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09/25/06 Tip of the Week. Quality Tips: Tip 2 - Take the time to do it right the first time.

Why is it that there is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always enough time to do it over, and over, and over? Taking the time to do it right often means more and better planning as well as more and better monitoring and control.... Read more...

Next Calgary APLN Meeting Sold Out

The next Calgary Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) meeting on Thursday October 12th is full. However we are currently putting names on a wait list in case of cancellations, so if you would still like to attend this event send an email with your... Read more...

Leading Teams in a Flat World - Part 2

I listened to the Tenrox “Managing People in a Flat World” webinar earlier this week, the title of which inspired my first “Leading Teams in a Flat World” post a week ago. The webinar did not elaborate on Flat World needs much, but launched very... Read more...

Does Your Software Need to Go On a Diet?

Have you ever found yourself with a large feature that seems difficult to break up and still have business value? Do you have features with estimates that are longer than the size of your iteration? Read on.Large features that don't fit within a development... Read more...

What I did over my summer vacation

OK, that's not really what this post is about, although I did have a great trip to Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico.I've taken a little time off from posting here to get back to some life balance, which included some vacation, some exercise, and even a life... Read more...

Creating Risk Profile Graphs

Risk management is an important activity on both traditional and agile projects. This article will introduce a method for quickly visualizing the risk status of a project and identifying risk trends. A widely accepted definition of a risk is: “A... Read more...

09/18/06 Tip of the Week. Quality Tips: Tip 1 - Think of quality as simply conformance to requirements.

Typically, you get the behavior you critique for, rather than by hope and prayer. So to ensure quality, clearly document and communicate your standards and then require conformance to them. Inspect what you expect. Quality will come from that and that... Read more...

Episode #10 - Communications - Can we talk?

Episode #10 - Communications Notes – Can we talk? Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP It is often said that upwards of 90% of a project manager’s energy is spent on communications. 90% is a huge portion... Read more...

Episode 016 - eXtreme Project Management Part 1

I am so excited to present to you, dear listener, the first part of my interview with Doug DeCarlo, consultant, keynote speaker, one of the founders of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles... Read more...

Five Myths of Leadership

“In no other area of management education is the concept of myth as prevailing as in leadership.” – Jeffery Pinto, Project Leadership: from Theory to Practice. Agile project management is more closely aligned to leadership best practice than... Read more...

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