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NEOPMI Chapter Program Meeting
Topic : Are you ready for Agile?
April 17, 2013
6:00 PM Registration Opens
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Registration and Networking
6:45 PM – 7:00 PM Meeting Announcements
7:00 PM – 7:45 PM Panelist Discussion
7:45 PM – 8:15 PM Panelist Q&A
8:15 PM – 8:30 PM Raffle, Network time with panelists

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Meeting Topic…
“Are you ready for Agile?”
Facilitator:
Christy Laird, PMP
Panelists:
Robert Zoller, PMP
Laura Hind, PMP
Martina Jaegers, PMP

3.  Panelist: Martina Jaegers, PMP, is an IT Senior Project Manager at The
Sherwin-Williams Company. Though a thirteen year veteran project
manager, Martina is an Agile “newbie” who has embraced it’s principles and
practices. She’s a member of a pilot Agile team being coached by
consultants, is currently leading the team, and looks forward to growing
agile within the organization. Martina is happy to share her experiences and
eager to exchange ideas.
 Panelist: Laura Hind, PMP, is a Project Manager and part of the IT PMO
at MTD Products since 2010. She’s had 12+ years of experience in project
management, IT release and quality management in the finance sector
using Agile since 2005 to improve oversee development and team
collaboration. She is certified PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
since 2011 and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) since 2007.
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Bio: Panelists

4.  Panelist: Bob Zoller, PMP, is a Project Management and PMO consultant
with 25 years IT experience including technical roles and PMO roles. He has
PMP and CSM (Certified Scrum Master) credentials. He has worked at a
variety of organizations in the area, with industry experience in
manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and insurance. His Agile
project experience includes the Scrum style as well as waterfall/iterative
combinations. He has been a member of the chapter since 2006, and has
supported the chapter in roles in the membership and member services
areas. Bob is contracted currently at Progressive Insurance.
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Bio: Panelists

5. Project Management Methodologies
 Traditional approaches
 Waterfall
 PRINCE2
 Critical Chain project management
 Process-based management
 Event Chain methodology
 Agile approaches
 Scrum
 Extreme Programming (XP)
 Lean Software Development
 Dynamic Systems Development (DSDM)
 Feature Driven Development (FDD)

6. What is Agile?
 A method that cycles through small releases and
keeps business stakeholders engaged throughout
the lifecycle
 Breaking out large projects into smaller
manageable bodies of work
 Delivering highest value items first by continuously
prioritizing “wants”
 Gathering requirements along the way to
accommodate changes
 Improve quality by reducing waste and
improving communication and feedback

7. Why Agile?
 Accelerate time to market
 Enhance ability to manage rapidly changing
priorities
 Increase Productivity
 Enhance software quality
 Reduced risk
 Improved team morale
VersionOne/Agile Alliance 5th Annual Survey, 2010

8. Scrum Process
Daily Standup
Meeting
Iteration Planning Meeting
Iteration Review
Meeting

9. Combination Approach
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10. Lifecycle Differences
Waterfall
 Well established
business processes
 Significant interfacing
with legacy systems
 Package
implementation
 Broad user community
 Firmly fixed scope
 Team works best
under tight control
Agile
 Exploring new
business processes
 Evolving requirements
 Experimental approach
to solution
 Using new technology
 Firmly fixed deadline
 Team works best when
managing itself

11. Questions for Panelists
 Q1: First time doing Agile (startup in a
company for the first time)?
 Q2: What are your best practices when
doing Agile?
 Q3: What are the challenges of Agile and
when does it make sense not to do Agile?
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12. PMI Agile Certification
PMI-ACP = Agile Certified Practitioner (2,000 certified so far)
Requirement Description
Educational
Level
• Secondary degree (high school or equivalent) or
higher
General Project
Experience
• 2,000 hours working on project teams, within 5
years
- OR -
• PMP or PgMP certification
Agile Project
Experience
• 1,500 hours working on Agile teams, within 3 years
• This is in addition to General Project Experience
Training • 21 contact hours in agile practices
Application Fee • $435 for PMI members
• $495 for non-members
Exam • Pass a 3-hour multiple-choice examination
Maintenance • 30 PDUs per 3 years, in agile principles and
practices
• These PDUs can also count towards PMP and PgMP

13. References
 Project Management Institute: www.pmi.org
 Agile Manifesto – www.agilemanifesto.org
 Agile Alliance – www.agilealliance.org
 Scrum Alliance – www.scrumalliance.org
 Noted Agile Authors
 Ken Beck
 Alistair Cockburn
 Ken Schwaber

14. Panelist Q&A
 Questions from the audience for the
Panelists?
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