Friday, July 10, 2009

P2P Global conference 2009


P2P 2009 Global project management conference is scheduled to be held in Cairo on 2nd, 3rd and 4th November at Hotel Marriot.
You can find more information about the conference on http://p2p.brisk-consulting.org/details_sp.php


I will be addressing the conference in 3 sessions and I will be doing my presentations based on following abstracts.
http://www.p2pevents.net/p2p/main.php?page_label=Thushara%20Wijewardena
Software project management in outsourced project environment and Risk mitigation.
Outsourced projects over geographical boundaries have been always a challenge when it comes to project management. Either large scale or small scale, the risk of the project failures remain the same.
The presentation will discuss the challenges which project managers’ may face for the projects outsourced over boundaries and the common risk factors based on experience gained by managing and consulting various outsourced projects over a decade for a global clientele.
The Risk involved in outsourced projects from both customer and the software vender, the culture difference and how to overcome issues, communication, working with time differences, working with unknown parties, trust, and security issues in such projects will be discussed in details.
Further the challenges in Agile and waterfall methods in outsourced project environments will also be discussed.
The topic will be much related to the connected chapters as emerging software outsourcing markets.

Introducing Scrum to Your Organization
Successfully introducing Scrum into a non-Agile environment can be a very complicated endeavor. This presentation will cover critical areas of focus, risks and challenges your organization may face when crossing the bridge to Agile. This lecture will include an examination of the transition to Agile from the perspective of the organization as a whole, as well as individual stakeholders.

Effective Communication When Using Scrum
Communication is an important aspect of project management. According to the PMBOK, Project Managers spend 80-90% of their time communicating. When working with a lightweight Agile framework like Scrum, the risk of miscommunication can increase significantly if you aren’t vigilant about your messaging. This session will discuss the opportunities and risks a project manager faces when working with the Scrum framework. Participants should leave this talk with a deeper understanding of the risks to watch out for, as well as the new opportunities for enhanced communication that are created by using one of the most popular Agile methodologies.

Its my first time to address such a big conference and I wish I have enough time for preparations. :-)

3 comments:

Bond Reeves on 12:38 PM said...

I wish you all the best and good luck...

why don't you post your lecture on the blog too..?

Aruni Siriwardene on 4:08 AM said...

Hey Thushara,

Way to go!!! Wish you all the very best and I know you will do great and make us all very proud of you.

I am thrilled that a Sri Lankan and someone i personally know at that - is going such places.

Great stuff!
Aruni

Thushara said...

Thank you so much Aruni and shafraz.. But till today I dont think I have met any of their deadlines for pre planning phase due to my work, travelling etc.so lets see how it goes :-) Lots of preparation is needed.

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