Haiku for project managers - agile
From the Haiku for Project Managers Blog
by Robert Prol
Because sometimes poetry makes the point better than a long story.
To learn more about Haiku, read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
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Calling it "agile" /
to avoid making schedules /
won't make it "agile"
Posted on: December 20, 2015 11:59 PM |
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Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Hi Robert, I always see short blogs posted by you but I never had the chance to dig and see what this is all about - What is Haiku ? And what does your short blogs refer to usually. Thanks.
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
Hi Rami,
Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, where there are 3 lines. The first and third lines are 5 syllables each, and the second is 7 syllables. They don't have to rhyme, but should have a "cut", or some turn of speech to surprise the reader.
Since there are about 1,000 full blog posts on any given subject related to project management, I like the simplicity of 17 syllables to summarize an issue!
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Hi Robert, Thanks a lot. I learned something and it is quite interesting - Now it makes full sense to me. Keep them coming.
True ! It will make it fragile !!
Michael Adams
Solutions Architect| LANL
Los Alamos, Nm, United States
The Manifesto /
Does not avoid scheduling /
Schedules are called sprints
Robert Prol
Project Manager| KPMG LLP
East Sandwich, Ma, United States
I understand that's the idea. Use sprints to drive prioritized work. Often I see PMs call their methodology agile, and this equates to nothing defined for the sprint, and no schedule to complete what's not been defined. It's more like rolling wave planning, without a plan.
Michael Adams
Solutions Architect| LANL
Los Alamos, Nm, United States
Snickerer...rolling wave! /
Seat of pants project mayhem /
Not agile, but fraught
Michael Adams
Solutions Architect| LANL
Los Alamos, Nm, United States
Oops, got one too many sets of "er" in snicker :-(
Mike Frenette
Manager, IT PMO| Halifax Water (retired)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Product Backlog /
Shows highest priority /
Trust product owner.
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