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Patricia
Project Manager
“I really love the sensible way agile project management works. It's challenging describing my agile team's accomplishments in traditional project management terms - the way my company still expects.”

Patricia is a seasoned project manager. She prefers agile development to her old attempts to force teams to conform to an overly prescriptive plan. But, her stakeholders still ask for the same predictability and schedule commitments. On her agile team she’s considered a ScrumMaster, but she still has lots of old project management responsibilities that don’t seem to fit into that ScrumMaster role.

Sessions

TimeTitlePresentersStageTypeRoom
Monday 11:00-11:45Kanban adoption at Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) Chris ShinkleAgile AdoptionExperience reportAtlanta
Monday 14:00-14:45New Approaches to Risk Management David Anderson (reviewer)Agile FrontierTutorialGrand Ballroom A
Monday 14:00-15:30Overcoming Agile ADHD Bruce Winegarden, David UllmanLeadership & TeamsTutorialSan Francisco
Monday 14:00-15:30Advances in Release Planning Jim HighsmithDistributed AgileTutorialCrystal A
Monday 14:00-15:30What is an Agile Project Manager anyway? Jesse Fewell, Pat ReedLeadership & TeamsClinicRegency A
Monday 16:00-17:30Zen and the Art of Software Quality Jim HighsmithMain StageTutorialCrystal B
Monday 16:00-17:30Mapping the Agile Enablement Battlefield George Schlitz (reviewer), Giora MoreinAgile & Organizational CultureTutorialRegency D
Monday 16:00-17:30It Takes Two to Tango; Four to Square Dance Barry Rogers, Ken HowardLeadership & TeamsTalkSan Francisco
Tuesday 11:00-12:30Death by Scrum Meeting Pete Behrens (reviewer)Agile & Organizational CultureTutorialRegency D
Tuesday 11:00-12:30The Beer Game with Agile Teams - MIT Game Theory in Agile Project Management Tom LooyLeadership & TeamsTalkRegency A
Tuesday 14:00-15:30When Team Culture and Company Culture Does Not Mix: Social Deviance Mitch Lacey (producer)Agile & Organizational CultureTalkRegency D
Tuesday 14:00-15:30Facilitation Patterns and Antipatterns Steven "Doc" List (producer)Leadership & TeamsWorkshopRegency A
Tuesday 14:45-15:30ScrumMasters Considered Harmful - Where Did It Go Wrong? Paul HodgettsLeadership & TeamsTalkSan Francisco
Tuesday 16:00-16:45Agile Lightweight Project Management with Google Docs Thomas Blomseth Christiansen, Bent JensenTools for AgilityDemonstrationGrand Ballroom E
Tuesday 16:00-17:30Can you hear me now? Good... Mark RickmeierDistributed AgileTutorialCrystal A
Tuesday 16:00-17:30Agile Project Metrics Dave NicoletteLeadership & TeamsTalkSan Francisco
Wednesday 09:45-10:30Scrum 911! Using Scrum to Overhaul a Support Organization Bhaven ShethAgile & Organizational CultureExperience reportAtlanta
Wednesday 11:00-12:30Agile Metrics Dan RawsthorneAgile Product ManagementTalkCrystal C
Wednesday 11:00-12:30The Agile PMP: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks Mike CottmeyerCoachingTalkCrystal A
Wednesday 14:45-15:30Iterating a Team in Flux Sharlene McKinnonLeadership & TeamsExperience reportSan Francisco
Wednesday 16:00-17:30The Invisible Project Manager Mack AdamsLeadership & TeamsTutorialRegency A
Wednesday 16:00-16:45Irrational Loss Aversion Brian BozzutoManifesting AgilityTalkColumbus GH
Wednesday 16:00-17:30Agile Leadership: Building Shared Responsibility Teams Pete Behrens (reviewer)Main StageTutorialCrystal B
Thursday 09:00-10:30Why Is Testing So Slow? Michael BoltonTestingWorkshopGrand Ballroom D North
Thursday 09:45-10:30Using Virtual Worlds for Distributed Agile Keith Voos, Ami Hileman (reviewer)Distributed AgileWorkshopPlaza Ballroom A