When the Agile Manifest was written in 2001, it created a movement back to the core values and principles that are as much common sense as they are practical. While this alignment of work practices with natural human behaviors was initially rejected by process oriented traditionalist, over time Agile has become accepted and even preferred, especially for projects where there is a high degree of uncertainty.
There is no project longer or more demanding than raising children, and the preparation and practice we receive prior to taking on this “project” is virtually zero. Yet the application of common sense to our role as parents often gets as lost in parenting as it does in project management, and we end up with equally dysfunctional behaviors and undesirable results.
In 2006 I published the Agile Parenting Manifesto to call attention to the core values and principles necessary to raise and develop children in an uncertain world. Mirroring the structure of the Agile Manifesto, it purports five values and 13 principles for parenting.
In this presentation we will discuss application of these values and principles to parenting and project management through examples and storytelling from my own experience and those shared with me by family and friends over the course of the past 30 years.
Agenda:
7:00 – 7:40am Register, Breakfast, Networking
7:40 – 7:50am PMI-MN Chapter Business / Intros
7:50 – 8:40am Presentation
8:40 – 8:50am Questions & Answers
Reservations by 10/01/2016:
PMI-MN members $24, non-members
$34 Partners PMI members $22, non-members $32
Reservations from 10/02/2016 to 10/10/2016:
PMI-MN members $29, non-members $39
Partners PMI members $27, non-members $37
Event Day Walk-ins: $39
LIVE Webstream - Register by 10/10/2016:
PMI-MN members $20, non-members $30
Partner discount does not apply
LIVE WEBSTREAM REGISTRANTS: Link to Adobe Connect login for participation is emailed to registrants one hour prior to start of webstreamed event
Geof Lory is a Partner for GTD Consulting, a project management consulting, coaching and training firm based in St. Paul Minnesota. GTD Consulting focuses on helping organizations develop best practices for successful project delivery, with a special emphasis on the people and process aspects of project management.
Geof has been actively managing projects since 1983 and began introducing Agile and Lean principles into organizations in the mid-90s. In addition to writing, speaking, teaching and coaching Agile, Geof continues to actively manage Agile projects. The adjunct nature of this work helps him bring real-life practical application of the Agile values, principles and practices to life within organizations, creating sustainable change that maximizes project team performance.
Geof is an engaging speaker and trainer with more than 30 years of practical project management consulting experience. He is the Product Owner for the Fissure PM and Agile/Scrum Simulations and is certified to deliver various other team, leadership and project management curricula. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and an Agile Certified Professional (ACP) from PMI as well as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from the Scrum Alliance. Geof has authored multiple white papers, co-authored the MSF Pocket Guide and is a featured columnist for the project management site www.ProjectConnections.com where he authored the Manifesto for Agile Parenting and 90+ articles on Project Management and Parenthood.
