The PMI Agile Community of Practice

Different circumstances require different project approaches. Sometimes we need a piece of plan-driven, other times we need a bucket of agile. But we are always in need of Project Leaders that know how to handle all available project strategies. That is way I am very excited about the recently founded PMI Agile Community of Practice. …

Freestyling: Beating Agile, Lean And Plan-driven Hands Down

Last week I got an email asking if I am an Agilist.
Scuze me? I am Dutch. Does that count?
Of course I know about agile approaches. Yes, I know Scrum. Yes, I know the devastating effects a single minded, too narrow focused, command-and-control fanatic can have on the workplace.

First Day At PMI EMEA Congress With Dave Prior

Just came back from the first day at the PMI EMEA Congress here in Amsterdam. Love it! Met some great people like Dave Prior, the author of the Drunken PM blog and the ITT SIG Podcast, and a big agile fan. Great day for him. On this first day of the conference a lot of …

Executives, Fixed Price And Agility

In this episode of The Project Shrink Podcast I am talking to David Webb of Exigen Services. We are talking about flex-agility: their outsourced, fixed price, agile-based application development offering. Earlier this year I talked to Alec Miloslavsky, CEO of Exigen Services, and I got a lot of feedback on this topic. Your feedback let …