June 11th PM Brown Bag

Agenda

1. Review of purpose and goals of Brown Bag sessions
2. Review of ground rules
   1. No Interruptions
   2. Everyone Gets a Turn
   3. Come Prepared to Share
3. Introductions
4. Discussion -- Managing Agile Projects

Discussion

What is Agile and how does it differ from other approaches to software development?  Are there different tools and techniquest that can be used to manage a project using an Agile approach?

Best Practices from the Group

General Discussion Notes

Reference Materials

• Article from the Project Management Tips website on Agile Project Management
• Danube Technologies' Scrum Refcard  Note that Danube also provides Agile tools and training
• Agile Project Management white paper from CCPace
• Scott Ambler's article on Agile Project Planning Tips
• gantthead provides Software Development: Traditional or Alternative, a good article comparing software development approaches.  Note that you'll need to register but it's free