To start thinking to that, you can read this research publications from Australia (Daniel G. O Sheedy)  : Preliminary Results of a Study of Agile Project Management Techniques for an SME Environment.


You should know that there is so far only little research on PM for SMEs. And we all know that SMEs are struggling with the downsizing of big methodologies to tailor them to their needs.

The research is meant to address IT project in SMEs, but "the interesting aspect of the doctoral work if this researcher was to use it for non-IT projects where a SME found conventional PM methodologies too heavy for them to use", according to Shankar Sankaran, professor at the Center for management and organization studies from the university of Sydney.

And that shows that agility is really starting to go beyond IT !

Below is the abstract. The full paper is here.

Abstract :
In large organisations project management methods have been successfully implemented for IT projects. Small software teams have found these methods unwieldy for their situation however, and have thus developed agile software development methods. This paper presents the preliminary research findings of a study that involved an investigation of agile and traditional project management techniques adapted to an SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) environment. The research was undertaken using a qualitative approach, implementing an action research methodology, over a ten-month period in an SME environment in Vienna, Austria. A framework was developed for the implementation of IT projects, using concepts derived from agile software development combined with traditional project management. This framework was then iteratively tested and refined over the course of the research. The research was designed specifically for IT projects in an SME environment, and was tested in a media and publishing industry setting. The results of this research provide a valuable tool for project managers who are operating in a fast-moving or rapidly changing environment.

Laurent Vergnol.

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Metaphor is an important pattern in agile "processes" and games are offering a lot of metaphors on agility.
Let's play serious games

Have a look there : Agile Games

The Agile Interest Group Luxembourg, cordially invites you to attend their monthly community meeting :

When : on Tuesday 25 January 2010 from 18h00 to 19h00,

Where : in the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor at 29, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg (Map).

What : 10 minutes will be spent to present the context of the challenge of Agile Project Management Office and Agile Project Portfolio Management, and then the floor will be open to discussion with the attendees.


The exchange will be followed by a networking drink from 19h00 onwards at The Last Supper 

33 avenue J.F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
Tel. 27 04 54 (Map)

Let us know on info@aiglu.org if you are coming to the interactive session and/or networking drink. We hope to see you there!

Recommended listening :

The Agile Interest Group Luxembourg, cordially invite you to attend their event on 27 October 2010 from 14h00 to 20h00 in the Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor at 29, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg.

As the number of places is limited, please confirm your attendance by Monday, 25 October 2010 by sending an e-mail to: events@aiglu.org

Agile Tour 2010 Luxembourg

Date & time

27 October 2010
From 14h00 to 20h00

Program

For the past few years Agile has spread in Luxembourg. This year Agile Tour is the opportunity to share feedback and experience about agile adoption and implementation in Luxembourg.

Agenda

13h30 - 14h00 : Welcome & Registration

PART 1

14h00 - 14h30 : Presentation 1: Advanced Biological Laboratories S.A. (Experience feedback) - Speaker: Oswald De Riemaecker

14h30 - 15h00 : Presentation 2: CHAMP (experience feedback) - Speaker: Vincent Eggen

15h00 - 15h30 : Presentation 3: Usability and Agility - Speaker (France Luxembourg Usability Professional Association)

15h30 - 16h00 : Presentation 4: Agile testing - Speaker (Luxembourg Testing Board)

BREAK

16h00 - 16h30 : Coffee break

PART 2

16h30 - 18h30 : Open Space meetings - In Open Space meetings participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme. Come with your questions and you will get the answers - All participants

BREAK

18h30 - 20h00 : Networking cocktail

Thanks to the France - Luxembourg Usability Professionals' Association (FLUPA) and the Luxembourg Testing Board (LTB) for their collaboration.

For more information about Open Space Technology, visit http://www.openspaceworld.org 

Venue

29, avenue John F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg-Kirchberg

Entrance fee

Normal entrance fee: 10.00 EUR

Free for AIGLU, LTB and FLUPA members.

Sponsors

Want to be a sponsor? Contact us!

Organizers

The Agile Tour 2010 Luxembourg is organized by the Agile Interest Group Luxembourg

Dear Agilists,

The Agile Interest Group Luxembourg Association has reached its first year. It is time now for the election of a new board.

The board is composed of :
- Active members dedicated to various activities : events set up, press release, networking and  representation for Aiglu, website management and news feed.

- "Legal" (and mandatory) members  :

1. A president (and a vice-president working actively with the president).  Of course the president has the first role in the association : he is representing aiglu in all events. It is mainly a communication role. It is a tough role of course.
2. A general secretary (and a vice one working actively with the general secretary). The secretary has to organize the day to day association (organisation and coordination of meetings, minutes, information gathering, website...). It is also a tough role if one want the association to survive.
3. A treasurer (and a vice one working actively with the treasurer).

We'd like to have two partners for one role, in order to keep the motivation of our board members !

About the workload : you can consider that it will take you maximum 8 hours per month.
Of course, you have to add the time spent in aiglu's events (such as the one along with the PMI), but you will probably spend this time anyway if you are attending agile events.

If your are interested in joigning the Association to promote and discuss Agility, or to vote for the board, or just to know what we are doing in Aiglu, please send us a mail (info@aiglu.org) or come to our next meeting :
Election of the new board
Thursday, 16th of september 2010, 18 pm to 20 pm
Centre de recherche public Henri Tudor, 29 Boulevard Kennedy, Luxembourg Kirchberg


The Agile Interest Group Luxembourg Association.

La journée du « Model Driven »
25 novembre 2010
Issy les Moulineaux
8h30 – 18h30

Les principaux acteurs du MDA
Blu Age, Jaxio, Mia-Software, Obeo, Objecteering Software,
Objet Direct, Microsoft, Sodius, SoftFluent, W4
vous invitent à la 4ème édition du MD Day,
la journée consacrée aux approches « Model Driven »

Une rencontre unique pour échanger, confronter les retours d’expérience et enrichir sa vision des approches du Model-Driven.

Nouveauté cette année : l’agilité sera au cœur des conférences

Principaux temps forts : intervention de Steve Cook, Membre de l’OMG ; table ronde avec des acteurs incontournables de l’agilité comme Laurent Bossavit, Spécialiste des approches Agiles et d'Extreme Programming, Christophe Thibaut, Coach Agile chez OCTO Technology, entre autres. 

Outre l’agilité, bon nombre d’autres thèmes seront abordés : modélisation fonctionnelle, génération de code, modernisation du SI, orchestration de processus métier, exécution des modèles, DDD Domain Driven Design, choix entre UML et DSL, ...
Découvrez le programme sur www.mdday.fr