12 things your Architect and PM wish you'd stop doing on the project
9:15 - 10:15 Student Alumni Room
Stop doing that! With over 35 years of combined project experience, we've seen it all. Your two hosts, an architect and a project manager, will help shed some light on what not to do. In this talk, we've compiled a list of the biggest mistakes we've seen our team members make on projects. It doesn't matter what your role is. We have tips for developers, business analysts and even our quality assurance members. Good projects, great projects or even hot messes have mistakes and we've seen them. Join for the tips but stay for the banter. The architect and PM don't always agree. =)
Architect, Developer, PM and Pumpkin Ale expert but not necessarily in that order. Heath has been a leader in the IT industry for over 20 years and has presented at multiple conferences around the great lakes region. He’s from Columbus, Ohio and therefore bleeds scarlet and grey, Go Buckeyes! These days, he works as a director and people leader for CGI, one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. Racing fast cars, building stupid expensive gaming computers, and manicuring a perfect home lawn round out his hobbies.
Arin Heinselman
A Program and Project Manager with over 16 years of experience, Arin is originally from Ohio but moved to Nashville, TN in 2007 and spent over 6 years working on enterprise technologies for the State of TN. Arin returned to the Buckeye State in 2013 where he began working for CGI, one of the largest IT and business consulting firms in the world with over 93,000 employees. Over the past 8+ years with CGI, Arin has continued his strong track record of success across dozens of clients and projects. Arin has deep experience working with and coaching on many different project methodologies and frameworks including waterfall, hybrid, and Agile. Arin is an Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Professional Scrum Master (PSM I). He understands that there is no “one size fits all” delivery approach and can bridge best practices and theories with