come away from the presentation with a high-level understanding of the Agile Development philosophy and how it differs from traditional development approaches, a high-level familiarity with a number of available agile methods, an understanding of how to apply some agile techniques on their own projects, and the ability to determine when those techniques are appropriate.

Kevin Aguanno was a recent presenter at the CIPS Annual Conference INFORMATICS 2004, where he delivered a tutorial on "Ever-Changing Requirements? Use Agile Methods to Reduce Project Risk." Here is what some of our delegate had to say about his session:

  • "Delivered real educational value in the session"
  • "Excellent -- details his knowledge with real world situations"
  • "Excellent speaker"
  • "Excellent pace. A good overview of selected agile methods."

Of our delegates that attended Kevin's session, 96% recommended that he be invited back to present again.

As one of the main conference organizers, I personally found Kevin helped to make my job easy as he was very prompt in responding to my requests for speaker information.
-- Mary Jean Kucerak CAE, Executive Director, Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
 

Agenda

  • Agile Development Principles
  • Agile Methods
    • Scrum
    • Lean Development
    • Extreme Programming (XP)
    • Feature-Driven Development (FDD)
    • Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
  • Agile Techniques You Can Use Today
  • Resources

 

Audience

The presentation is targeted at people managing development projects both inside and outside of I/T. No technical knowledge is required, and no prior knowledge of this topic is assumed.

 

Duration

2.5 hours including time for audience questions.

 

A/V Requirements

The presentation includes an electronic slide show and requires a data projector with a 1024x768 video resolution.

MEDIA KIT

Books in Print by Kevin Aguanno:

101 Ways to Reward Team Members for $20 (or Less!) - How to select and give out appropriate awards to maximize the benefit to the recipient, and over 100 inexpensive reward ideas. [Paperback and eBook formats]

S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Rewards Budget: Maximize the Return on your Employee Recognition Investment - How to get the most out of your employee recongition budget by choosing the right reward for the situation and the recipient, and then giving the reward in a manner that will give you leverage with other employees. [Audiobook]

Managing Agile Projects - The business benefits behind agile development methods and the insider secrets of how to manage such projects from those who developed the methods. [Paperback and eBook formats]

An Introduction to Agile - The reasons why agile methods emerged, and the business benefits behind using them. Covers the elements common to all agile methods. [Palm Reader eBook]

Stealth Methodology Adoption - How to package agile methods so that they can be introduced into an organization without attracting the ire of the "process police." [Palm Reader eBook]

Agile Project Management Using Scrum - Background on the Scrum methodology and how it can be applied on development projects to reduce risk, improve quality, and improve stakeholder satisfaction. [Audiobook]

Managing in the Face of Ever-Changing Requirements - How to manage your way through projects where requirements are constantly changing and where it is difficult (if not impossible) to set a baseline. [Audiobook]

So, You Think You're Done? - The key to project closeout is half getting final agreement that the project is done, and half completing all of those often-missed tasks that keep a project from dragging on and on. Includes financial closeout, administrative closeout, legal closeout, and other tasks. [Audiobook]

 

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