[AISWorld] AMCIS 2020: CFP for Agile Project Management Minitrack in the IT Project Management Track (SIG ITProjMgmt)

[Meghann L. Drury-Grogan]

*Title of Minitrack*: *Agile Project Management *

*Title of Track: *IT Project Management Track

*Sponsoring SIG*: SIG ITProjMgmt





*CFP:*

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. 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. 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.



Therefore, a better understanding of the factors that help teams using
agile methodologies drive project success is needed.  These and related
items will be explored in this minitrack.

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 and adaptive IT project management versus traditional
management

·         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 2020:*                            System opens for Completed and
ERF paper submissions

*February 28, 2020:*                   System closes for Completed and ERF
paper submissions

*April 2020:*                                 Notification of initial
decisions on Completed and ERF paper submissions

More information is available at https://amcis2020.aisconferences.org/ or
by contacting the minitrack chair (contact details below).


*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

We look forward to your submissions!
Kindly,
Meghann
________________________________________________________________________________
Dr. Meghann L. Drury-Grogan, PhD, MA, HDip BS
Associate Professor: Communication & Media Management
The Gabelli School of Business
Fordham University

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