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.
Posts Tagged ‘project management’
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)
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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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
