Agile Development: Redefining “Management” in Project Management
This paper discusses the new role project managers and their team members play when applying Agile methodology to their software development projects.
Tagged: agile
What is Value?
Tis blog post discusses the definitions of value in the project management context and how the agile community considers it.
Agile With a Small “a”
In this blog post, Ty Kiisel discusses the need for project managers to produce value and not to discuss which methodology is the best.
The Best and Brightest of Agile Methods
Interestingly, some industry thought leaders and consultants believe Agile is a development-only set of methods, neglecting the strong emphasis on project and risk management. I have read these analyses and have given careful consideration to their viewpoints.
Distributed Teams and Agile
This article shares experiences and a model to organize and operate distributed Agile teams. The author wants to convey a simple message: Agile is the best approach for distributed teams.
Yin Yang & Project Management
This blog post discusses how agile practices are similar to yin and yang practices in the context of software project management.
Deciding What Kind of Projects are Most Suited for Agile
In this blog post, Mike Cohn explains that agile is most appropriate on any urgent project with significant complexity and novelty – and that includes software development and weddings.
Manager 2.0: The Role of the Manager in Scrum
When an organization starts to explore Scrum, there’s often an uncomfortable moment early on when someone points out that the role of “manager” seems to be missing entirely. “Well I guess we’ll have to just get rid of ‘em all!” wisecracks one of the developers, and all the managers in...