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 [...]
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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
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
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 [...]
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. [...]
Great Educational Source for IT Learning and Knowledge
Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Methods, IT Learning, IT Metrics, IT Productivity, Risk Management, Software Development, project managementHello All: If you have not checked out the Webinars provided by itmpi.org you should. All Live Webinars are free and you can attain PDU credits for attending. Check out the entire list of webinars at http://www.itmpi.org/webinars/. The range of topics is extensive and covers the following categories: Software Measurement Software Project Estimation Software Testing [...]
Software Risk Management
Posted: 21st September 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Risk Management, Software Development, project managementTags: it risk management, project management, Software Development, software risk management
Software Risk Management Far too often, as many of us IT practitioners realize, software development projects run into serious trouble and frequently fail to meet the objectives specified early in the project. Why is this? After all, we are the professionals. Shouldn’t we have a firm grasp on all of the moving parts of a [...]
