Summary

Description:
“Management expertise has become the creation and control of constants, uniformity, and efficiency, while the need has become the understanding and coordination of variability, complexity, and effectiveness” 

– Dee Hoc, Birth of the Chaordic Age, 1999

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to make large programs and portfolios “agile”? Ever thought, “There has got to be a better way to create early wins!”. If so, this is the course for you! The world of today demands that businesses be more nimble and react to customer demand with more swiftness than ever before. Managing uncertainty and change in complex projects and programs calls for balancing defined and empirical process control. Agile provides the framework to implement that balance.

Course objectives:
• Lean-Agile Overview: Establishing the baseline for successful Lean-Agile Project, Programs and Portfolios
• Agile Program & Portfolio Governance – Identify methods of managing risk and maximizing value creation in an agile program environment
• Agile Program/Portfolio Reporting & Forecasting – Investigate methods to effectively answer the “hard” financial questions executives ask 
• Measuring Performance – Identify pragmatic methods to compare and contrast hybrid project, program & portfolio performance 
• Building Scalability – Examine challenges/opportunities associated with moving from single to multiple agile delivery teams
• Decision Framing /Making in the Lean-Agile Program & Portfolio Environment– Explore pragmatic ways to move from “Plan & Control” 
• The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Value at the Program/Portfolio levels– Exploring emerging opportunities in the market of tomorrow

Who should attend:
This is for program and portfolio managers who manage traditional, agile, as well as hybrids as part of their programs and portfolios.

Earn: 14 PDUs!

Instructor: Jim Hayden, PMP, PMI-ACP, SPC, CSM

Instructor Bio:
Jim Hayden is AgilePolaris’ CEO and Founder. Jim brings over 25 years of leadership experience pragmatically solving complex problems by leading and motivating tech-savvy teams in delivering business-­‐critical technology solutions. His particular passion involves helping corporations improve their program delivery by leveraging Lean-Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)®. He has experience across finance/banking, retail, insurance, Application Service Provider (ASP), IT, B2B Web, government and non‐profit industries as well as his extensive aerospace/avionics operational experience.

Besides holding a Bachelor of Science from USAFA, Jim has a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry‐Riddle Aeronautical University and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from the George Washington University’s School of Business. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP)®, a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-­‐ACP)®, a Scaled Agile Academy Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)® Program Consultant (SPC) and a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). He is a member in good standing with the Project Management Institute (PMI)®, the Scaled Agile Academy and the Scrum Alliance. 

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014 - Friday, May 2, 2014

Time: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Location: 
La Quinta Perimeter Medical
6260 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30328
(770) 350-6177

RSVP: Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Registration Fee:

$ 645--- PMI Atlanta Chapter Member (discount rate)
$ 795 --- Non-member (standard rate)

PMI Atlanta Calendar of Events: http://www.pmiatlanta.org/events.html

Please note that walk-ins on the same day as class are not allowed. Registration must be completed on-line in advance of RSVP date provided in course description. 

* For information on the event, please contact Certification & Education PMP Seminar Chair at email pmpsemchair@pmiatlanta.org or leave a voicemail message at (678) 653-3343.

 

Details

  • When

  • Thursday, May 1, 2014 - Friday, May 2, 2014
    8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

  • Where

  • La Quinta Perimeter Medical
    6260 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NE
    Atlanta, Georgia 30328
    (770) 350-6177