Jan 24, 2010
Agile Project Management Video
One of the primary reasons that lawyers OUGHT to turn to Agile for guidance in project management is that it deals with risk and the risks associated with change as a matter of course, rather than as an avoidable exception
The primary method of learning project management has been to attend PMI (Project Management Institute) courses with the objective of obtaining the PMP certification. Agile doesn’t require any of that,–but the focus is on the fluency of the team NOT the qualifications of a manager far-removed from the actual work of the team and the value it provides.
Through the PMI-Agile Cummunity of Practice, PMI has explicitly recognized the value of educating its membership about Agile, and here’s a video from one of the leaders of the movement to bridge understanding between PMI and Agile principles and practices.
By the way, an interesting early point is that many software projects are on a two-year plan,.–which sounds an awful lot like most litigation.