On February 24, 2011, the Project Management Institute (PMI) unveiled their new Agile certification. The number of Agile sessions at PMI events has been growing over the last six years.
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PMI is in the Agile Certification Game
Posted: 23rd March 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, PMBOK v4, Project Management Institute (PMI), project managementTags: Agile Adoption, PMBOK v4, project management, Project Management Institute (PMI)
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What motivates teams? You have to see this YouTube Video!
Posted: 23rd March 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, IT Productivity, Leadership, management, scrumTags: Leadership
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Hello All, This never gets old. A fascinating view into what motivates us. Autonomy, self-direction, mastery, creativity and purpose. Forget the processes you are trying to build to create great teams. Instead, focus on these things. Greatness will follow! Pete
Reducing Risk and Avoiding Pain – Agile Lessons Learned (Part 3)
Posted: 22nd March 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Application Development, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum, Software Development
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Hello All, In the first two parts of this series, we discussed six of Jim Dempsey’s lessons learned in building an Agile software development program. You can review these in the previous blog posts: Reducing Risk and Avoiding Pain – Agile Lessons Learned (Part 1) Reducing Risk and Avoiding Pain – Agile Lessons Learned (Part [...]
Certifiable Scrum!
Posted: 21st March 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum
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As Agile becomes adopted in a wider variety of settings, there is a need to ensure that the resources you’ve selected really know what they’re doing in Agile, especially Scrum Masters. But does a certified scrum master (CSM) really bring value to the table?
Is Your Agile Workspace Crowded By Elephants?
Posted: 16th March 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Leadership, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile
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Hi All, One of my colleagues, Mr. Nick Spanos (www.LeanITBlog.com) directed me to an article on CIO.com entitled Elephants in the Room – What Agile Practitioners Don’t talk about. After 10 years since the Agile Manifesto changed our way of thinking, we are now in a phase of “shaking out the bugs” so to speak [...]
How Do You Measure the Performance of an Agile Team?
Posted: 11th March 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, IT MetricsTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods
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I’m thinking of it from the point of view of what you’re trying to improve. In this case, your[sic] measuring estimates and actuals to improve your overall planning and estimation processes. These activities are typically front-loaded actions and are often static…meaning they are completed once at the beginning of the project.
Denounce Your CSM?!
Posted: 6th March 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Leadership, Software Development, management, project management, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Leadership, management, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hi All, Seems like there is a movement afoot to diminish the significance of having a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) title. I ran across an article on www.AgileScout.com – Denounce your CSM - that is quite critical of the entire Agile Alliance and the Scrum Master Certification program. Apparently there is a new kid on the [...]
Reducing Risk and Avoiding Pain – Agile Lessons Learned (Part 2)
Posted: 14th February 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, product owner, scrum, Software Development
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Hello All, As you might remember from my previous article, we were reviewing the lesson’s learned that are covered in Jim Dempsey’s Webinar presentation entitled “Agile Lessons Learned.” His next webinar is currently scheduled for May 17th, 2011. Click here to register for Jim’s Webinar on the ITMPI Website. To see a full listing of [...]
Agile Adoption Equals Mental Shift
Posted: 4th February 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum, Software Development
Agile Adoption Equals Mental Shift The adoption of Agile software development principles requires serious adjustments to the mental models we employ in approaching projects and understanding real business value. Too often Agile adoption efforts begin with a focus on the mechanics of Agile (i.e., formation of a Scrum team, learning how to build a burn down [...]
Agile Software Development and the P90X Fitness Program
Posted: 28th January 2010 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, I woke up on January 2nd and looked at myself in the mirror and was not happy with what I saw. There was this 40 something (ok! late, late 40 something) guy looking back at me that was 20 pounds overweight, couldn’t see his entire belt buckle and couldn’t walk up a flight [...]
