Project Management Professional (PMP) or other detailed training has become almost ubiquitous in the project management profession. Through this training, Brian Watson says that many of us have learned what we should be doing when it comes to managing projects, and this often conflicts with what we are doing. This gets more complicated when transitioning from plan-based methodologies to an agile framework. What may seem like chaos is really the perfect time to stop managing projects through controls that lack trust in the development teams, dust off those skills of empowerment, and embrace those activities we should be doing. Project managers are leaders, and agile transformations are the perfect time to eliminate ineffective, micromanagement processes and to implement collaborative, empowering techniques. Brian shares his experiences combining corporate agile transformations with mentoring project managers on how to leverage agile techniques. Learn how to effectively embrace resource management, estimating, reporting, traceability, and courage—all while project managing in an agile world.
Brian Watson
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Brian Watson has more than eighteen years of experience in software development and ten years practicing agile. He is currently a product and agile coach, primarily focusing on agile transformation, coaching, and teaching. Brian has supported enterprise clients across multiple industries including government, insurance, utilities, consulting services, financial services, and manufacturing. Previously, he was a PMO and director of project delivery for a consulting company. Brian is a member of the Scrum Alliance, PMI, and IIBA. When not coaching, Brian enjoys golfing and drinking craft beer.
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