Agile roles and responsibilities. What the textbooks say and a discussion as to what really happens and why the roles differ from the textbook better practice. Project Management topics covered: Collaboration Team development Stakeholder engagement Communications management Risk Management Speaker Crystal is the Principal and Owner of MindsparQ™, a talent development consulting firm focused on helping business professionals enhance their skill sets in all things project management, communications, and leadership. She has over 20 years of experience in healthcare management and project management working with private- and public-sector clients. A graduate of Georgetown University and The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Public Health, Crystal is a dynamic trainer, results-oriented facilitator, and versatile project manager. Crystal is a certified project management professional (PMP)®, an agile certified practitioner (PMI-ACP)® and serves as a mentor to her alumni, Georgetown University.