Hunting Horcruxes: A Cautionary Tale

Power Skills

Courtney Shar PMP, ICP-ATF, ICP-ACC

Senior Program Manager

Splunk

About the Presentation

Have you ever struggled with a project that didn’t seem to end? Does this remind you of how drawn out the 7th Harry Potter book/movie is? This talk will discuss the scope creep that occurred in Harry Potter’s mission to destroy the horcruxes to relate this back to muggle projects where agile and lean would have helped. It will discuss examples of how scope creep affected time, cost, risk, and stakeholders in Harry Potter and the agile lessons that can be learned from his experience. Professor Shar will instruct you on agile charms to manage scope creep, how to care for the magical creature known as a stakeholder, and how to divine the future when you must increase your scope. After this talk you will be ready to sit for your OWL exam in scope management.

Learning Objectives

·         Stakeholders and their Motivation

·         Change Management in the Woods (and other places)

·         Risk Management with a Risk-Taking Group

·         Scope Management with an Ever-changing Scope

About Courtney Shar

Courtney Shar has planned, coordinated, and monitored software and system projects from initiation through delivery for over 10 years. She has developed detailed project plans and manages all processes throughout the project life cycle including resource allocation, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, testing, documentation, training, and on-time delivery for 100+ projects across regulatory, federal, tech currency, security, and market investment while ensuring quality and client satisfaction. When not working she spends her time reading, playing video games with her husband, or staring at her cat Pepper Jack.