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Think Small: Five Tips for Agile Program Management Posted
I have an article posted on projectmanagement.com. Think Small: Five Tips for Agile Program Management is up. I’ve been quite busy with client work, and was too exhausted to blog. (I know, can you imagine??) Please comment over there.
Managing the Stream of Features in an Agile Program
One of the challenges in a program is how you manage the checkins, especially if you have continuous integration. I am quite fond of continuous integration, no matter how large your program is. I also like short iterations. (Remember Short … Continue reading
Posted in program management
Tagged agile, agile architecture, continuous integration, lean, work in progress
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Managing Programs With Agile and Traditional Projects
Imagine you are transitioning to agile. You are a program manager, with a couple of agile projects, and a couple of traditional projects. How do you manage the program? Here’s what a program team looks like. For the sake of … Continue reading
Programs, TItles, and Business Value
I keep hearing a lot about “chief” this and “chief” that when it comes to Big Agile, aka program management. You know, chief product owner, chief architect, that kind of thing. I’m kind of puzzled. I thought agile was all … Continue reading
Posted in program management
Tagged agile, architect, lean, product owner, project management, scaling agile, transition to agile
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Agile Project Management Tutorial, AgileIndy Conf, March 7, 2013
Are you interested in how to manage agile projects? Thinking of transitioning to agile? Available on March 7, 2013? I am leading an experiential one-day tutorial in conjunction with AgileIndy to introduce the ideas of agile project management to people … Continue reading
Posted in project management
Tagged agile, conference, lean, transition to agile, tutorial
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Agile Program Management: How Will You Deliver?
One of my program management clients is organizing a program and is having trouble thinking about a delivery model that fits their program. They are transitioning to agile and are accustomed to traditional releases. When I suggested they have someone … Continue reading
Building a Team Through Feedback
At Agile 2012, Lisamarie Babik and I led an experiential workshop called Building a Team Through Feedback. We didn’t have slides; we had a first draft of an article as our handout. We worked on that article, and now we … Continue reading
Iteration Zero Column Posted at Gantthead
I wrote a column for Gantthead, How to Use Iteration Zero (or Not). I’m not a big fan of iteration zero, except for learning. In which case, it’s a great idea. Go take a look and see what you think. … Continue reading
Gold, Silver, Bronze Comparison for the Project Portfolio Requires Collaboration
When I was in Brazil teaching the project portfolio workshop, one of the participants explained that his organization sometimes did a form of gold/silver/bronze comparison among the projects. Here’s how it works. Everyone wrote their project names on stickies. The … Continue reading
Posted in portfolio management
Tagged agile, collaboration, lean, Manage Your Project Portfolio, project ranking
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Changing Iteration Contents Mid-Sprint
I facilitated a project management clinic last week at PSL. One of the questions was this: We have a product owner who persists in changing the contents of the sprint during the sprint. This is difficult for us. It costs … Continue reading
