Calgery APLN Meeting Slides Posted
May 24, 2008
On May 15 I presented on “Decomposing large programs into agile projects” and “Mapping the PMI Processes to Agile Best Practices” at the Calgary APLN meeting. I have uploaded the slides in PDF format and also a zip file containing the hyperlinked... Read more...
Agile Alliance Update
May 14, 2008
I recently returned from the Agile Alliance Board meeting in Boston. Three times a year we meet as the board to review progress, plan Agile Alliance programs, conferences and member services. This latest meeting was my favourite. Not only did we get... Read more...
Calgary APLN Meeting: PMI Framework and Agile
May 8, 2008
At the next Calgary APLN meeting I will be discussing how the PMI framework maps onto Agile best practices. Yikes, what brought me to this! Well, back in October at the Calgary APLN planning meeting we asked attendees what they would like to hear about... Read more...
Travel and Training
April 17, 2008
I have been traveling and training lots recently and not had much time to post new entries here. However, the travel time has allowed me to read more and two books I am current enjoying are Leadership Agility by Joiner, Josephs and A Leader Becomes... Read more...
Print Your Own Planning Poker Cards
April 17, 2008
Local APLN member Edgardo Gonzalez, has kindly offered a Planning Poker card template for readers to download. (No longer are we tied to the decks generously given out by Mountain Goat Software at conferences; now we can print our own!) Based on... Read more...
Top 10 Team Practices
March 30, 2008
There are some great books on agile team dynamics nowadays. My personal favorites include: Collaboration Explained by Jean Tabaka Agile Retrospectives by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber Right-Brain Project Management by Michael Aucoin Great... Read more...
No Glory in “The Middle Way“
March 22, 2008
(The “Balanced Blend” Manifesto takes Shape) Don’t really buy into all the hype of agile? Think it works up to a point, but real-life is actually more complicated and demands more of a hybrid approach? – Don’t worry, you are not alone. Since... Read more...
Agile 2008 Submission Review Marathon
March 1, 2008
Phew, I am done! We had over 120 submissions for the Agile 2008 “Leadership and Teams” stage which is a great response. However at about 5-10 minutes each to read the bio’s, proposal and submit a review it adds up to a large evaluation effort.... Read more...
PMBOK 4 – This Time It’s Iterative!
February 22, 2008
(Well, maybe a little more iterative) The current Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide is labeled “Third Edition” and was published in 2004. Every 4 years the Project Management Institute (PMI) brings out a new version and the Fourth... Read more...
Collaboration Tools
February 16, 2008
Last week’s Calgary APLN meeting was on Team Collaboration and afterwards an attendee volunteered a really neat and useful team assessment questionnaire. Gerard Meszaros (author of XUnit Test Patterns) who also has strong project management and team... Read more...