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We invite you to submit your research to our mini-track, Agile Project Management.</div>
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This minitrack focuses on enhancing our understanding of agile methods in IT project management. Agile methodologies are a large part of IT project management, focused on reducing the cost and time for changes made throughout the software development process,
and rely heavily on teamwork. Thus, team members must understand the factors that drive project success using agile methodologies. Also, organizations struggle to sustain agile methodologies long-term and manage a potentially diverse range of agile projects
at the portfolio level. These and related items are of interest for this mini-track.</div>
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Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</div>
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Agile and adaptive IT project management versus traditional management</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Agile project portfolio management</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Best practices in agile project management</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Challenges in implementing and sustaining agile methodologies</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Communication and interaction on agile teams</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Controls used in agile teams</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Decision-making and governance in agile teams</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Evaluation and reward systems used by Agile teams</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Managing co-located, virtual, and/or distributed agile teams</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Critical success factors in agile project management</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Navigating the digital transformation process using agile methods</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
Trends in Agile Project Management</li></ul>
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Agile methodologies strive to reduce the cost of change throughout the software development process and improve development quality and timeliness. Though success stories of adopting agile methodologies exist, managers struggle with maintaining agile methodologies
long-term.</div>
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Agile methodologies rely heavily on teams and teamwork. Therefore, management must better understand the factors that agile teams drive project success. These may include selecting appropriate team personnel, developing effective team communication processes,
creating an open work environment, ensuring correct decisions are made, implementing appropriate controls, encouraging continuous customer communication, and establishing evaluation and reward systems for individual and team performance.</div>
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A further difficulty is managing 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.</div>
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***<b>IMPORTANT DATES</b>***</div>
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*<b>January 13, 2025</b>: System opens for Completed and ERF paper submissions</div>
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*<b>February 28, 2025</b>: Submissions are due at 5 p.m. EST</div>
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We are excited to receive your submissions.</div>
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<b>Mini-track Chairs:</b></div>
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Uchenna Peters, New Mexico State University (upeters@nmsu.edu)</div>
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Michael Erskine, Middle Tennessee State University (Michael.Erskine@mtsu.edu)</div>
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