Project Management, Stakeholders, Agile with Mark Dodd

<p>What role do PMs (project managers) play in software projects, and what techniques do they use to create successful software releases? Mark Dodd, long-time PM at <a href="https://koncept.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">Koncept</a>, walks us through his process of managing project scope, meeting best practices, and how to involve key stakeholders into software projects.</p> <ul> <li>What is a stakeholder? How do stakeholders differ from investors?</li> <li>What happens when a stakeholder doesn&#39;t want to be involved in a software project?</li> <li>How can we best determine key stakeholders in software projects?</li> <li>What is risk mitigation, and how can we pre-emptively deal with bugs and stakeholder issues prior to ending a sprint?</li> <li>What&#39;s the difference between agile and what PMs do? Should all PMs know or practice agile? How important is agile to project managers?</li> <li>What does a great retrospective look like? What strategies do PMs use to conduct successful retrospectives?</li> </ul> <p>Connect with Mark Dodd <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdoddkoncept/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">on LinkedIn</a>.</p>