Assurance of Agile Projects

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apm.org.uk

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Welcome to the

Joint APM / NAO / BCS

Assurance of ‘Agile’ ProjectsConference

27th November 2013

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Agenda - morning

10:00am – Welcome & Introductions

10:10am – Keynote Speech, Alison Terry, NAO

10:40am – ‘Gateway Reviews: Waterfall or Agile Ready’, Brian Wernham

11:10am – Coffee break

11:30pm – ‘Agile Delivery in the DfT’, James Findlay, HS2

12:00pm – ‘Tiptoeing Elephants’, Stuart Mitchell, HSBC

12:30pm - Lunch

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Agenda - afternoon

1:30pm – Recap on morning presentations

1:35pm – ‘How can audit and assurance mirror the Agile delivery philosophy?’, Alison Terry & Jayne Goble

2:05pm – ‘Agile Project Governance - Free the Cheetah!’, Pete Measey, BCS

2:35pm – Tea break

2:55pm – ‘Quality Assurance in Japanese Construction’, Henry Loo

3:25pm – ‘Agile Project Management in Heavy Engineering Design, John Underhill, Babcock

3:55pm – Questions to the panel

4:15pm – Closing comments

4:25pm – Networking or Knowledgebase workshop

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Before we start…

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Coffee break

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Lunch

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Tea break

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Presentations

• Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

• Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project Governance

• James Findlay, CIO, HS2

• Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

• Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

• Peter Measey, BCS

• Henry Loo

• John Underhill, Babcock

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Questions to the panel

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Closing comments