Agile Methodology and Other Project Methodologies

During some recent work with a client company that is new to the use of Agile frameworks for managing technology projects; the client’s author and a manager set up a…

Identifying available project management methodologies (PMM) is one thing; assessing which one works best for a particular project is much more complicated. While there is no “best” methodology that works…

Agile practitioners often bring differing points of view on their sizing scales for feature and story point estimating. It is important for scrum masters, product owners, and teams not to…

Think of project management methodologies as blueprints, step-by-step instructions that guide your team to build a successful project. With so many different project management methodologies like Agile—and, in some cases,…

Daily scrum meetings are necessary for a successful Agile approach. You’ve likely been hearing more these days about teams using Agile to deliver solutions. It’s becoming more popular, and you…

Today, more than ever, organizations need to build products that add higher value to customers and the business. To be more competitive, companies need to develop products in a faster…

With traditional project management, the focus is on the plan and the work that needs to get done. There is some comfort in managing a plan. It is definable, real,…

Since the authors of the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development” developed “an alternative to documentation-driven, heavyweight software development processes,” project management practitioners have adopted elements of Agile frameworks, but many…

In this podcast, Cornelius Fichtner interviews Andy Burns about lean-agile PMO. In today’s “right now” business environment, “hurry up and wait” annual planning cycles won’t do! To be fit for purpose,…

Scrum does not clearly define any controls. Since Scrum is a risk-reduction framework, it already contains various risk controls. It is important to remember that Scrum is designed to solve…