The next SPA Cambridge talk will be held from 19:00 on 14th May at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (UK).

Something New Something Old - Wedding IT Development to Business Success with DSDM - Steve Messenger, Napp Pharmaceuticals

Synopsis

Agile development is seen as something relatively new. In fact many of the practices expounded have been around for quite a few years. 10 or more years ago IT professionals were, of course, experiencing many of the issues that agile methods hope to prevent - the wrong system being developed in isolation from the business and taking costing much longer than planned. In an attempt to counteract this, and also prevent a movement into a chaotic, hacking world, 12 professional bodies, including companies such as IBM, got together to create an agile method which also ensures quality and control. That method is DSDM Atern.

This talk will discuss:

• The Problems DSDM Atern helps to solve 
• The key working principles within DSDM Atern and how they merge nicely to the Agile Principles 
• The key techniques DSDM Atern offers to ensure timely delivery of solutions that truly meet business needs and provide business benefit. 
• How DSDM Atern is a good fit with Project management tools such as PRINCE2 and development methods such as XP. 
• How DSDM Atern can be used together with the PMBOK. 
• Some case studies of projects the speaker has carried out, with both the successes and areas to watch out for. 
• The applicability of the method to offshore projects - the subject of a recent DSDM Atern white paper co-authored by the speaker.
• The future for DSDM Atern and Agile.

The meeting is free and open to all but preregistration is required - please visit http://www.bcs-spa.org/cgi-bin/view/SPA/DSDMAtern for more information and to sign-up