[AISWorld] Final Call: AMCIS 2016 Mini-track on Agile Project Management

[Meghann L. Drury-Grogan]

*Minitrack: Agile Project Management *within the IT Project Management Track
AMCIS 2016: August 11-13 in San Diego, California
  We Welcome Your Submissions!

*Important Dates: *



*January 4, 2016:*   Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2016 begin

*March 2, 2016:*     AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors at
10:00am PST

*TBD, 2016:*              Final decisions on AMCIS 2016 program are made



More information is available at http://amcis2016.aisnet.org/ or by
contacting the minitrack chair (contact details below).
  Description of Agile Project Management Minitrack:

Agile methodologies such as eXtreme Programming (XP) and SCRUM strive to
reduce the cost of change throughout the software development process and
improve development quality and timeliness. Even though there have been
many success stories with the adoption of agile methodologies, managers
struggle with maintaining agile methodologies in the long-term. They are
challenged to align their traditional methodologies and tools to those of
agile methodologies.

Agile methodologies rely heavily on teams and teamwork. Therefore, management
must develop a better understanding of the factors that help teams using
agile methodologies drive project success. These may include selecting
appropriate personnel for the team; developing effective communication
processes for the team; creating an open work environment; ensuring correct
decisions are made; implementing appropriate controls; encouraging
continuous communication with the customer; and establishing evaluation and
reward systems based on individual and team performance.

A further difficulty for organizations relates to the management of a
potentially diverse range of agile projects at the portfolio level. Agile
project portfolio management provides opportunities that a traditional
project portfolio would not allow, such as more transparent metrics,
frequent management review meetings, and a quicker readjustment of project
priorities and resources.



*Call for Papers*

We are seeking high quality research papers for this track that investigate
various aspects of agile project management. Possible topics include, but
are not limited to:

·         Challenges  implementing and sustaining agile methodologies

·         Managing co-located, virtual and/or distributed agile teams

·         Decision-making and governance in agile teams

·         Communication and interaction on agile teams

·         Controls used in agile teams

·         Best practices in agile project management

·         Evaluation and reward systems used by agile teams

·         Agile project portfolio management

·         Trends in agile project management



*Submission Process *

Full paper submissions must be made electronically through Manuscript
Central. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind system.


Rationale for Minitrack Inclusion

Agile methodologies are a large part of IT project management. They strive
to reduce the cost of change throughout the software development process
and rely heavily on teams and teamwork. Therefore, a better understanding
of the factors that help teams using agile methodologies drive project
success is needed. Further difficulties for organizations relate to
sustaining the use of agile methodologies in the long-term and the
management of a potentially diverse range of agile projects at the
portfolio level. These and related items will be explored in this minitrack.



*Track Chair*

Meghann Drury-Grogan, PhD, Chair



Fordham University

Gabelli School of Business

45 Columbus Avenue, Room 520

New York, NY 10023

USA

Phone:  +1 (847) 219 6423



mdrury at fordham.edu