Chapter Meeting - November 2017: First Steps Toward Agility: Incorporating Agile Practices in a Waterfall Environment

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Meeting Agenda

5:30 - 6:30 PM   Networking / Dinner

6:30 - 7:00 PM   NCPMI Business Announcements

7:00 – 8:00 PM  Featured Presentation:

                           First Steps Toward Agility: 

                           Incorporating Agile Practices in a Waterfall Environment    

8:00 - 8:15 PM   Q&A 

 

Title: First Steps Toward Agility: Incorporating Agile Practices in a Waterfall Environment

 Abstract:

What are the effective first steps toward transforming your organization into an Agile environment? Many people struggle with the crucial first steps toward agility. For many, the most arduous part of transitioning to Agile happens at the beginning—in the uncertainty of how to put the initiative into motion. In this presentation, strategies and best practices to begin incorporating Agile practices are revealed. Real-world experiences working with existing project teams to begin incorporating Agile practices and ceremonies are shared. By initiating practices, teams start to understand Agile principles and mindset and become better prepared to take the next steps on their Agile journey. Specific Agile practices, and how to adapt each one to a traditional environment, are covered.

Based on his experience with Enterprise Agile coaching and leading Agile transformations in organizations, RefineM lead instructor and CEO NK Shrivastava will share examples of successful first steps toward agility. Best practices will be discussed, including daily standups, retrospectives, and many other key Agile practices that can be utilized for success even on teams not using Agile. By initiating these practices, teams start to understand Agile principles and will be better prepared to take the next steps in their Agile journey.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a strategy to introduce Agile in their organizations.
• Understand the first steps toward agility based on real-world examples.
• Learn Agile practices that can be utilized in a Waterfall environment

About the Speaker: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NK Shrivastava, MBA, PMP, RMP, ACP, CSP, SPC4

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nkshrivastava/

NK Shrivastava, Lead Instructor and Enterprise Agile Coach, is CEO of RefineM (https://www.refinem.com/), a project management and Agile consulting and training company. RefineM’s mission is to help organizations turn their project management capability into a competitive advantage.

NK has over thirty years of professional experience in project management realm. He has proven himself adept at keeping large, complex projects on track while managing and mentoring teams of project managers and spearheading process improvements. NK is a critical thinker capable of grasping the big picture, identifying priorities, developing sophisticated, data-driven project plans, and crafting metrics-rich, executive-level communications. He is an experienced instructor and speaker on Agile, project management and process improvement topics, specializing in Agile, PMP Exam Prep, stakeholder management, risk management, earned value management, project recovery, and Lean/Agile process improvements.

NK Shrivastava is offering a one-day workshop for NCPMI:  Lean/Agile Process Improvements for NCPMI members to be held 9:00 am – 4:30 pm on Saturday, November 18. 2017 at Cisco Systems. 

An extended (two-day) version of the workshop is offered for 2018 PMI SeminarsWorld.

Early Registration: Members $0, Volunteers $0, Non-Members $25

Late Registration / Onsite: Members/Non-Members $25, Volunteers $0

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