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Traditional Project Management vs. Agile Project Management: Week 7
How the heck are you supposed to have an up-to-date status of your team’s needs, let alone an up-to-date status of project progress? As of last week, we have twice-a-week scrums on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I can glean only a smattering of what the team is working on at these meetings since said meetings seem…
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Favorite Agile Tweet of the Day
“In order to produce and maintain Quality Code, it is necessary to do continuous cleanup. #agile #scrum“ — James Saliba (@JamesSaliba) May 27, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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CustomMade design sprint with Google Ventures Design Studio
This is a really good way to get a product off the ground, and the ramp-up is relatively short! I’d love to try this!
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Swag and TDD
So… while the agile world is debating whether or not Test Driven Development (TDD) is dead, I’m going to talk about something completely random. SWAG Yes. You read that right. I recently received a pen for speaking at a small Power User Summit in Broomfield, CO. I gave a 20 minute presentation on Agile basics…
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Favorite Agile Tweet of the Day
The #Agile struggle is not primarily a war of process vs process. It's a political struggle about the redistribution of power. #tad014 — Torbjörn Gyllebring (@drunkcod) May 13, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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Traditional Project Management vs. Agile Project Management: Week 5
I love how everyone assumes that the project manager – ME – already knows everything. I can only wish I was omniscient. It is assumed that I know everyone who is responsible for certain test areas. When I don’t and I ask who these people are, I am met with the “duh” look and a…
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Favorite Agile Tweet of the Day
User stories are about stakeholders talking directly with developers, not about writing documents for them. Tell, don't write. — Martijn Meijering (@mmeijeri) May 8, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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Traditional Project Management vs. Agile Project Management: Week 4
So in my current role of PM, I’m experiencing the NEED to babysit EVERYONE on this project far more than I have in the past as a Scrum Master. Here are some examples: No one is sharing information even after I’ve requested it. I have to pull it from them. For instance, I had no…
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Favorite Agile Tweet of the Day
“Retweet this If you play poker just to estimate work, you may be on an agile project” — James Saliba (@JamesSaliba) May 6, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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Favorite Agile Tweet of the Day
If you can't say 'no' then your 'yes' means nothing. Stop over-committing. #Agile Thought of the Day. #Scrum #SprintPlanning — Michele Sliger (@michelesliger) May 1, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
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