Hello 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 [...]
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Flock or Fleece?
Posted: 9th November 2009 by Peter DeYoe in IT Productivity, Service Management, management, project management, scrum3
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Personality of a Great Scrum Master – A Recap
Posted: 24th October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, project managementTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, There was quite a lot of activity this week on the discussion board for this blog. There were over 20 comments made on the article The Personality of a Great Scrum Master. In the article I offered some suggestions as to the personality traits that a great Scrum Master should possess and suggested [...]
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
The Road to Service Management Transformation: Visibility, Control, Optimization
Posted: 29th September 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Help Desk, IT Learning, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Service Management, project managementTags: Help Desk, helpdesk, IT Transformation, Service Management
Hello All, I was having a discussion with a colleague of mine who was frustrated. He is the manager of a client support team responsible for the care and feeding of over 3000 customers. They depend on him and his team to provide prompt, efficient, knowledgeable and courteous technical support services. On a daily basis [...]
Product Owners – The Guardians
Posted: 24th September 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Methods, IT Learning, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Risk Management, Software Development, project managementTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, product owner, scrum, Software Development
Product Owners – The Guardians I just read an article (blog posting) on the Scrum Alliance Website that discusses the role of Product owner in an Agile Scrum project. The author, Roman Pitchler makes some great points regarding the critical importance of the role of the Product Owner on the scrum team. As you might [...]
Lipstick on a Pig? Calling all Agile Practitioners!
Posted: 23rd September 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Methods, IT Learning, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Risk Management, Software Development, project managementTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, product owner, project management, scrum, Software Development
The Body of Knowledge around Agile Software Development Practices continues to grow. It appears, anyway, that there are a lot of folks out there that have dipped their toes in the Agile waters and depending on who you talk to it is either showing great success, delivering lukewarm results or has resulted in abysmal failures. [...]
