Being The Manager Of An Agile Team

Extreme Programming has lots to say about agile software engineering and testing. Scrum has a lot to say about the process of iterating and organizing priority. Lean has a lot to say about increasing production and production quality as well as eliminating waste. Lots of client, even with agile training, still remain with questions about where management fits in within an agile culture. This session is a blend of project management and people management. Some of the looming questions surround:

- How to deal with risk
- Predicting issues
- Forecasting
- Hiring and firing
- No broken windows (defects)
- Feedback and metrics
- Managing scope & setting expectations

Jeffrey Palermo is the CTO of Headspring Systems. Jeffrey specializes in Agile management coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. He is instrumental in the Austin software community as a member of AgileAustin and a director of the Austin .Net User Group. Jeffrey has been recognized by Microsoft as a “Microsoft Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) for technical and community leadership. He is also certified as a MCSD.Net and ScrumMaster. Jeffrey has spoken and facilitated at industry conferences such as VSLive, DevTeach, and Microsoft Tech Ed. He also speaks to user groups around the country as part of the INETA Speakers’ Bureau. His web sites are headspringsystems.com and jeffreypalermo.com. He is a graduate from Texas A&M University, an Eagle Scout, and an Iraq war veteran. Jeffrey is the founder of the CodeCampServer open-source project and a co-founder of the MvcContrib project.
Cost: Free
Contact: www.AgileAustin.org or info@AgileAustin.org
Proof of Attendance forms will be provided for PMI (PDU), ASQ (RU) and NPDM (PDH) re-certifications