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Project Portfolio Management in the Agile Enterprise
Kent Mcdonald (Knowledge Bridge Partners), Todd Little (Landmark Graphics)
Leadership Symposium · Customer, Leadership
Wednesday, 12:00, 2 hours | Grand Ballroom South
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Agile software development approaches have provided teams and organizations great guidance on how to deliver working software in a much more effective manner. Many organizations have adopted this guidance to great success on single projects, or even across multiple initiatives. While much has been written and discussed about how to develop software using agile techniques, there seems to be a dearth of information on how to pick what projects should be pursued in the first place, which can play just as big a factor into the success of the organization. This panel will gather together four practitioners who have had experience with project portfolio management. They may not have all of the answers, but the information they can share will provide the audience with some insight into what works and what doesn't when trying to decide which projects to pursue in the first place, and how to monitor their progress in an agile manner.
Kent McDonald, partner and co-founder of Accelinnova, has more than a decade of experience guiding successful projects and designing business solutions in a variety of industries including financial services, health insurance, performance marketing, human services, non profit, and automotive. His background includes delivering data-intensive and web-enabled application development projects that provide outstanding business value. He has coached client staff to help teams reach project goals more productively and effectively. Kent is a sought after speaker, writer, and coach on business analysis, project leadership, and delivering business value through projects. Kent is a co author of the Declaration of Interdependence, a co founder of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and a co founder of the Agile Iowa user group.
Todd Little is a Sr. Development Manager for Landmark Graphics. He has been involved in most aspects of software development including development, project management and general management. His focus has been on commercial software applications for oil and gas exploration and production. He is on the Board of Directors for the AgileAlliance and was the Program Director for ADC2004, Agile2005, and Agile2006 conference. He is a co-author of the Declaration of Interdependence for Agile Project Leadership and a founding member and current President of the Agile Project Leadership Network.
