Being Dumb and Getting Things Done
This post provides an interesting perspective on the skills of people that would like to have in your project teams.
Project Management for Software Development
The Iron Triangle of Valuation
This blog post takes the classical project management triangle (deadline, price, quality) equation to the people side of project management.
Definition of Project Management
One way to simply and intuitively define project management is that it is a set of tools, templates, and processes designed to answer the following six questions:
Manager 2.0: The Role of the Manager in Scrum
When an organization starts to explore Scrum, there’s often an uncomfortable moment early on when someone points out that the role of “manager” seems to be missing entirely. “Well I guess we’ll have to just get rid of ‘em all!” wisecracks one of the developers, and all the managers in...
The Core Protocols, an Experience Report – Part 2
The Core Protocols are our ‘best practices’ for people, teams of people and organizations that want to get great results – all the time.
Why best practices are hard to practice (and what can be done about it)
The two common pitfalls that organizations encounter when implementing best practices are: 1. Lack of adaptation: this refers to a situation in which best practices are applied without customizing them to an organization’s specific needs. 2. Lack or adoption: this to the tendency of best practice initiatives to fizzle out...
Change Happens Slowly
“Behavior change happens, but it happens slowly. It may take several tries from different angles before a team changes their stand-up behavior. Be patient. Keep trying. They will change when they need to, but only if you don’t shield them from natural consequences that follow from poor stand-ups.” Reference: “Coaching...
Defining Project Failure
Most people try to avoid failure at any cost. However, the real question is how do we define project failure? In most cases, you will hear people talk about the project going over budget, the project being late, or the project being buggy. These three reasons are probably the most...
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