Agile 2017
August 06, 2017
I will be speaking at two presentations at the Agile 2017 Conference next week in Orlando. I am looking forward to catching up with old colleagues and meeting new practitioners, it looks set to be a great event.
My first presentation is called “Bridging Mindsets: Creating the PMI Agile Practice Guide” and is an experience report that tells the story of creating the Agile Practice Guide. This is a new book, sponsored by the Agile Alliance and the Project Management Institute that will be published September 6th. I was Chairman of the writers group and along with Vice-Chair Johanna Rothman we will explain the inputs and constraints to the guide along with our iterative, pair-writing process.
My second presentation is called “Integral but Insufficient: Why the Future Needs More than Agile to be Successful”. This one is a little more controversial, claiming large complex projects are rarely successful using agile alone. It is based on my 23-year experience of working on successful and not so successful agile projects, particularly one team that won a PMI “Project Of The Year” award.
It introduces some core observations such as good answers are rarely simple, and processes carry weight while knowledge is weightless:
Along with suggestions for a more cohesive, comprehensive model that will be the focus of my next book. I am looking forward to sharing these ideas with people and hearing their reactions. I hope to see you there.
Hello Mike,
Greetings from Singapore! This is unique and great collaboration to create the book. I look forward to get a fresh mindset from this new book!
Cheers..
Posted by: Hendi | August 23, 2017 at 07:59 PM
Hi Hendi,
Thanks and greetings from Canmore! I hope you like the book when it comes out in just over a week. It will be available as a free download from both the Agile Alliance and PMI websites.
Regards
Mike
Posted by: Mike Griffiths | August 24, 2017 at 11:45 AM
Hi Mike,
I regularly read your blogs.
Is the Agile Guide that you are talking about is the same as PMBOK V6.0?
Posted by: Parul Choudhary | August 26, 2017 at 11:35 PM
Hi Parul, The Agile Practice Guide is separate to the PMBOK v6 Guide. The PMBOK v6 Guide will have an agile appendix and will reference the new Agile Practice Guide which is a new, distinct publication. They should both be available on September 6th.
Posted by: Mike Griffiths | August 27, 2017 at 08:41 AM