APLN DC Chapter Product Backlog - Potential Future Meeting Topics:

• Agile in a Traditional Organization
• Agile on Large Projects
• Agile vs. PMBOK
• Testing Automation
• Budgeting for Agile Projects in Traditional Corporate Environs
• Building High Performing Teams
• Agile Project Tools on the Market
• Crash Course on Agile
• Agile Product Owner Commitment & Engagement
• Distributed Agile Teams
• Documentation On Agile Projects
• Agile Estimation and Planning
• Empowering Teams
• Getting Business Buy-In
• How to get Management Buy In on the Agile Approach
• Agile Integration with PMO
• Working with Multi-Generational Teams
• Non-Software Agile Infrastructure Project Example
• Offshoring and Agile
• Effective Project Room Setup
• QA Teams and Agile
• Release Planning Best Practices
• Iteration Planning Best Practices
• Requirements Gathering/Joint Vocabulary
• Risk Management and Agile
• Role Management (desirable attributes for each role)
• Scrum vs XP
• DSDM vs Scrum
• Self Directed Teams
• Selling "Choice" vs. "Uncertainty"
• Agile Team Building, Motivation, Recognition, and Reward Techniques 
• Warning Signs when Introducing Agile
• What are the key factors for success of an Agile project?
• Bottom Up? Top Down? Both? How do they work?
• How does the business side participate best in an Agile project?
• What are the different (best) forms this collaboration can take?
• What kind of a project is most appropriate for Agile?
• When did team members have that "Aha!" experience
• What are the signs of an (agile) project that will fail?
• What are the things that Agile can't "cure"? (As in, when we say Agile is not a silver bullet, what do we really mean?)
• How does management support Agile (or not support it)?
• Consensus-building vs decisiveness
• Challenging the team (when the team is new to agile): Pros and Cons
• How much training should people have before starting Agile? Who?

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