Agile Project Management Networking Event in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Agile Project Leadership Network (LAAPLN) will be holding its quarterly networking event from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PST) on March 13, 2013, which includes wine and hors d'oeuvres as well as a featured speaker.

Long Beach, CA (prHWY.com) March 12, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA, March 12, 2013 -- The Los Angeles Agile Project Leadership Network (LAAPLN) will be holding its quarterly networking event from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PST) on March 13, 2013, which includes wine and hors d'oeuvres as well as a featured speaker.

To kick off the event Mark Layton, LAAPLN chapter chair and founder of Platinum Edge, will give a welcome speech and introduce the speaker. The featured speaker will be Paul Hodgetts, who has been practicing and learning lean and agile since 1998. He'll be discussing "Why Agile Project Management is the Least-Practiced Practice."

Schedule:
6:00 PM to 6:15 PM: Registration, Drinks and Hor'dourves, Seating
6:15 PM to 6:30 PM: Welcome - Mark Layton, LAAPLN Chapter Chair
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM: Featured Speaker
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM: Q&A
8:00 PM: Networking Reception

Location: The Meeting Room, 2999 Overland Avenue, Suite 205A, Los Angeles, CA 90064

Tickets for the event can be purchased at the following website: www.laapln.org/events.shtml

About Paul Hodgetts:
Paul studied with the thought leaders - Kent Beck, Ron Jeffries, "Uncle Bob" Martin, Ken Schwaber, Mary Poppendieck, David J. Anderson. As Director of Development at Escrow.com (a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial), he led what might have been the first large-scale agile transformation in Southern California from 2000-2002. In 2002, Paul founded Agile Logic and ever since has been helping organizations like Sage Software, Kelley Blue Book, Microsoft, SAP, Xerox, Cisco, First American and Yahoo! use lean and agile to improve their business results. You may run into Paul speaking at conferences and user groups around the country, and you can find his articles and presentation at www.agilelogic.com

About Platinum Edge:
Platinum Edge helps companies deliver value faster, with fewer errors, at a lower total cost. The company is a team of MBAs, Behavioral Science experts and certified Project Leaders who assist companies wanting to successfully transition to agile software development. With offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Singapore, Platinum Edge is constantly working with Global 1000 executives to deliver an average of 50% cost savings, 37% time-to-market acceleration and 10+% reduction in software development defects. Platinum Edge offers a variety of services, including: agile audits, agile coaching and scrum master certification classes.

Contact: Platinum Edge, Inc., 5318 East 2nd Street, Suite 704, Long Beach, CA 90803, 866-652-9866

Contact:
Anastasia Atkins
Platinum Edge, Inc
5318 East 2nd Street, Suite 704
Long Beach, CA 90803
866-652-9866
aaron.schoenberger@platinumedge.com
http://www.platinumedge.com

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