Lean and Agile Category
Santa Adopts Agile
Posted on December 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
Thanks to a colleague for passing on the below article – a nice bent on Santa adopting Agile….and a nice marketing plug by Bright Green Projects. Santa Claus CSM – Adopts Agile for the new decade Santa Claus and his team of hard working elves are the latest high profile team to adopt an Agile […]
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Traditional Project Management Role on a Scrum Project
Posted on November 12, 2009 Leave a Comment
A “good read” article on Agile Journal, An Agile PM Isn’t What You Think Sub-Head: Where Does Traditional Project Management Fit in an Agile Project Using Scrum There is always considerable discussion about the role of the Traditional Project Manager on an Agile Scrum Project and this article describes it very well. In the end, […]
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Agile Australia 2009 Conference Report
Posted on October 22, 2009 1 Comment
I had the pleasure to attend Australia’s inaugural Agile Conference in Sydney supported by the Agile Alliance. It was a 2 day event on 15-16 October. Being the first Agile Conference in Australia, the key theme centered around Agile Adoption and how companies have adopted Agile; Why companies have adopted agile; and Issues and Challenges […]
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Customers Should Be Part Of The Team
Posted on September 28, 2009 Leave a Comment
Source: Dilbert 21-Sep-2009 Dilbert cartoons are great because they poke humour in everyday working situations, and they wouldn’t be funny if they weren’t true. Too many times have I seen project teams in the situation above, including ones I have worked on. Customers should be made part of the team. A goal in Agile is […]
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How Pixar uses Agile like practices to make their movies
Posted on September 16, 2009 Leave a Comment
The Harvard Business Review has published an article on How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity in making their movies. The link is only a summary to the full article (which is paid), but it does provide some insights on how Pixar approach their film making. Building complex software systems is very different to making a blockbuster film, […]
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Management’s Role on Agile Projects
Posted on August 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
Mark Levison has written an excellent post on How Can Management Contribute to an Agile Project? His post nicely complements my previous posts on a similar topic.
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IT is never 100 percent at fault for any massive project
Posted on August 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
If you read my previous blog post on Executive Support For Agile Adoption, I described how management support is important. This topic is tocuhed on in Thomas Wailgum’s recent article in the CIO.com [5 Aug 2009], After a Massive Tech Project Failure: What IT Can Expect. In his article he states – IT is never […]
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Executive Support For Agile Adoption
Posted on July 30, 2009 3 Comments
One of the biggest failure to adopt Agile is not having the right mindshift change. This mindshift change can be quite signficant for some. Agile methodologies are a paradigm shift from tranditional “monumental” waterfall methodologies. Managers and organisational leaders have a key role in helping adopting and transitioning to agile and this starts with the […]
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