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
Archive for the ‘IT Productivity’ Category
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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Race to the South Pole and Lean Project Management
Posted: 11th February 2011 by Peter DeYoe in IT Learning, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Leadership, Risk Management, Software Development, management, project managementComments Off
Hi All, ITMPI has released 2 new webinars that I thought you might find of value. They are available for FREE until February 20th. Pete —————————————– Webinar # 1: Lean Project Management Speaker: Nick Spanos Abstract: This webinar with Nick Spanos discusses how we can apply Lean concepts to project management to reduce costs while [...]
Automated Project Office
Posted: 15th January 2011 by Peter DeYoe in IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Risk Management, management, project managementTags: it risk management, project management, software risk management
Hello All, I wanted to share this YouTube video with you. It is for CAI’s Automated Project Office. The video was just released. The full site is www.automatedprojectoffice.com . Let me know what you think. Pete
What if Your Software Development Vendor Wrote Your Custom Software Application for FREE?
Posted: 8th December 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, IT Productivity, Risk Management, Software Development, management, project management, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, business model, it risk management, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, Writing custom software is tricky business, especially in a typical customer/software development vendor scenario. Whether using a more traditional waterfall model or some of the newest Agile techniques (e.g., Scrum) the process is fraught with risk for both the software vendor and the customer. The customer is usually frustrated by the process due [...]
Flock or Fleece?
Posted: 9th November 2009 by Peter DeYoe in IT Productivity, Service Management, management, project management, scrumHello All, On my blog roll there is a link to the Be Good Ventures: Joe and Wanda blog site. I found a recent blog post on the site entitled Flock or Fleece. I found the following entry on leaders to be a very appropriate description of any leader or manager, and certainly for a [...]
Why Being a "Good" Manager is "Great"
Posted: 7th November 2009 by Peter DeYoe in IT Learning, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, management, project managementTags: IT Learning, management, project management
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Hello All, A colleague of mine has written a book called “Lead Well and Prosper”. It is a common sense guide that provides 15 successful strategies on becoming a good manager. It is written from the voices of Joe Kerr and Wanda B. Good. They provide entertaining, humorous and yet important insights into becoming a [...]
Can Agile be Combined with Offshore? 12 Lessons Learned.
Posted: 4th November 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, IT Productivity, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, product owner, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, One of the readers of my blog recently asked a very good question. “Can Agile be combined with offshore?” Although my initial response is “Yes” it comes with some conditions. One of our projects recently utilized a partner in India. We had used this partner successfully in the past for some non-Agile development [...]
Is Scrum Too Simple?
Posted: 25th October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, IT Productivity, Software Development, project managementTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, I have had the opportunity to meet with a number of IT leaders in that last couple of years to discuss with them the adoption of agile practices in their organizations. In all of the meetings I have had I do not remember a time when someone actually overtly disagreed with the concepts [...]
Agile Fixed Price Software Development
Posted: 16th October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Software Development, project managementTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, IT Learning, product owner, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, I have been reviewing a number of articles and blogs recently dealing with the question: “Can you do fixed price software development using an agile approach?” On one post in a LinkedIn group recently the participant wanted to know if you could do fixed price development and still adhere to the principles of [...]
Lipstick on a Pig…Last Call!
Posted: 1st October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Software Development, project managementTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum, Software Development
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Hello All, I sent this post out a week or so ago. Still looking for some good stories on your experiences with implementing Agile. Would love to hear from you. http://peterdeyoe.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/lipstick-on-a-pig-calling-all-agile-practitioners/ Pete
