AdcOpenSpace.WhatIsAnAgileProjectManager

Topic: What is a Agile Project Manager?
Date: 26 June 2003
Convener: Pollyanna Pixton
Email: p2(at)ppixton(dot)com

Attendees:
David Mell	davemell(at)pacbell(dot)net
Robert Holler	robert(dot)holler(at)versionone(dot)net
Taylor Hanna	thanna(at)pcc(dot)edu
Tom Poppendieck	tom(at)poppendieck(dot)com
Boris Gloger	boris(at)glogerconsulting(dot)de
Mary Poppendieck	mary(at)poppendieck(dot)com
Jim Watkins	jwatkins(at)ti(dot)com
Jim Highsmith	jimhighsmith.com
Manuel Vidaurre	vidaurrm(at)paho(dot)org
Sanjiv Augustine	sanjiv(dot)augustine(at)ccpace(dot)com
BenHogan	ben(at)lizardsoftware(dot)com
Chris Matts	cjmatts(at)thoughtworks(dot)com
Andy Pols

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Discussion Summary:

Characteristics of Agile Project Manager are:

Servitude
Open Minded
Able to live with uncertainty
Nurturing
Motivates
Trust First

Discussion Notes:

The following is a list of what an agile project manager is/does:

Monitor Process for Problems
Facilitate Resolution of Project Issues
Manage the External Influences
Maintain Focus
Assess Risk
Defuse Developer Animosity
Facilitate Decision Making - Arbitrates
Organize/Aquire Team Resources (Initially)
Resourcing: Hardware, Software, Envionment, People
Provide Organizational Support: Meeting, Timekeeping
Participate in Development
Make Decisions
Sell the Team to the Business: Sucesses
Ensure Risk is Resolved
Enforce the 1,000 Pound Gorilla Law!
Mete Out Justice
Give Respect, Expect Respect
Takes the Repsonsibilitiy For Delivery
Takes the Heat
Focus on the Delivery of Biz Value
Ensure Biz Value is Checked Regularly to Determine When to Stop
Facilitatie the Synergetic Envionment
Provide the Feedback to Keep the Truck and Pace
Tries to Keep the Scope
Facilitatie the Establishment of Project Rules
Address People Issues
Motivates the Individual Team Members
Practice Servant Leadership
Establish Open Communication
MUDA Evangelist
Plan
Plan the Project With the Team
Resolve Conflict
Cure Discfunctional Behaviour
Avoid Abaline (Everyone)
Like Thier Teams
Steer Project
Create an Illusion for the Outside
Try New Things
Monitor and Improve the Process
Mediate Communication with Management
Prevent Burnout
Research for New Useful Tools and Techniques for the Team
Focus Team Toward Highest Priority
Promote/Market Their Project
Buys-In the Stakeholders
Interact Constantly with the Stakeholders
Monitor Results, Focus on Executable Code
Inspire, Motivate and Lead the Team
Manage the Project Context
Create Partnerships with Customers Responsibility/Accountability
Spend More Time Managing Peers and Upwards Than Downwards
Have Fun
Keep People Happy
Ensure the Team is Enthused
Pushes Accountability to Teams
Create a Viable Decision Making Framework
Monitor Results Not Activity
Monitor Fun Factor
Protect the Team from Noise and Interference
Help Manage and Absorbe Ambiguity
Create Envionment to Facilitate Delivery of Biz Value
Facilitate
Coach Collaboration
Question and Ask
Envision/Expore Not Plan/Do
Use Interative Feature/Story Plan/Deliver
Be Change Tolerant
Stimulate Communication
Collaborate
Create/Ensure Envionment of Trust
Sheild Team from Politics
Nuture
Focus
Manage with a 'Light Touch'
Gel Teams
Create Teams
Builds Teams
Create Self-Selecting Teams
Hear
Communicate
Estabilsh a Project Language
Facilitate Standups/Team Meetings
Ensure Communication
Facilitate Meetings
Facilitator for Human Interactions Among Team Members
Visualize the Communiciation
Protect and Serve
Move Rocks and Haul Water
Create a Moral Culture
Unblock
Focus on Delivery. First Minimize Compliance
Listen and Remove Barriers
Listen
Nudge, Influence, Steer, Conjoule Mostly - Command Infrequently
Develop Staff, Particularly Behaviors
Create, Foster an Eqalitarian, Self-organizing, Self-disciplined, Competency-based Culture
Create a Vision and Keep Team Focused
Focus Team On Delivering Customer Value

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