Over the last five years the business of software development has been totally transformed by the concepts of agile development. So is the business of Management and Human Resources. 
People do dumb things. Or rather, they fail to do smart things, even though it’s obvious to everyone else what the right thing to do is. They also do dumb things even if they also know in... 
I just wrote a lengthy reply on a kanbandev thread about Using Scrum to implement Kanban and vice versa and thought I would share it here,... 
Some people say “You only learn from failure” or “Celebrate failure”. Other people say “Failure is overrated” or “Focus on successes, not failures”. All of them are wrong. What we learn from are information-rich events, ... 
Some time ago, I posted my 5Qs on Agile interview with PM Boulevard. In that interview, one of the tough questions was, "what is the biggest challenge to implementing Agile methods?" Now, this is a tough question to answer because there are numerous challenges to implementing Agile - ranging from appropriate organizational readiness and good team member capability to a clear business objective for moving to a new project delivery methodology. 
Here’s a VERY simple overview of the main differences between Waterfall Development, Iterative Waterfall Development, Scrum/Agile Development and Lean. 
Steve Denning recently wrote that disruptive innovation is a disease which has destroyed company after company. A number of comments challenged his use of the word "disease." What is a disruptive innovations, is it a disease, are you getting it, and what can you do about it? 
ForbesThe Case Against Agile: Ten Perennial Management ObjectionsForbesThe general reaction within the Agile world was naturally strongly positive. Finally, mainstream management is getting it. “Next step -> Rule the World! Via Eric Laurent 
The Learning Circle is one of three foundations of OpenAgile - the others being “Truthfulness” and “Consultative Decision-Making”. A diagram of the Learning Circle is therefore a very important... 
There is one element in Scrum which I really appreciate. It is the separation of power in Scrum. 
The best-kept management secret on the planet: Agile software development (Lot of people to thank 4 RT @BaobabOr: RT @peterstev: thx @joshfruit for RT Will @HarvardBiz notice #Stoos...? 
I found a great TOP 10 article that hits on us Agile PM’s as well as other PM trends foreseen for 2012 on ESI International’s PMO Blog. I am seeing all of this happen at my F100 clients, some moreso than others. The “Mixing of Agile with Traditional methods” is very very big in their quest to deliver value – especially for projects outside the software development area. Enjoy ! |
First, unlike some in the agile community, I think managers can and should be useful in lean-agile-scrum. Still, there is a lot of evidence, on many levels for two propositions: 
ve been giving out a cheat sheet on Scrum in my training classes for the last 6 years. It has evolved a great deal and I thought it would be timely to share it. 
In the last Scrum Guide (July 2011) the Definition of Done was given considerably more attention. Rightfully, as the DoD is crucial in Scrum. The Importance Of Done The Definition of Done is essent... 
Stranger in a strange land Findings from a 10-year retrospective of Agile held by the BCS Agile Methods SG on 24 Jan 2012 on London(UK) with 100 attendees and over 500 years of Agile expe... 
Yesterday, I gave the keynote at Rally’s live and virtual Agile Portfolio Management event in Dallas. The event was quite a success and I think everyone, including the presenters, learned something useful. My keynote presentation, Agile Portfolio and Program Management in the Scaled Agile Framework, is here: 
Have you ever worked on a Scrum project where the overall goal was not clear? Where you had a product backlog but the people involved in the development effort only vaguely understood the purpose of the release? It happens more frequently than any of us would like, even on projects with multi-million dollar budgets! 
Happy days at One Hon 
These resources are condensed articles written by influential Agile leaders -Jeff Sutherland, Ken Schwaber, David Star, Mitch Lacey, David J. Anderson - containing the essence of several Agile methodologies and being usable by any ... Via Eric Laurent The list below is not self-explanatory, but it covers the key ideas one has to know and execute on to do Scrum professionally. 
Ce que je trouve intéressant dans le mouvement agile est le fait de sortir de la vision étroite et traditionnelle de l'économie, qui vise à "faire de l'argent", pour aller dans une direction plus humanisante: donner du sens au travail de l'humain. 
Traveling around the world, the happiness metric keeps bubbling up as a topic of interest. Books are starting to hit the charts at Amazon by business leaders (Zappos CEO, Joie de Vivre CEO) and psychologists. 
The Big Agile Toolkit provides the Project Management and Project Governance secrets to deliver successful agile projects to quality, to time and to budget. |
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