Assurance of Agile Projects

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This document outlines the agenda for the Joint APM / NAO / BCS Assurance of ‘Agile’ Projects Conference on November 27th, 2013. The agenda includes presentations in the morning from Alison Terry of the NAO, Brian Wernham, James Findlay of HS2, and Stuart Mitchell of HSBC. After lunch, further presentations will be given by Alison Terry and Jayne Goble of the NAO, Peter Measey of BCS, Henry Loo, and John Underhill of Babcock, followed by a panel discussion and closing comments. Breaks are scheduled between sessions for networking. The goal of the conference is to discuss assurance of agile projects from various perspectives.

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Welcome to the

Joint APM / NAO / BCS
Assurance of ‘Agile’ Projects
Conference
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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Presentations
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Brian Wernham, Independent Consultant, Project
Governance

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James Findlay, CIO, HS2

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Stuart Mitchell, Global Programme Manager

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Workshop – Alison Terry and Jayne Goble, Analyst, NAO

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Peter Measey, BCS

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Henry Loo

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Alison Terry, Audit Manager, NAO

John Underhill, Babcock

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