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Pragmatic Managers Posted for Your Reading Pleasure
I have posted 2012′s Pragmatic Manager emails. I have been writing in themes this year: I am writing about geographically distributed teams in preparation for my Geographically Distributed Teams Workshop with Shane in April: Building Trust in Any Team Start … Continue reading
Pragmatic Manager and InfoQ Video Posted
I have posted last week’s Pragmatic Manager, Are You Being Guilted Into Doing More?. At Agile 2011, I had a great video conversation with Shane Hastie about agile project portfolio management. The chair is big, I’m not so short. The … Continue reading
Kudos from GetAbstract for Manage Your Project Portfolio
The nice folks at getabstract like Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects. Some of the takeaways they highlight are: Project portfolio management helps you finish your software projects on schedule. You must understand your mission … Continue reading
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Why Focus on Continuous Integration for Programs?
I hope that this 3-part series on how to move to continuous integration and how to evaluate if it’s worth moving to continuous integration on your program convinced you moving to continuous integration was worth it for programs. The reason … Continue reading
OOP Podcast Posted
Matthias Bohlen interviewed me as part of the preparation for the OOP conference. We spoke on a wide range of topics, not just my talk which is “Six Behaviors to Consider When Hiring for an Agile Team.” We spoke briefly … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, conference, hiring, lean, project portfolio management, teams, WIP limits
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Which Program Team Are You Managing?
Some program managers whose organizations are transitioning to agile are not always clear on which program team they are managing. Sometimes, that’s because the organization doesn’t always realize they need more than one program team. If you are coordinating and … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, iterations, kanban, project management, project portfolio management
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Failed Fast at Agile 2011, Learned a Lot
I prepare for my speaking and workshop engagements. This year, I’ve been all over the world. I’ve had a great time, and my clients and audiences have had a great time, too. Well, except for this past week at my … Continue reading
Don’t Start a Project with Scarcity
I was talking with a project manager the other day. “I don’t have enough developers. I don’t have enough testers. I don’t have enough UI people. What am I going to do?” I said, “Well, you have enough people if … Continue reading
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Agile Programs Require Agile Teams, Up, Down, Sideways
A few months ago at Agile Boston, Mike Cottmeyer said that when he looks at teams who want to scale agile, he looks at their ability to create working teams. If they can create teams, they can scale. If they … Continue reading
