This is a guest post by Trapper Markelz. For more information about Trapper, see the end of this post. The road to a successful project is littered with over-promised, over-time, over-budget, and under-delivered products. We have all been on these projects, and it is because of them that all of us are seeking new methods …
You learn a lot when you are trying to combine methods and approaches. Yes, we talked about it before: mashups. That is why I like this presentation by Lasse Koskela performed at Oredev a little over a month ago. “… teams are dropping Scrum to go Kanban. We see good ideas in all of these …
Aligning the means between individuals, project and organization is a Herculean task for any Project Leader. The means are the rules of the project. The way things are done. Following are two strategies that can be used to align means. To provide you with some ideas. To start the discussion. Patterning – Going Through The …
If you want to have a self-managed team (and you really want that), you need to agree on the means of the project, the rules of engagement. One set of rules for everyone. Everyone should know the same set of rules… Humans … have “rules” about how we do things “around here”. It is not …
How do you convince an organization to use Scrum or another agile practice and really adopt it? I asked this question to three Project Managers experienced with agile practices and traditional approaches.