Sat, 25 May 2013 10:23:33 GMT http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/ Bridging the gap between traditional and agile project management and leadership. http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6658/ Sun, 19 May 2013 11:49:35 GMT Heres a good recorded webinar on how to scale Agile with Scrum and Kanban: This topic is usually discussed from the perspective of typical small, co-located Agile team, but this webinar looks at it from how to scale it using Scrum and Kanban. Check it out! http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6640/ Sun, 12 May 2013 13:37:29 GMT Sure, we like to think we can control the successful outcome of our projects, but as we all know, there are often times organizational barriers that are just too hard to overcome. This article on InfoQ list some common barriers thats helpful to keep in mind: Ineffective use of the re... http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6624/ Mon, 06 May 2013 13:07:49 GMT Software development and project management are very serious technical topics, so to add a little levity to your day, I present this video of how a Scrum-Master actually acts more like a Scum-Master (please note the semantic differences!): Enjoy! http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6583/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:03:14 GMT As part of my continuing series on Agile practices and techniques that extend outside the boundaries of software development, I stumbled upon a couple resources that resonate with me as a one time student and now part time faculty instructor for continuing education programs in project management... http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6534/ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:32:29 GMT Ive posted this topic and question in various forums related to project management and I think it has direct bearing on Agile and for any management method, framework or process for that matter. So Im reposting on this blog to see what PM.com members think: One of my favorite quotes from the ... http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6472/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:11:31 GMT I saw this interesting thread in a LinkedIn discussion group for Agile and Lean Software Development,that questions the the common perception of Agile being an iterative method and process. Im guilty of this myself as I often talk about Agile methods in those terms, but as the post indicates, the... http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6426/ Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:47:53 GMT In part one of my Kanban and Beyond series of articles, I discuss the manufacturing roots of Kanban that many of us in the IT project management industry are not aware of that originated in Japan for Toyota over 30 years ago. But this may give the perspective that it is mainly practiced in the au... http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6405/ Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:07:17 GMT Heres an interesting video on how Kanban is implemented in TFS for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 toolsets: TFS is a service that allows you to remotely manage your software development efforts both locally and with remote teams. Interestingly, it is now not tied to only MS d... http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6381/ Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:16:03 GMT And sure enough, this post by InfoWorld quotes a survey done by VersionOne on the leading cause of Agile failure: In the surveys seventh year, we dug a bit deeper into why agile initiatives fail and found that in two-thirds of the cases, it was either a failure to integrate the right people o... http://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog/Agility-and-Project-Leadership/6355/ Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:57:18 GMT As part of my continuing series of posts on Agile going beyond the software development industry, I like to mention this article I ran into talking about how Agile principles were appropriated from the software development community and leveraged for marketing musicians. As this article from Solv...