Like taking candy from a baby: Kanban's 90% problem

Like taking candy from a baby: Kanban’s 90% problem

I had written previously about Agile 90% problem, in that once you gain a wide adoption of Agile in your organization, it becomes harder and harder to squeeze more productivity gains from it.  Kanban which has its roots in manufacturing is now on…

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Measurable Soft Skills: Don’t get all mushy over soft skills!

Measurable Soft Skills: Don’t get all mushy over soft skills!

I wrote about this topic before and it is quite fashionable these days for business leaders, industry pundits, executive coaches, management consultants and generally anyone…

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The 90% problem of Agile

The 90% problem of Agile

This article in Bank Systems & Technology states that Capital One is now using Agile methods for 85% of software development projects.  The indications seem to be that it has been quite successful for them, as the article states:

 

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Featured Speaker at PMI-LA Culver City Dinner Meeting - May 8, 2014 - The Hero's Journey

Featured Speaker at PMI-LA Culver City Dinner Meeting – May 8, 2014 – The Hero’s Journey

Featured Speaker for May 8th, 2014 – Don Kim, PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP Presentation Topic – The Hero’s Journey: An immodest proposal for a radically new project management framework epistemology…

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Speaking at PMI-LA San Fernando Valley Meeting - April 15, 2014 - Where love, online dating, and corporate politics intersect

Speaking at PMI-LA San Fernando Valley Meeting – April 15, 2014 – Where love, online dating, and corporate politics intersect

Presenter and Discussion Leader: Don Kim Topic: Where love, online dating, and corporate politics intersect:  What I learned on my path towards becoming an independent…

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Be Fragile not Agile

Be Fragile not Agile

It is dawning on me that in the world of project management (and business management in general), that we are too obsessed with managing complexity and reducing chaos which are becoming more inevitable in our increasingly dynamic and hyper-connected w…

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Why tools, techniques and processes are the drug of choice for project managers

Why tools, techniques and processes are the drug of choice for project managers

The provocativeness of my title is influenced by one of Karl Marx’s most famous paraphrase that “religion… is the opium of the masses.”  But it…

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