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Free Scrum tool - Great

November 29, 2006

This is really a great tool for Scrum. I just went through the features and its quite good. Thanks to my colleague who sent me this link. http://danube.com/sw_flash/SWB_Demo.html But ….remember. Tools will not manage your projects.. Its... Read more...

Episode #16 – Status Reporting – Call me when you get there!

November 27, 2006

Episode #16 – Status Reporting – Call me when you get there! Notes – Call me when you get there! Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP How many times have you either heard or said, “Call me when you get there.”... Read more...

Episode 024 - Flexible Project Model Part 2

November 27, 2006

You get a whole lot of Dina in this episode! I share some listener feedback, introduce a new segment called ‘If you were in my shoes …’ where one Controlling Chaos listener shares a situation or issue for review and feedback from the... Read more...

American Management

November 27, 2006

A Japanese company and an American company decided to have a canoe race. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day the Japanese won by a mile. The American team... Read More →

Starfish Organizations

November 25, 2006

I recently finished reading the “The Starfish and The Spider”, a business book bestseller which explains the benefits of distributed organizations and I was surprised by the many parallels to leadership and agile methods. The unusual title illustrates... Read more...

Agile Estimating: How long is an ideal day?

November 24, 2006

About seven years ago, my first attempt at doing an estimate using agile terminology went something like this:Me: "OK, I estimate this functionality at about 3 ideal weeks of effort"Boss: "Uh...what is that in calendar time?"Me: "Well, er, it's complicated,... Read more...

The size of home PC’s

November 24, 2006

I came across this picture of a model home PC created in 1954 as envisioned to be fifty years in the future. The caption reads: Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer"... Read More →

What’s a PMO (short)

November 24, 2006

I’m sure that many of you have been asked this question and even pondered it yourself. If you are lucky enough to be building or managing a PMO, you’ve probably been struggling with the wealth of information and definitions that are available. Every... Read more...

Week 12 (Building a Program Management Office)

November 24, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate the event. The holiday made it a short week for me and a welcome one at that. The big event this week was the November governance board meeting. This is a typical board meeting for a program, we start with... Read more...

Week 11 (Building a Program Management Office)

November 24, 2006

Week 11 went well, if somewhat quiet. I think that a lot of people were worn out after last week. Big events were conversations with one customer and some good work on completing the project schedule for the other project. Right now, one of the projects... Read more...

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