Lighting The Way To Agile Knowledge

Brainstorming 2013 TopicsPMI Atlanta Agile Interest Group

Rick AustinLeadingAgile

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Agenda

• Brainstorm topics for the 2013 PMI Agile Interest Group

• How?– Your brainpower– Light bulb ideation– Affinitization– Prioritization– Review

What is this ideation you speak of?

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Light Bulb Technique

• Each person writes down as many ideas as they can in a time period

• At the end of the time period, rotate sheets to the person on your right

• Repeat for another time period

Ideation Exercise

• Divide into a number of teams• Each team has 2 or 3 ideation cycles• Use PMI-ACP knowledge domains as a

guide for topic areas

PMI-ACP KnowledgeDomains

• Value-Driven Delivery• Stakeholder Engagement• Boosting Team Performance

Practices• Adaptive Planning• Problem Detection and Resolution• Continuous Improvement

Affinitize Topics

• Each team will affinitize their ideas• Each team will pick their top 10 picks• Each team will present their top 5 items

with the group• As each team presents, remaining teams

should cross out duplicates from their lists

Hurray!

• We now have a list of topics you are passionate about for 2013!

You are passionate about them, right?

Rick AustinLeadingAgile

rick@leadingagile.com678.743.1616

www.leadingagile.comtwitter.com/rickaustinfacebook.com/leadingagilelinkedin.com/in/rickdaustin