On the Top Women in Business Blogger's List
I learned this week that I made the Top Women in Business Blogging list. They tell me my readers nominated me. Dear readers, thank you!
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agile, MPD
Develop by Feature, Develop by Component, or Some Combination?
I’ve been working with Rebecca Wirfs-Brock on an agile architecture workshop. I’m working with Rebecca because she has such a depth of experience in architecture, as well as design. She’s working with me because of my project and program management experience. We’re pretty psyched. We’re working through the issues of large programs and architecture, and,
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Top Project Management Thinkers
I’m proud and pleased to be on the list of LiquidPlanner’s Top Project Management Thinkers. I’m thrilled, too!
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Defining Program Management and How Agile Helps
It’s a good thing I said my post about musings was just that–musings! I didn’t bring all of you along. Sorry about that. Let me be more clear. A program is a collection of projects, where the value is in the overall deliverable. Yes, each project may have a deliverable that’s valuable, but the value
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Musings About Agile Program Management
I’ve been working with organizations who want to move their programs to agile. They’ve been successful with small projects. But now, they want to make agile work with large programs, programs that involve hardware or firmware, programs with many pieces of interdependent software features, programs of 50 to 300 (or more!) people. Now, you might
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Learning Through Simulation
In June, I taught PSL with Esther and Jerry. We had a blast. So did the participants. Part of why PSL is so much fun is that we use simulations. With a simulation, you create a safe environment in which people can experiment with learning a new skill or seeing how they operate. There are
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Gantthead Column About Agile Project Management Posted
My column at Gantthead, The Agile Project Manager: To Facilitate, Serve and Protect is posted. Enjoy!
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Strategic vs. Tactical Management Work
A twitter follower asked if I could provide a link to a “discussion of tactical vs strategic planning/projects?” Here you go: Strategic work is a management role. It involves setting the direction for the organization (or group), deciding what to do and what not to do, who to hire and when. If it involves committing
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Functional Managers Acting as Scrum Masters: Not a Good Idea
I often meet people who are transitioning to agile, and they decided to pick Scrum, because it’s a helpful project management framework. Ok, that makes sense. But then they decide that they no longer need project managers, and that the development manager can act as the Scrum Master. The Scrum Master is not a management
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It's Not Women We Need; It's a Variety of People
The people who are organizing Your Team Needs Women have a good idea–diversity in teams. I have a problem with how they are doing it. I have tried to contribute to the agile community, chairing the Agile 2009 conference, speaking at user groups, writing for a number of outlets, working with my clients. I do