<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear Colleagues,<div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">We invite you to submit your research to our mini-track, Agile Project Management.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">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><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</div><div dir="auto">Agile and adaptive IT project management versus traditional management</div><div dir="auto">Agile project portfolio management</div><div dir="auto">Best practices in agile project management</div><div dir="auto">Challenges in implementing and sustaining agile methodologies</div><div dir="auto">Communication and interaction on agile teams</div><div dir="auto">Controls used in agile teams</div><div dir="auto">Decision-making and governance in agile teams</div><div dir="auto">Evaluation and reward systems used by Agile teams</div><div dir="auto">Managing co-located, virtual, and/or distributed agile teams</div><div dir="auto">Critical success factors in agile project management</div><div dir="auto">Navigating the digital transformation process using agile methods</div><div dir="auto">Trends in Agile Project Management</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">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><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">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><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">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><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">***IMPORTANT DATES***</div><div dir="auto">*January 13, 2025: System opens for Completed and ERF paper submissions</div><div dir="auto">*February 28, 2025: Submissions are due at 5 p.m. EST</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">We are excited to receive your submissions.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Mini-track Chairs:</div><div dir="auto">Uchenna Peters, New Mexico State University (upeters@nmsu.edu)</div><div dir="auto">Michael Erskine, Middle Tennessee State University (Michael.Erskine@mtsu.edu)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></body></html>