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Dr.Michael Stephen Bird's Curriculum_Vitae





Michael Stephen Bird has over 29 years of professional experience. His experience includes information systems, grocery merchandising, retail banking, insurance sales, financial auditing, internal control design, and internal fraud investigations. His most recent professional experience was in information systems and technology, along with project management of such systems (20 years). He is currently an educator (college professor), author (technology books), and a professional speaker (motivation, management, e-commerce, agile software development, and technology). His CV will highlight these experiences.

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General Information of Dr. Michael Stephen Bird





Dr. Bird is currently an Educator, Public Speaker, and Author. He teaches at DeVry University (South Florida) and Keller Graduate School of Management. He has presented many presentations to businesses, organizations, and other institutions. He has published online articles, research papers, and books.

Dr. Bird's motto is "Life is too short to give up on your dreams! So, go for it and live life to the fullest in an effort to achieve your dreams."

His graduate studies include a Masters in Business Management and Doctorate in Information Technology. His tweny-nine year professional experience includes approximately twenty years in Information Systems. Other experience includes grocery merchandising, retail banking, financial auditing, internal fraud investigator, internal control specialist, and insurance sales.

Dissertation

           

Dissertation Title: Utilizing Agile Software Development as an Effective and Efficient Process to Reduce Development Time and Maintain Quality Software Delivery

Dissertation Chair/Advisor:  Dr. John Whitlock

Brief dissertation summary:

The arguments for or against agile software development make sense when taken within the context regarding the benefit of speed, adaptability, and quality of the agile approach but there was no certainty that these three benefits were actually achieved when applied by software development project managers. This research dealt with the opinions, thoughts, and actual experiences of software project managers working with application software projects that used one of the agile development methodologies. Its purpose was to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing agile methodologies to ensure rapid deployment in a changing business environment. To gain some perspective of this growing aspect of application development, the researcher asked the software group within the Project Management Institute (PMI) to complete a survey that included both structured and open-ended items.

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Selected Books Published by Michael Stephen Bird

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