[AISWorld] AMCIS 2013: Minitrack - Agile Project Management (IT Project Management Track)

[Meghann Drury Grogan [Staff/Faculty [Business]]]

*Minitrack: Agile Project Management
**within the IT Project Management Track
AMCIS 2013: August 15-17, 2013 Chicago, IL*
 We Welcome Your Submissions!

*Important Dates:*

·         *February  22, 2013: (11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time):* Deadline
for paper submissions

·         *April 22, 2013:* Authors will be notified of acceptances on or
about this date

·         *May  9, 2013: (11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time):* For accepted
papers, camera ready copy due

More information is available at http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/or by
contacting the minitrack co-chairs.

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. Even
though there have been many success stories with the adoption of agile
methodologies, managers of such project teams are challenged to align their
traditional methodologies and tools to those of agile methodologies. This
may be due to some fundamental differences in their approach to control,
change, decision-making, team structure and communication.

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; creating an open work
environment;ensuringcorrect decisions are made;encouraging continuous
communication with the customer, and establishing
evaluation and reward systems based on team performance.

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

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 agile  methodologies

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

·         Decision-making and governance in agile teams

·         Communication and interaction on agile teams

·         Culture of 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.

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*Track Co-Chairs:*

Meghann Drury, Chair



Orla O’Dwyer, Co-Chair

Fordham University

Graduate School of Business Administration

Gabelli School of Business
1790 Broadway, Suite 1108
New York, NY 10019
USA

J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics

NUI Galway

Galway

Ireland

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mdrury at fordham.edu



orla.odwyer at nuigalway.ie






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Dr. Meghann L. Drury, Ph.D., M.A., H.Dip.B.S.
Assistant Professor | Communication & Media Management
Fordham University | Graduate School of Business Administration | Gabelli
School of Business

mdrury at fordham.edu | http://business.fordham.edu/faculty/drury/index.asp

*Lincoln Center Office*: | 1790 Broadway, Suite 1108 | New York, NY 10019,
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