Sat, 09 Nov 2024 09:30:01 GMT Trying to be Agile https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blogs/285777/trying-to-be-agile A blog about my experiences with agile project management as I continue on my Shu Ha Ri journey. I will share experiences from clients (anonymously of course) along with my reflections as I inspect and adapt. Halfway Pregnant https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/14390/halfway-pregnant Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:57:21 GMT I'm working with a client that's adopting agile. One thing they've done is build their own agile PM tool. It's not bad, but not as good as Rally or VersionOne. One thing the tool allows is to assign user stories to the "front burner" or "back burner" with the i... Designed to Succeed https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/11436/designed-to-succeed Thu, 08 Jan 2015 01:47:33 GMT When I first started doing agile, I applied the Scrum approach pretty faithfully. I’d capture my user stories, get my product owner to prioritize them, and get the first iteration planned. On small, straight-forward projects, this was all that was needed.   As I got into bigger, m... Beginning the Agile Journey https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/10804/beginning-the-agile-journey Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:29:27 GMT I was with a client this week that was just starting their agile journey. They had been through the training and knew the basics, but watching one of their stand-ups made me think about how green I was when I first started doing agile. At the beginning of the journey, it’s important to le... Productivity through the Pomodoro technique https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/7836/productivity-through-the-pomodoro-technique Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:32:18 GMT The Pomodoro technique is not something unique to agile, but it's one of those productivity techniques that agilist know about and use. I'd group it in the personal productivity category along with other technuques like personal kanban. It actually works well with personal kanban. I was ... Trying to be Agile - first post https://www.ProjectManagement.com/blog-post/7802/trying-to-be-agile---first-post Wed, 27 Aug 2014 02:27:51 GMT I came up with the idea for this blog while listening to a presentation by Dave Prior at Agile 2014. He was talking about our agile journey and how do we know when we get there. The reality is, we don’t really get there, we continue on a path. As an example, I've been working with a cl...