[AISWorld] AMCIS 2018 CFP: Minitrack: Agile Project Management (SIG ITProjMgmt)

[Meghann L. Drury-Grogan]

*Minitrack*: *Agile Project Management** (*sponsored by *SIG ITProjMgmt)*

*Title of Track: *IT Project Management Track (sponsored by SIG ITProjMgmt)



*Description of Minitrack*

Agile methodologies strive to reduce the cost of change throughout the
software development process and improve development quality and
timeliness. Though success stories with the adoption of agile methodologies
exist, managers struggle with maintaining agile methodologies in the
long-term.

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

A further difficulty is managing 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.

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.



*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:

·         Agile project portfolio management

·         Best practices in agile project management

·         Challenges  implementing and sustaining agile methodologies

·         Communication and interaction on agile teams

·         Controls used in agile teams

·         Decision-making and governance in agile teams

·         Evaluation and reward systems used by agile teams

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

·         Trends in agile project management



*Submission Process *

Full paper submissions (<5000 words, excluding references, tables, and
figures) and ERF papers (<3500  words, excluding references, tables, and
figures) must be made electronically through Manuscript Central. Papers
will be peer reviewed using a double-blind system.



*Important Dates: *

*January 2018:*                 System opens for Completed and ERF paper
submissions

*February 28, 2018:*           System closes for Completed and ERF paper
submissions

*April 17, 2018:*                   Notification of initial decisions on
Completed and ERF paper submissions



*Minitrack Co-Chairs*:




   1. (primary contact): Meghann L. Drury-Grogan, PhD, Chair, Associate
   Professor

   Fordham University

   Gabelli School of Business
   mdrury at fordham.edu

   2. Mali Senapathi, PhD, Co-Chair, Senior Lecturer

   Auckland University of Technology

   School of Engineering, Mathematical and Computing Sciences,
   mali.senapathi at aut.ac.nz

More information is available at http://amcis2018.aisnet.org/ or by
contacting the minitrack chair (contact details above).
________________________________________________________________________________
Dr. Meghann L. Drury-Grogan, PhD, MA, HDip BS
Associate Professor: Communication & Media Management
The Gabelli School of Business
Fordham University

mdrury at fordham.edu | Faculty Bio and CV
<http://www.fordham.edu/info/22941/full-time_faculty/4713/meghann_l_drury-grogan>
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