You are cordially invited to an IIBA NYC Chapter Event at a Microsoft Venue.

Come for an interactive discussion and to network with New York City's practitioners...

AGENDA:

5:30 - 6:00     Networking and Refreshments

6:00 - 6:05     Announcements & Speaker Introductions

6:05 - 6:50     Presentation by Emiliano Soldi

Agile Project Management: a tradeoff between proactivity and reactivity

6:50 - 7:00     Q&A, Raffle and Closing 

IIBA New York Chapter proudly presents: 

Emiliano Soldi PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM

Synopsis

Agile Project Management: a trade-off between pro-activity and re-activity

An exponential increase in complexity, a strong reduction of a product's lifecycle and market time frames are drastically challenging projects and their success. 

In a context like this, what tools and techniques can be used by project management?

"A proactive approach" would seem to be highly effective:  by having a strong focus on the planning and analysis phases, proactively addressing known problems and influencing or conditioning others as they encounter uncertain scenarios.

But, is trying to anticipate any decision of an unpredictable future the best solution? Not always.

Alternatively, "a reactive approach" puts less effort on planning and greater attention in tackling any change or unanticipated events, in order to manage them immediately.

However, risk management says that un-identified risks or problems are implicitly accepted:  having said that, are we really sure that we can afford such a reactive approach? Not always.

Many theories promote a traditional, theoretical approach in managing complexity within projects, but this does not always work.

Agile, indeed, being completely geared on the empirical approach helps to face such a complexity, helping to find the right balance between proactivity and reactivity, thanks to transparency, inspection and adaptation.

Key take-aways:

Understanding how complexity can be reduced and faced through an agile approach

Learning about how the requirements are gathered, managed and decomposed through an iterative approach

Appreciating the ProductOwner role in Scrum (similar to a BA) as a pivotal figure in balancing the two approaches above mentionedSpace is filling up quickly, so please register now!

About the Speaker...

Emiliano is a senior Project Manager and an Agile Coach, with over 15 years of experience in the field.

He is a PMP, PMI-ACP and CSM certified professional, with solid knowledge of the traditional and agile project management disciplines.

As a founding partner of an IT Consultancy agency, he is currently managing projects mainly related to the creation of IT solutions and is also assigned to project/program management consultancy jobs, using both the traditional and agile approaches.

As an agile coach, he helps and facilitates the adoption of agile methodologies by training, coaching teams and product owners, and accompanying companies in embracing agile as a whole.

He is also an experienced project management Trainer and has been a speaker in several project management conferences and seminars.  (e.g. PMI, IPMA).

Target Audience:  Project Business Analysts, Enterprise Business Analysts, Business and Solution Architects, Project, Program and Portfolio Managers, Product Managers, Customer Relationship Managers, BACOE and PMO Directors, IT Managers.

Level: All

REMINDER:

There will also be giveaways during the Q & A portion.

Venue: Microsoft

Directions: Take the F to 47-50th St Rockefeller stop or E, M to Fifth Ave-53rd St Stop.

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Platinum Sponsor IBM helps organizations of all sizes work smarter with robust BPM solutions that increase agility. IBM provides market-leading capabilities for BPM including services, industry accelerators and best practices, enabling clients to rapidly meet market demands through advanced modeling, deployment, and monitoring of processes. For more information, visit http://www.ibm.com.  Gold Sponsor International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL) is a global leader in professional training and comprehensive consulting services in the areas of Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, PRINCE2™, Business Analysis, Microsoft® Office Project and Project Server, and Lean Six Sigma. In addition to its many course offerings, productivity tools, and professional certification pathways, IIL leads the way in customized course development. Its Many Methods of Learning™ enable IIL companies in more than 18 major countries around the world to deliver innovative, effective, and consistent training solutions via a variety of learning platforms (traditional classroom, virtual classroom and on-demand training). IIL is an IIBA™ endorsed education provider and a PMI® charter global registered education provider. For more information, visit http://www.iil.com/ or call 800-325-1533. For free webinars and resources, visit www.iil.com/freeresources.  Silver Sponsors Credit Suisse AG is one of the world's leading financial services providers and is part of the Credit Suisse group of companies (referred to here as 'Credit Suisse'). As an integrated bank, Credit Suisse offers clients its combined expertise in the areas of private banking, investment banking and asset management. Credit Suisse provides advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as to retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is headquartered in Zurich and operates in over 50 countries worldwide. The group employs approximately 50,100 people. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at http://www.credit-suisse.com/. Microsoft Corporation, incorporated in 1981, develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a range of software products for computing devices. The Company’s software products include operating systems for servers, PCs and intelligent devices, server applications for distributed computing environments, information worker productivity applications, business solution applications, high-performance computing applications and software development tools. Microsoft understands the challenges faced by application development teams and continues to make investments to help organizations address these challenges. The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 suite of solutions can drive value with all the stakeholders on your team, including business analysts, architects, testers, and executive management, allowing these roles to collaborate more effectively to deliver quality software on-time, on-scope, and on-budget.   For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/. For free webinars and resources, check us http://www.almcatalyst.com/.  Bronze Sponsor Blueprint is a leading provider of requirements definition solutions designed to strengthen the foundation of the application lifecycle by eliminating requirement ambiguity and miscommunications which so often plague project outcomes. Designed for the challenges confronting modern requirement authors, Blueprint provides the industry's most full-featured requirements workbench with a cohesive set of functions to richly define, collaborate, visualize, and communicate requirements for projects ranging from multi-million dollar enterprise initiatives to smaller application enhancement.  Blueprint Software's Requirement Center™ reduces rework, ensures quality, and controls risk by allowing organizations to clearly express software requirements and validate them through live simulation. Please visit them at http://www.blueprintsys.com/ or call 516-992-8403.

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