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 [...]
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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
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"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 [...]
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
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 [...]
Friday Agile Humor
Posted: 23rd October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software Development, humorTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, humor, scrum, Software Development
Hello All, The article I wrote on The Personality of a Great Scrum Master has received a fair amount of attention. In fact between the discussion threads I started in my LinkedIn groups and on my blog there were over 20 comments on the article. Some of them in agreement; many of them taking issue [...]
Great Blog on Fixed Price Agile
Posted: 21st October 2009 by Peter DeYoe in Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, Software DevelopmentTags: Agile, Agile Adoption, Agile Methods, scrum, Software Development
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Hello All, Check out this article on Bobtuse Bobserations blog. Good discussion on Fixed Price Agile Projects. http://bobtuse.blogspot.com/2009/02/fixed-bid-bane-of-agile.html Pete
