Category Archives: Agile Methodologies
Words Mean Things – Waterfall Project Management
If you are someone who is passionate about agile, the word “Waterfall” is usually used in a derogatory manner or, at least, when you use it — you are making the stink eye. On the converse, if you are someone … Continue reading
Agile Construction Management
While at a recent Project Management Institute (PMI) event, the question came up of whether you could use agile techniques in Construction Project Management (after all, not all PMI members are IT Project Managers). Earlier in my career I worked … Continue reading
Put It On the Team
Do you want to have more effective daily stand-ups? Do you want to have the planning meetings flow better and increase the value of these meetings? Do you want to see continuous improvement flow from your retrospectives? If your answer is … Continue reading
Words Mean Things – Innovate & Adapt
At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly. – Agile Manifesto (agilemanifesto.org) In case you weren’t aware, this is the 12th Principle of the Agile Manifesto and it is … Continue reading
2 Great Talks on Lean Management & Story Mapping Coming to DC 3/20
If you’re in the DC area, or know someone who is, be sure to mark the calendar for March 20th. You won’t want to miss this great lineup of talks coming to AgilePalooza DC, including these two from our friends … Continue reading
VersionOne Visits PMI’s Region 5: An Eager Agile Audience
The weather was cold and snowy outside in Charleston, West Virginia in late January, but the atmosphere within the Charleston Marriott Town Center was warm, sunny and full of life. The Town Center was hosting the PMI Region 5 Annual … Continue reading
Agile Approach to Problems Found While Testing “In Sprint” Stories (Part 2 of 2)
Earlier I outlined what the process looks like for a traditional software tester, and some of the problems it can cause. Today let’s look at how different that would look in an agile development environment and what it can do … Continue reading
Making Sprint Retrospectives Really Effective (Part 4 of 4)
Once a Scrum team has discussed and developed a SMART action plan in a Sprint Retrospective session (as described in Part 3 of this blog series), I recommend capturing all the results from the Retrospective session and SMART actions into … Continue reading
If You Could Say 1 Thing Anonymously to Your President About Agile What Would it Be?
This is a new question we’ve added to our annual State of Agile Development Survey, launched just over a week ago, and I’m chuckling at some of the answers coming in. I thought I’d share some of the good ones. … Continue reading