The Great Delivery Debate
The Great Delivery Debate By Chris Moody Dr. Winston Royce first described a model for working with large software systems in 1970, which we’ve grown to know as “Waterfall”. Interestingly enough what many never...
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Kanban Project Management: the Right Tool for Many Projects
Kanban Project Management: the Right Tool for Many Projects By George Ellis Ever feel overwhelmed by your task list? Whether it’s your daily work or a simple project, think about Kanban Project Management. A...
User Stories and Use Cases Go Hand-in-Hand
User Stories and Use Cases Go Hand-in-Hand By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation Whether it’s a software project or a marketing project, all projects have something to deliver. And all projects have users—people who...
To Squawk or not to Squawk
To Squawk or not to Squawk By Patrick Merg The daily standup meeting is one of the core concepts of Scrum. In the meeting the team members talk about just three things: What I...
Planning for a Productive Retrospective – 4 Steps to Better Learning
Planning for a Productive Retrospective – 4 Steps to Better Learning By Zenkara We’ve all been there before – a project that hasn’t gone so well: over budget, late, not meeting everyone’s expectations (project...
The Scrum PMO
The Scrum PMO By Russell Whitworth The challenge is this: How do you make Agile Scrum work in a traditional corporate environment? The problem is simple to state, but the solutions are frustratingly complex....
Planning for a Productive Retrospective – Key Challenges
Planning for a Productive Retrospective – Key Challenges By Zenkara What are the key challenges to using Retrospectives/PIRs to improve? The challenges are legion are broadly fall under two main themes: Duck & cover...
The Cult of Agile
The Cult of Agile By Damon Swayn The original version of this post was much different. I wanted to talk about my feelings towards the cargo cult of those who sell us the Agile...
The Identity Crisis of the Servant Leader!
The Identity Crisis of the Servant Leader! By Leonor Urena A Scrum Master Is a Servant Leader What do you mean by that? I am no one’s servant! I am a facilitator and no...
Scrum Methodology – Agile Software Methodologies
Scrum Methodology – Agile Software Methodologies By John Nelson In our last post, we discussed Agile, its origins, basic concepts, and how it fits into the organization. While we often speak of Agile generically,...
