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Improving Work-Breakdown-Structures Using Techniques Commonly Seen on Agile Software Teams
Presented by James Goebel
Many project management practices are only as effective as the project's underlying project work-breakdown-structure (WBS). Therefore, it is likely that improving the quality of your WBS will increase the effectiveness of many project management activities.
Through hands-on learning exercises this session explores how some of the techniques used by Agile Software teams can be used to facilitate the construction of a more effective WBS, even for projects outside of information technology.
This presentation will help you:
- Identify the project challenges created by having a poor work-breakdown-structure.
- Articulate the qualities that lead to an effective work-breakdown-structure.
- Identify several facilitation techniques to improve the quality of a project's work-breakdown-structure.
James Goebel, co-founder of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has practiced object-oriented software technology for more than a decade as a developer, architect, project manager, and mentor.
His work in commercial software development has spanned several domains including bio-informatics, medical imaging, vehicle monitoring, test generation, and online bill presentment. He led the year-long change process that dramatically improved one company's product development process. These changes included converting the programming team to Extreme Programming practices and establishing a human interaction design team. James is currently a fulltime member of an Extreme Programming (XP) team that is using XP developer practices within the framework of a Rational Unified Process® project.
He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Licensed Residential Builder.
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