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Posted on May 18, 2015December 2, 2020

Is Agile Working for Your Project?

My column is up on projectmanagement.com. It’s called Is Agile Working for Your Project? I hope you enjoy it.

Posted on September 12, 2013January 18, 2015

Is Offshoring Less Expensive? Exposing Another Management Myth

I was in the midst of an assessment when the CIO came to me, and shut the door. “I have a serious question for you.” I nodded for him to continue. I put aside my papers to show him I was providing him my undivided attention. “I’m thinking of offshoring all the testers. What do …

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Posted on April 11, 2013December 3, 2014

Self Assessment Tool for Transitioning to Agile

Over on agileconnection, a user asked about a self-assessment tool for measuring agile maturity. That’s not exactly the right question, because agile transition is a journey, not a destination. But, I can understand why he asked the question. I tried to be helpful. I supplied a set of questions to ask. Maybe you can go …

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Posted on December 3, 2012December 3, 2014

Agile is Not for Everyone

Someone asked me again about self-assessments for their agile transition. That got me thinking about this problem of transitioning to agile. I don’t believe agile is for everyone in every circumstance. Some people claim agile has “crossed the chasm.” Certainly, many people are aware of agile. Many people understand that a cross-functional team works in …

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Posted on March 8, 2006December 6, 2014

Design Documents Need Pictures

When I do assessments, I ask for lots of project documents and data. A few years ago, I was working on an assessment for a very large system, so I asked for an architectural picture. I was surprised–this million plus LOC system had no picture at all. No wonder it was so hard for the …

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Listened to our latest episode w/ @johannarothman yet? We cover:

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🖥️ Meetings vs. workshops and/or ceremonies

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I was so excited to interview @johannarothman having read a few of her books over the years. Hope you can give it a listen and check out her latest book series! https://twitter.com/_maintainable/status/1366808106236272645

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Start the week with a new episode ft. @johannarothman! We talk about:

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🌱 Strategies for growing a team

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