Executive Summary

User Participation in Agile Projects

Posted December 31, 2006 | Leadership |

An important characteristic of many agile methodologies in use today is that they emphasize the need for continuous user participation. Users are expected to be regularly available -- even dedicated -- to the IS project and to be colocated with the development team. The user role is critical to the success of these projects.

About The Author
Khaled Emam
Khaled El Emam is Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, where he previously held the position of Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information. He is also founder, President, and CEO of Privacy Analytics Inc. As an entrepreneur, Dr. El Emam has founded or cofounded five companies involved with data management and data analytics over the last two decades. He has worked in technical and management positions… Read More
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