A seminar by Tom Gilb

 

Who should attend

Those who find this seminar particularly beneficial include:

• CTOs, CIOs, IT Directors, Engineering Directors, Senior Technical Management

• Programme Directors/Managers, Project Managers, Project Planners, Project Leaders

• System Architects, Analysts, Designers, Planners, Testing Managers, Technical Authors

• Consultants in Systems and Software Engineering, consultants in Project Management

• Academics researching and working in the field of Systems and Software Engineering

Why you should attend

The failure rate of software and systems projects, particularly large and complex ones, is recognized by the IT industry as embarrassingly high; 50% to 70% end in total failure. Partial failures make up most of the remainder with less than 14% of systems and software projects reported as successful. Evidently, something is dreadfully wrong with the way we manage projects.
 

This seminar will give you an overview of a powerful method, proven in such organizations as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Siemens, for delivering all systems and software projects, including the large and complex ones, successfully and earlier than otherwise possible.
 

The method is known as Evolutionary Delivery Project Management, or ‘Evo’ for short. International consultant Tom Gilb, is the world’s leading exponent and authority on Evo.

He will update you on the latest ‘Agile’ version of Evo, and on the experience of well-known corporations such as IBM and government organizations such as the US Department of Defense, in applying Evo.
 

Tom also recounts many other successful case studies of his Evo project work in the seminal book “Principles of Software Engineering Management” (POSEM) and in his latest  book "Competitive Engineering".
 

What you will learn

Evo has recently been cited in the journal IEEE Computer, as “arguably the most successful project management method for complex and large projects”. In this seminar, you will learn:

• why conventional project management methods lead to project failures

• how Evo contrasts with conventional project management methods and Evo’s relationship with ‘Agile’ methods

• how Evo enables you to demonstrate early project progress by delivering real, useful results to stakeholders/users in continuous steps of a few weeks each (HP used 2-week steps)

• how Evo guides projects to dependably achieve their objectives by using regular feedback to correct the project plan according to how well deliveries to-date are working in the real world

• the tools and techniques to support Evo (covered in more detail in the "Competitive Engineering" book and seminar

• how to introduce Evo in your own organisation – the one-week project start-up

Delegates to this seminar will be provided, free-of-charge, with a CD-ROM containing Evo templates and a wealth of accumulated experience and knowledge from Evo Project Management practitioners.

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