December Meeting - The Agile PMP

[Michael McClenaghan]

The next Agile Edmonton user group meeting will be on Wednesday,
December 2nd at noon.

The Agile PMP: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

Agile methods emphasize trust, empowerment, and collaboration—moving
us away from command and control project management to harness the
passion, creativity, and enthusiasm of the team. In established
organizations, success with agile practices hinges on how well
traditional project managers adopt new ways of thinking about project
structure and control. Building on the principles of the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), Mike explores how PMPswith
experience in traditional development can adapt their styles and
practices to become effective agile project leaders. Mike tackles the
hidden assumptions behind the PMBOK and explores agile approaches for
managing time, cost, and scope. Taking an in-depth look at
PMIProcesses and Knowledge areas, he also explores ways to adapt them
to agile projects. Project managers, business analysts, and other
stakeholders will leave with a new way of thinking about project
management practices within the agile context and new tools for
delivering value in the face of uncertainty.

About the Speaker

Mike Cottmeyer is the Vice-President and General Manager of Pillar
Technology Southeast. Pillar Technology is the leading provider of
agile transformation services helping companies develop the technical
practices and leadership competencies required for sustainable
organizational change.

Prior to joining Pillar, Mike was an agile consultant, coach, and
evangelist for VersionOne. Before VersionOne, Mike was a senior
project manager for CheckFree Corporation where he led a portfolio of
projects for their online banking and bill payment business unit. Mike
has 20 years of experience leading IT initiatives using a combination
of traditional, agile, and lean project management best practices.

Mike is a certified PMP Project Manager and a certified ScrumMaster.
He co-created the DSDM Agile Project Leader certification and holds
Foundation, Practitioner, and Examiner level certificates. Mike is an
honorary member of the DSDM Consortium, a founder of the Lean Software
and Systems Consortium, and helping lead the AgilePMICommunity of
Practice.

Mike speaks internationally on the topic of Agile Project Management
and writes for several blogs including http://www.leadingagile.comand
http://blog.versionone.com and occasionally forhttp://www.agilesoftwaredevelopment.com
. Mike co-authored the paper “Rethinking the Agile Enterprise” for the
Cutter Consortium and is co-authoring a book on Agile transformations
for Addison-Wesley.

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This meeting will be held in the IBM Innovation Center at 10044-108th
Street. You can find more event information on our website at
agileedmonton.org.

If possible, try to show up a bit before noon so that we can get
started on time. Be sure to forward this information to anybody that
would be interested.