“APM Workshop, September 28, 2007 ”

1. “APM Workshop, September 28, 2007” Agile Project Management Models Workshop Practice: Light Touch Group … APM Workshop, Milan, September 28, 2007

2. Participants • Michela Ruffa • Laura Zampieri • Gianmarco Antonelli • Alessandro Marvaldi • Chiara Bartolozzi • Barbara Vasi • Paolo Stefan • Andrea Caccamese • Monica Persello • Barbara Barone • Valter Galli • Anna Tullia Piccinini • Marco Lattanzio • Luca Boschetto • David Corbucci APM Workshop, Milan, September 28, 2007

3. Practice: “Light Touch” • Emergence and self-organization • Intelligent control • Whole-person recognition APM Workshop, Milan, September 28, 2007

4. Referring to the “Light Touch” practice, what APM activities do you already perform? • Decentralize control • Fit style to situation • Build on personal strengths • Establish a pull task management system • Doubt is useful, has value APM Workshop, Milan, September 28, 2007

5. What other APM activities do you suggest to perform in order to better implement the practice? • Manage the flow, means also • Project cohesion • Align team members on business value • Use action sprints • Support roving leadership • Public reward for project’smerits APM Workshop, Milan, September 28, 2007

6. What APM activities suggested by APM model, do you consider really outside your mental model and your project environment? • Maintain quality of work life: • Dedicated teams • Schedule defined by the organization • Not omogeneous composition of team or not-collocated teams can make alignment very difficult • Management of personal weaknesses • APM in “external” projects (i.e. which involve client and provider) APM Workshop, Milan, September 28, 2007