Agile Adoption Equals Mental Shift The adoption of Agile software development principles requires serious adjustments to the mental models we employ in approaching projects and understanding real business value. Too often Agile adoption efforts begin with a focus on the mechanics of Agile (i.e., formation of a Scrum team, learning how to build a burn down [...]
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Agile Adoption Equals Mental Shift
Posted: 4th February 2011 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum, Software Development
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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 [...]
Agile Software Development and the P90X Fitness Program
Posted: 28th January 2010 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, I woke up on January 2nd and looked at myself in the mirror and was not happy with what I saw. There was this 40 something (ok! late, late 40 something) guy looking back at me that was 20 pounds overweight, couldn’t see his entire belt buckle and couldn’t walk up a flight [...]
"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 [...]
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: 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 [...]
Scrum in Under 10 Minutes! You Tube Video
Posted: 26th October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Methods, Software Development, scrumTags: Agile, Agile Methods, project management, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, Many of you may have seen this but I thought I would post it for those of you that do not have an understanding of how Scrum Works. The YouTube video was produced by Hamid Shojaee. Enjoy, Pete .scrum-link a {color:white;text-decoration:none;} Scrum software
