An Agile PMO that's cloudy too?

An Agile PMO that’s cloudy too?

I found this interesting article on the Executive Brief website. It advocates integrating the cloud computing service model and agile approaches to bring IT into the business. This is to deliver solutions irrespective of an IT groups ability and …

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An Agile PMO that's cloudy too?

An Agile PMO that’s cloudy too?

I found this interesting article on the Executive Brief website. It advocates integrating the cloud computing service model and agile approaches to bring IT into the business. This is to deliver solutions irrespective of an IT groups ability and …

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Do traditional PMOs promote mediocrity?  Could an Agile PMO do better?

Do traditional PMOs promote mediocrity? Could an Agile PMO do better?

Lets be frank, the whole idea of self-organizing, cross functional teams rest on the assumption that you have a stellar kick-butt team. Only the cream of the crop teams will provide you the mechanism to realize Agile to the fullest. Agile was des…

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Kanban as a replacement for the PMO?

Kanban as a replacement for the PMO?

Heres a webcast of a very interesting talk given at theLean Software and Systems Conference 2012by David Joyce in which he argues for a Lean/Agile PMO using Kanban to go beyond the tranditional PMO in managing a portfolio of software/IT projects.

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The 7 deadly sins of Agile

The 7 deadly sins of Agile

When conduction Agile, heres a list of 7 deadly sins to avoid:

1. Forget to get early feedback Its important to get feedback early on for items such as user stories, product requirements, Agile charter, etc. to your reviewers as early as you can….

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The third face of Agile: A solution in search of a problem

The third face of Agile: A solution in search of a problem

In thisblogbyMike Cottmeyer, he talks about the two faces of Agile where one isemergent, in that you are involved in an RD like project where you are experimenting, learning, and adapting (your) approach based on super-fast feedback cycles and the o…

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Building a car in 90 days using Scrum!

Building a car in 90 days using Scrum!

In line with my recent postings about Agile/Scrum being deployed outside software development, heres a TED video about a sports car called Wikispeed that was built and deployed using Scrum and crowdsourcing:

As further proof of this movem…

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Agile for radio program development?

Agile for radio program development?

Ive written numerous blogs here about Agile practices and methods that go outside of software development such as my recent one about thegovernmentadoption of Agile, to orchestras that are runwithoutconductors, and evenbabyplanning using Scrum. Anot…

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Agile government?

Agile government?

I had a chance to read the US GAO report on the use of Agile in the government sector in its entirety. It has some pretty eye opening facts. Apparently (and not surprisingly) the government is waking up to the incredible waste that goes on with proc…

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Agile's Costly Confusions?

Agile’s Costly Confusions?

This article by IT World Canada outlines a report by done by Voke Inc., a technology consulting firm, in which they conclude that Agile methods can cause costly confusion, due to the lack of knowledge about its implementations long term costs.

Acc…

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