Upcoming Education and Networking Opportunities
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Project Management for Auditors: SCRUM
CPEs - 2
Location - Seattle City Hall, Room 370 (600 4th Ave.)
Date and time: Wednesday, May 5th - 12:00-3:00
Cost: $15
Presenters: Rob McGowan and Kymber Waltmunson, King County Auditor's Office
Registration – Brian.Estes@kingcounty.gov
Schedule:
12-12:45 Greetings and Shop Updates
12:45-1:30 Scrum Part 1
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45-3:00 Scrum Part 2
Program:
Auditors work to ensure that auditees are efficient and effective, but have we been modeling those standards in our own work? The complexity of performance auditing and the gradual revelations as audits move forward make traditional project management somewhat challenging. Learn about the pilot implementation of the Scrum project management technique at the King County Auditor’s Office. Scrum has resulted in more timely, methodical deliverables and a process that has very effectively responded to the changing information and environment within the performance audit.
Some ways that Scrum delivers added value:
Adaptability- There are frequent small course corrections as opposed to significant changes late in the project.
Visibility of progress- There is a tangible deliverable (workpaper, report section) at the end of every work segment (~2weeks), this means that audit leadership and the auditee can see the product take shape.
Built in process improvement- As information and needs change the Scrum process can be improved and adapted to these shifts.