-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP - AMCIS Minitrack "Agile Project Management" in IT Project Management Track Datum: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 15:52:12 -0500 Von: Meghann L. Drury-Grogan mdrury@fordham.edu An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
*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
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
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