June PM Tools - Agile Project/Program Management Panel Discussion
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Catherine Hammerstrom-Sweeney of the PMIWDC Board, and the June PM Tools speakers.“Agile Project/Program Management Panel Discussion”
featuring
Rodney Bodamer, CC Pace; Richard Cheng, Excella Consulting Linda Cook, Project Cooks;
Location and Cost
COST
PM Tools is always free of charge, and registration is not required.
DATE
Every third Tuesday of each
month, at 5:30,
Immediately before the monthly
chapter dinner.
LOCATION
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner 8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA703.448.1234 http://www.Sheraton.com/TysonsCorner
About the Program
Agile Project/Program Management Panel Discussion
Interest in adopting Agile principles and practices is large and growing in both private and public sectors. As such, the role of a Project Manager and the way in which project work is performed and managed is changing. When switching to agile, what are the biggest areas of adjustment for a Project Manager? How does the role of the Project Manager change under agile? How can agile scale to address large project engagements? What is the value proposition with agile? Join the June 16 PMI PM Tools session in a Panel discussion as local experts and practitioners explore the relationship of agile principles and practices to those of PMI, and how they may differ from or complement the teachings within the PMBOK® Guide.
About the Speakers
Rodney Bodamer
CC Pace
Rodney Bodamer is a Managing Consultant for the Enterprise Solutions Practice at CC Pace and provides leadership in helping enterprise level clients adopt the use of both Agile and Lean methods. Rodney has led dozens of Agile product development teams as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and has successfully coached numerous Fortune 100 clients in their transition to Agile. Rodney has trained executive management on approaches and solutions involving Lean-Agile institutionalization and organizational change management adoption challenges. He has over 15 years of project, program, and release management experience leading large, complex, mission-critical IT projects in the financial services, government/defense, insurance, and healthcare industries. He is a member of the Agile Alliance, PMI, and chair of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) DC Chapter. Rodney has a B.B.A in Computer Information Systems and is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP®).
Richard Cheng
Excella Consulting
Richard Cheng is a managing consultant for Excella Consulting, providing consulting services to Fortune 1000 companies in the Washington, DC area. Having worked at and consulted for companies such as the Nasdaq Stock Market, Thompson Financial, and the Motley Fool, Richard has a deep specialty in the financial vertical. Richard has successfully used the Agile ideas in managing web projects, implementing data transactions services, creating an international general ledger application, and implementing enterprise level financial packages. As a management consultant, Richard has coached and mentored clients on the adoption and implementation of Agile and Scrum. Richard also leads Excella's Agile Center of Excellence. Currently, Richard is working to bring Agile to Federal government and is managing an Agile iterative solution on an Office of Personnel Management (OPM) project. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and has authored several publications on project management and is a member of Mensa. Richard is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), and a Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP).
Linda Cook
Project Cooks
Linda Cook has over twenty years' experience in the IT industry, she has held positions from developer, forms designer, data modeler, analyst, tester, to methodology lead. She has worked in a variety of industries, including financial systems, insurance, education, research, manufacturing, and IT consulting. She has mentored colleagues, established formal and informal training programs, and established/improved the processes of numerous software development teams during her career. Ms. Cook received her bachelors' degree from the College of Notre Dame in Business Management with a concentration in Computer Information Systems. She is a certified 'Scrum Master' with the designation of 'Practicing', and is active in the international Scrum community. Ms. Cook is a member of the Agile Alliance, and the Project Management Institute, active in the Baltimore Chapter. Ms. Cook is co-chair of the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) Maryland Chapter. Ms. Cook was the coordinator of parent/teacher education for Computer Mania Day 2006 held by the Center for Women in Information Technology (CWIT) at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Ms. Cook has helped many companies implement SCRUM, Agile Project Management, Kanban, and several Lean-Agile techniques.
