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QUADRUS TO PRESENT "MANAGING AGILE PROJECTS" AT CIPS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SIG
Quadrus is pleased to present "Managing Agile Projects" at the CIPS Calgary Project Management Special Interest Group on Thursday, November 20, 2003.

"Managing Agile Projects"
CIPS Calgary Project Management SIG
Thursday, November 20, 2003
12:00 - 1:00 PM

Fifth Avenue Place Conference Centre
2nd Floor, West Tower
237 - 4 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta

About the Presentation:
Agile development techniques and their benefits have been widely publicized in the software development world in the last 18 months. Many organizations are now looking at agile approaches, drawn by the claims of improved productivity, higher quality, better ROI and greater customer satisfaction. However many of the "emergent", "light-weight" techniques advocated in agile methods appear contrary to the traditional "plan-based" project management best practices.

This presentation will make the case that many types of software development projects are sufficiently different from physical engineering-based projects and that construction-inspired project controls are not the most appropriate means for management. It will then compare and contrast elements of the PMBOK against the principles of Agile development and suggest alternatives to the traditional project planning, execution and tracking techniques. The explanation of these approaches will be backed up by accounts of their practical use on software development projects and will form the basis for discussion items.

About the Presenter:
Mike Griffiths will provide an overview of agile development techniques from a project management perspective and examine the project circumstances that favour an agile approach. Mike is a full-time project manager and trainer at Quadrus Development Inc. who specializes in appropriate methods. Before joining Quadrus in 2001, Mike worked for IBM Global Services, England and in 1994 was involved in the development of the agile methodology called DSDM. Since then Mike has continued to be active in the agile development community and co-authored the DSDM White Paper "Combining Agile Techniques with Formal Project Management". Mike holds PRINCE2 and PMP project management certifications along with DSDM and Scrum agile certifications.