-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2013: Minitrack - Agile Project Management (IT Project Management Track) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:32:13 -0500 From: Meghann Drury Grogan [Staff/Faculty [Business]] mdrury@fordham.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

*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 understandingof the factors that helpteams 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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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

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