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Mark Layton

Platinum Edge, Inc.

Known globally as Mr. Agile®, Mark Layton is an organizational strategist and PMI certification instructor with more than twenty years in the project management field. Mark is the Los Angeles chair for the Agile Leadership Network and the founder of Platinum Edge, Inc., an organizational improvement company supporting businesses in waterfall-to-agile transition. The author of Agile Project Management for Dummies, Mark is a frequent speaker on lean, XP, Scrum, and other agile solutions. He is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force’s Leadership School, certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), and recipient of Stanford University’s advanced project management certification (SCPM).

Speaker Presentations
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 3:45pm
Agile Business Analyst
The Business Analyst’s Critical Role in Agile Projects

Are you a business analyst, wondering how you fit into agile projects? Are you a ScrumMaster who wants to work with business analysts for a stronger project team? Are you a product owner who needs to supercharge your product backlog? Mark Layton introduces you to the critical role of the business analyst on agile projects. Get the essential information business analysts need to know to be successful members of an agile project team. Learn how business analysts can use their product knowledge and requirements translation skills to support product owners and stakeholders.