Wrong Start for Scrum
In this blog post, Johanna Rothman shows some of the common problem of teams that think they start using Scrum but stick to traditional project management planning. Some of the smells of this situation could...
August 10, 2012
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Retrospective Velocity
In this article, Brian Tarbox and Heather Mardis try to answer the classical question: “how long is this going to take?” They discuss the notion of velocity in Scrum and how to use it to...
August 7, 2012
Agile Project Manager Should Keep the PMBOK
In this article, Robert Galen argues that traditional project managers DO need to reframe themselves and their approaches in an agile context. They must become context-based and situational in your approaches. However, “traditional” principles and...
July 10, 2012
Agile and Lean Six Sigma
This video shares the agile adoption experience that a Six Sigma Black Belt and an agile coach took borrowing concepts from Lean/Six Sigma to help promote and sustain the change that adoption to agile brought...
June 22, 2012
Agile Dealing with Team and Customer
This article share some key points for project managers that are starting out on Agile projects. These key points are process knowledge and coaching, effective communication, work transparency, acceptance of change and continuous planning, encouragement...
June 21, 2012
Creating a Successful Open Source Project
Creating a successful open-source project involves far more than simply writing some code and putting it up on (GitHub|CodePlex|SourceForge|*). This talk will cover some of the basics of marketing an open-source project. It discusses what...
June 19, 2012
The Manifesto for Poorly-Run Companies
Dave Moran shares with us a funny manifesto for poorly-run companies which is inspired by the famous Agile manifesto. He says that if the company actions and behaviors are not consistent with the company values,...
June 18, 2012
Optimize Your Project Development Process
Tired of inefficient methods? Sad because you software project missed deadlines? Overwhelmed by everyday bottlenecks? If the answer for at least one of those questions is yes, you need to optimize your process. One of...
June 8, 2012
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