Next Calgary APLN Meeting

The next Calgary Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) meeting will be on Monday January 15th when I will be talking about “Agile Suitability Filters”. Here are the details:

Event:                         Calgary APLN: “Agile Suitability Filters”
Presenter:                Mike Griffiths, Quadrus Development Inc.
Date:                         Monday January 15, 2007
Time:                         12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (registration will commence at 11:30 AM)
                                 Light beverages to be provided
Location:                   5th Avenue Place – Conference Room
                                 Suite 202, 420 – 2nd Street SW

Topic: “Agile Suitability Filters”

Agile methods can bring many benefits, but are they appropriate for all projects? In this session Mike will outline several agile suitability filters and discuss their application and roles. Project characteristics and organizational characteristics to assess will be analyzed along with strategies for interpreting and acting upon the results.

About the Speaker:

Mike Griffiths is a project manager for Quadrus Development Inc. He helped create DSDM in 1994 and has been using agile methods ever since; he is active in the agile community and has authored numerous journal articles. Mike serves on the board of the Agile Alliance and the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) and is a frequent contributor to agile conferences.

To register, please send an email with your contact information including name, company name, and telephone number to register@calgaryapln.org.

Following this session we have some great speakers lined up.

On February 21st Robin Robertson of RCR Consulting will be presenting on “Working with Different Personality Types”
On April 10th Ross Martin and Lynn Harrison of Black Tusk Leadership will present on “Team Motivation”.

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