On his blog Noop.nl, Jurgen Appelo is making a strong case for adapting your software development approach according to the circumstances. He recently wondered why being agile is not about being adaptable and doing whatever it takes to make your project a long-lasting success any more. Jurgen introduced Scrum into his organization. He didn’t follow …
Within Project Management we use a lot of metrics. The metrics will provide some relatively objective “description” on how the project is doing. They are the Project Managers’ seismometer, they record if your project world is rocking, and how hard. Traditionally our metrics are focused on time and money. But how about that all important …
In my quest to analyze project stakeholders I came across some very interesting observations by Alistair Cockburn in his book Agile Software Development. In the first chapters he doesnt discuss agile, but he is describing characteristics of individuals and groups that, in his opinion, lead to why agile is a good method for certain projects. …