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.
Archive for the ‘project management’ Category
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)
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 managementHi 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
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Is Scrum Too Simple: Comments From You!
Posted: 29th October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, project management, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, The article Is Scrum Too Simple has won the contest so far as having generated the most activity from you, the readers of this blog. The article had over 50 comments ranging from “Yes…It is too simple”, to “No, it is actually quite complex and difficult to implement. ” Since I post [...]


