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Agile outside of software
Later this week I’m doing a presentation at Agile On The Beach entitled: “Agile outside of software development”. (I resisted…
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Managers Manage Ambiguity
I was thinking about the Glen Alleman’s post, All Things Project Are Probabilistic. In it, he says, Management is Prediction…
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Metrics: Good VS Evil
Pop quiz: What do earned value, burn-down charts, and coverage reports have in common? They are all reporting a metric,…
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Capacity Planning and the Project Portfolio
I was problem-solving with a potential client the other day. They want to manage their project portfolio. They use Jira,…
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5 Things I’ve learnt being a scrum master
I’ve been a scrum master now for about 6 months. Having been involved in scrum previously as a product owner,…
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From Personas to User Stories
Summary User stories are a powerful technique to capture the product functionality from the perspective of a user or customer.…
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People Are Not Resources
My manager reviewed the org chart along with the budget. “I need to cut the budget. Which resources can we…
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Hiring Trap: I’ll Wait for the Best Person
A senior product manager had a great interview the other day. “I know the industry. I worked on the first…
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Nightmare on Agile Street
I’m awake. I’m lying in my bed. I’m sweating but I’m cold. Its the small hours of the morning and…
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