Biographical note

Klaus Nielsen, Cambridge (UK) educated and dual MBA (HRM and Technology) holder from the US who has worked in Project, Programs and Portfolio Management for more than 15 years. Mr. Nielsen is the author of Agile Portfolio Management (Routledge, 2022); I Am Agile (2013); Mastering the Business Case (2015), Achieve PMI-PBA® Exam Success (2015); Agile Certified Practitioner Exam (2016) and writer of several industry articles published worldwide. He is the founder of Global Business Development, a PMI Registered Education Provider and agile training provider where he trains and consults to businesses ranging from small start-ups to top 500 companies worldwide. For the last eight years, Klaus has taught part-time at the IT University of Copenhagen as faculty lecture ad is a frequent speaker at events, conferences and tradeshows.

Giampaolo Marucci is a Project Management professional currently employed at IBM. He works worldwide for distributed and remote teams committed to modernize clients legacy software application to Devops processes and hybrid cloud architecture. He is an authorized training partner instructor for PMP, DASSM, DASM. He co-authored the book PMBOK Guide, 7th Edition published by the Project Management Institute.

Jean-Luc FAVROT is an executive consultant, coach, trainer, and international speaker in the field of agility, innovation, and project management. Currently based in Tahiti, French Polynesia, South Pacific, he travels the world regularly, either virtually or physically.

His career path has allowed him to hold responsibilities in large public and private organizations, and to create companies specializing in agile and digital transformation in Europe and Oceania.

He is one of the co-authors of the PMBOK Guide 7th edition (development team), and he is currently pursuing his commitment through the contribution to the strategy and content of the PMI Standards+ digital platform.