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Would you like to get an overview of the fundamentals of Agile? This session will dispel the misconceptions of Agile and provide an understanding and definition of terms such as “bi-modal”, “Scrum”, “Kanban”, “weighted shortest job first” and “SAFe”. We will also talk about how Clarity fits into the Agile discussion and provide thoughts and practices on how PMOs are responding to this trending methodology. -
Are you struggling with implementing Agile tools in your organization in addition to Clarity? This class will review best practices for implementing agile tools in conjunction with Clarity - living in a Bi-Modal world. We will discuss how Clarity can be used to govern both types of work and teams and how Agile tools should interface into Clarity. -
Struggling to use an external scheduler like MS Project or Smartsheet with Clarity or investigating its potential? Learn how to effectively use these tools with Clarity in this training, which includes best practices and lessons learned. We will show both OOTB and Rego build connectors that will make the bidirectional connections seamless. -
A review of how Northern Trust integrates financial systems with Clarity PPM bilaterally, providing the Finance organization crucial information, and NT Project Managers with a birds-eye view of project financials. Utilizing the Rego Data Extractor and the Rego Data Processor, these information exchanges help Portfolio and Project Managers eliminate their manual and redundant efforts, solidify their overall data accuracy, and dramatically improve the content provided to their Execs for decision-making. -
By its very nature, the shift to Product Funding is going to require that tracking of that funding. Agile tools do not have much, if any, financial capabilities, so it is important to create an eco-system that can support this value stream—from funding, through delivery, and finally to tracking the realization of financial value. Learn how Rally and Clarity PPM do this very well together. -
Do you want to understand the OOTB configuration and functionality of project management? In this class, we will review the OOTB objects, views, and functions of projects, financial plans, tasks/assignments, IRC, and other related areas. We will cover both classic and new UX highlighting differences. -
Agile is here to stay, but waterfall may be as well. Companies around the world struggle with living in a bimodal development world, while trying to go through an agile transformation. This session will discuss best practices and lessons learned within companies that have gone through agile transformations. We will also review SAFe as a potential approach.

