NewYork2008:Event Agenda

The agenda will be collaboratively evolved by participants in the time leading up to and during the gathering.

Have ideas for what we should discuss at the event? Put them on the Session Ideas page, and we'll weave them in!

Wednesday, 9 January

Casual pre-event happy hour at to-be-determined venue.

Thursday, 10 January -- MNTP, Day 1

9:00 Opening Circle and introductions

10:15 Opening Discussions - Project Management Principles

• PM Principles - Introduction to Project Management
• PM Principles - Web Site Essentials
• PM Principles - Advanced Web Projects
• PM Principles - Software and Database Development
• PM Principles - Values-Based Project Management

11:30 Break

11:45 Agenda Discussions

• Agenda planning break-outs, to refine pre-event agenda
• Interactive Agenda Clustering

12:30 Lunch

• Participants are strongly encouraged to dine with those they have not yet met

13:30

• Interactive Software Mapping Exercise

14:00 Afternoon Sessions 1

• Assessing and Redesigning Web Sites
• Whirlwind Discussion of Project Management Utilities
• Implementing an Existing Database Software or Service
• Challenges of remote collaboration
• Afternoon 1 report backs

15:30 Break

15:45 Afternoon Sessions 2

• Looking for demos

• Managing Consultants and Dealing with Vendors
• The Art and Science of Defining Scope
• Collaboration and Management in Cross-Departmental Web Projects
• User testing processes and getting info from users

• Afternoon 2 report backs

17:00 Closing Circle

17:30 Happy Hour

Friday, 11 January -- MNTP, Day 2

9:00 Opening Circle

9:30 Morning Sessions 1

• What Should a Web Site Cost?
• Selecting and Recommending Tools – The Idealware Process
• Managing Custom Database Projects
• Collaborative Tools
• Report backs from sessions morning 2

• What do I want to talk about today?

11:00 Break

11:15 Morning Sessions 2

• The Politics of Project Management
• Evaluation in PM
• Horrific Tales of Miserable Project Management Failure
• Agile Project Management
• Open Source CMS Q&A session

12:30 Lunch

• Participants are strongly encouraged to dine with those they have not yet met

13:30 Software Bazaar <-- Did you demo? List your tool here

14:45 Break

15:00 Afternoon Sessions

• Overthrowing The Consultant/Client Relationship
• Using Wikis for Effective Collaboration
• Navigating internal politics and relationships
• Managing Nonprofit Software Development Projects

• Report backs afternoon

16:30 Closing Circle - Take Aways

• Brainstorm
• Final announcements