Agile in Practice: What Is Actually Going On Out There?
Scott Ambler talks about actual data resulting from surveys made during 2006-2008, showing how Agile is perceived and implemented within organizations.
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Posted by Deborah Hartmann on Jul 30, 2006 06:50 AM
The Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) is a non-profit organization focused on making people great project leaders by focusing on value, teams, context, customers, individuals and uncertainty. Today they held their first North American Leadership Summit, in parallel with the Agile2006 conference still going on in Minneapolis. The day-long event, sold out in advance, allowed 150 business and project leaders to learn from (and brainstorm with) experienced agile leaders like Jim Highsmith, Sanjiv Augustine, Christopher Avery, David Anderson, and Pollyanna Pixton. For those who missed it, InfoQ filmed most of the sessions and they will appear here in the next few months. Also, the next APLN Leadership Summit will take place in London, England on November 7th, at the Agile Business Conference.Officers of the board for the next year are:
The APLN was founded in 2004 by individuals active in writing about, practicing and evangelizing the movement toward fast, flexible, customer value-driven approaches to leading projects of many types. Although the organization is separate from the Agile Alliance, the group's aim is to work closely with the Agile Alliance to help them become better Project Leaders.
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