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SPaMCAST 286 – Brian Wernham, Agile Project Management for Government


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Listen to the 6. SPaMCAST 286 features our interview with Brian Wernham, author of . Agile government does not have to be an oxymoron.
Brian Wernham has more than 30 years of experience in adaptive change program leadership.  He is an independent consultant and works in both the public and private sector.  He has extensive international experience in the USA, UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Germany and offshore development in Bangalore.
By the time that the term ‘Agile leadership’ was first coined, Brian had already been successfully leading iterative, adaptive projects for over 10 years on both sides of the Atlantic.  He works as a hands-on program director and has real-world implementation expertise together with a comprehensive understanding of the related international research.  He has consulted for major strategic international organizations such as Deloitte, PwC, Gartner Group, the National Audit Office in London and Seer Technologies in North Carolina. His comprehensive public sector experience includes the Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the United Nations (Geneva), and local government authorities.
Brian is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management, a Fellow of the BCS and has a MBA from Henley Management College.  He applies adaptive planning approaches as an offshore Yachtmaster and as a keen off-piste skier.  He is currently consulting for the UK Government in London.
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Next week we will feature our essay on Scrumban. Scrumban is the combination of agile (Scrum) and lean (Kanban) concepts that can be used to manage projects.
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