Come hear me speak at the 2010 Scrum Gathering

This year, the 2010 Scrum Gathering in Orlando is featuring a dedicated project management track called “When worlds collide – Scrum and traditional Project Management”. I’ve been invited to participate in two sessions:

  • “Agile Contracts for the Real World” – This will be a blitz talk in Pecha Kuca format (20 slides, 20 seconds each). The last time I did one of these was at the 2009 PMI Global Congress, also in Orlando.
  • “Roundtable on the Agile PMO” – I will be moderating a panel discussion freaturing some pretty impressive experts: “Leading Agile” blogger Mike Cottmeyer; Scrum expert and PMP Jimi Fosdick; APLN co-founder Sanjiv Augustine, and Lyssa Adkins, the Agile coaches’ coach.

Not only is the PM track worth checking out, but PMPs get members get a $100 discount off regular registration. Hope to see you there.

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