The truth about Scrum

10/08/2009, 4:15pm10/08/2009, 9:00pm, Dortmund, Harenberg City Center, free of cost

Abstract

The event begins with the question why agility is needed and explains how to reach it with Scrum. This will include exemplary to some areas of traditional project management and shown how they are compatible with Scrum.

This lecture includes explanations and examples how projects high high values requirements arise and Scrum software be with them, how real project controlling with Scrum works and how you can supplement the Scrum “framework” to other helpful tools & techniques. This knowledge is conveyed in the context of several successful partly large and multiannual Scrumprojekts.

Agenda

16:15

arrival

16:30 – 17:15

First Lecture, 30 minutes + 15 minutes discussion

  • why agility?
  • requests in Scrum
  • project controlling with Scrum
  • tools, techniques & experience
  • forecast

17:15 – 17:30

short break

17:30 – 18:15

Second Lecture, 30 minutes + 15 discussion

  • Scrum in reality - experiences at Xing AG
    XING began in mid of 2007 to use Scrum. Now they use Scrum for all their projects. This presentation shows the trends, challenges and the ruselts of this transformation.

18:15 – 19:00

common food and stand-up table discussions

19:00 – open

get to gether in the local pub scene

The event is open free of charge, but a logon via this site is required.

Contact

Dr. Martin Mandischer, Head of project management

Dr. Martin Mandischer is the head of department for project management. As an authorized signatory he is responsible for the project management division at itemis. Moreover he coordinates the area of tender management.

As a certified project manager of the PMI, certified Scrum-Master and Scrum Practitioner he has directed projects for more than 10 years in various national and international customer environments. Within the scope of his projects he has already been pressing ahead with generative and model-based software development since 1998 and builds on agile procedure models.

Dr. Martin Mandischer studied computer science at the University of Dortmund from where he was also awarded his doctorate in computer science in 2000.

Contact

Patrick Schneider
Head of Marketing

Phone: +49 231 9860-193

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