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Fire Hazards
Once upon a time there was a team of dedicated, intelligent, passionate developers and QA engineers who worked on XYZ platform at ABC company. Every day they came to work with the intention of building the best dang platform that ABC had ever seen. However, this team was NOT the original builders. They were the…
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Scrum Bubbles Recommendation of the Week
Have you checked out the Agile Uprising Coalition yet? If you haven’t, you should. According to their website, they are a “purpose-built network that focuses on the advancement of the agile mindset and global professional networking between and among practicing agilists.” I check out Agile Uprising regularly to see what my fellow agilists say about…
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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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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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How Transparent Are You?
I had the good fortune to attend Mile High Agile this year. It was held on April 18th at the Downtown Denver Marriott, and it was a packed house! The company I work for as a consultant, Sogeti, was a Gold Sponsor, so I had the opportunity to attend the conference and rub shoulders with…
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