Agile Project Management Archives - Page 6 of 6

14th November, 2013

Stop Pushing Back on Scope Creep—Embrace [...]

I was a pup of a programmer back in 1980. I was working at Sperry Univac (yes, Univac). I recall as if it was yesterday, a grizzled project manager came up to me as I was about [...]

Agile Project Management

12th November, 2013

The Agile Project Manager—Viewing RISK Throug [...]

I often find myself teaching various classes on agile methods. One of my more popular sessions surrounds the mapping of traditional project management techniques towards the [...]

Agile Project Management

5th November, 2013

What does a Scrum Master do?

I’ve been getting this question more often lately. Usually the driver is: We want to “go Scrum” but we don’t want to pay for the “cost of admission [...]

Agile Project Management

24th October, 2013

Faultless Facilitation - Make a FIST

t’s funny really. One of the key points of the agile methodologies and the manifesto is heavy collaboration, with the best being face-to-face collaboration. But one of the [...]

Agile Project Management

22nd October, 2013

Faultless Facilitation – Leveraging De Bono� [...]

In my last post on facilitation, I shared some general principles for facilitating technical outcomes in software teams. Much of the focus was on creating just the right atmosph [...]

Agile Project Management

17th October, 2013

Faultless Facilitation – The Art of Team-Base [...]

Nowadays, I spend 100% of my time in agile teams either engaged in direct coaching, teaching, or participating directly within the team. One of the core tenets of agile teams is [...]

Agile Project Management

15th October, 2013

Characteristics of High-Performing Agile Teams [...]

Jeff Sutherland used to characterize gaining Scrum or agile maturity as a team reaching a high-performing (or hyperproductive) state. He shared stories around these teams on his [...]

Agile Project Management

10th October, 2013

Google 20% Time…Sadly it’s gone!

A few weeks ago I saw an article on LinkedIn that Google had decided to drop its 20% time for its teams. If you’ve been living under a rock, this is one of the most referenced [...]

Category: Agile Project Management

Category: Agile Project Management

Stop Pushing Back on Scope Creep—Embrace [...]

The Agile Project Manager—Viewing RISK Throug [...]

What does a Scrum Master do?

Faultless Facilitation - Make a FIST

Faultless Facilitation – Leveraging De Bono� [...]

Faultless Facilitation – The Art of Team-Base [...]

Characteristics of High-Performing Agile Teams [...]

Google 20% Time…Sadly it’s gone!