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 ‘management’ 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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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 [...]
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 [...]
Reducing Risk and Avoiding Pain – Agile Lessons Learned (Part 1)
Posted: 3rd February 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Methods, Leadership, Risk Management, Software Development, management, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, it risk management, Leadership, management, product owner, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, I hope that after one month into this New Year you are well underway with accomplishing all that you set out to achieve in 2011. I am already noticing that the lethargy of last year has broken and businesses are starting to look at strategic projects. If this characterizes your company, perhaps you [...]
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
Building Partnerships: An Evolving Leadership Imperative
Posted: 6th August 2010 by Peter DeYoe in IT Learning, Internet Economy, Leadership, Software Development, management, project managementTags: business model, IT Learning, itmpi, Leadership, management, Partnership, project management, Software Development
Hello All, I had the opportunity recently to present to a group of current and future leaders in my home state of Delaware. The topic of the discussion was Building Partnerships: An Evolving Leadership Imperative and was given to the Leadership Delaware organization class of 2010. I thought I would share the discussion with my [...]
"Nothing ever changes unless there’s some pain.”
Posted: 25th January 2010 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, management, project management, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, I am happy to have a guest blogger this week, Mr. James Adams. He has been gracious enough to provide a contribution to this body of work. James Adams is a Senior technology professional with a wide variety of experience implementing lean intranet and internet applications. James has experience with team management, coaching [...]
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 [...]
How do you recognize individuals in Agile/Scrum?
Posted: 17th November 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Leadership, management, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Leadership, project management, scrum
Hello All, I have been thinking lately about a question that someone posted on a LinkedIn Group discussion. His question was “do you recognize individual performance in Scrum?” Many of us are somewhat predisposed to a culture that rewards the individual. You might call this type of model a meritocracy and one of the goals [...]
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 [...]
