It's more about having agility rather than being Agile

It’s more about having agility rather than being Agile

I can’t help but to notice that the more popular and commonplace Agile has become, that the more rigid it is becoming.  The whole point of this movement and their popular progeny such as Scrum, XP, etc. was to overcome the rigidity of traditional project management and software development …

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Seems IT jobs are still hot!

Seems IT jobs are still hot!

I no longer work directly in IT, but it seems despite the global economic downturn and commoditization of many IT functions, there’s still a red…

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Agile is not enough! Be Anti-FrAgile

Agile is not enough! Be Anti-FrAgile

Some time back I wrote about the idea of being FrAgile rather than Agile, in which one seeks out complexity and chaos rather than the traditional route of avoiding them at all costs.  Back then I wrote that:

This is very new and I’m still…

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Typical withdrawal symptoms of Agile coaches

Typical withdrawal symptoms of Agile coaches

It seems some Agile coaches are getting withdrawal symptoms from having to manage self-organizing teams who, how shall we say… don’t exactly self-organize.  So what’s the solution?  According to this article on InfoQ, just…

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The Fallacy of the PMP® credential: Sufficient but not necessary

The Fallacy of the PMP® credential: Sufficient but not necessary

I have written ad nauseam about the PMP credential on this site and have whole pages with links to tools to help individuals pass the…

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Webinar: The Accidental Project Manager on Sept 4, 2014 @ 8 AM PST

Webinar: The Accidental Project Manager on Sept 4, 2014 @ 8 AM PST

I will be giving a webinar for The IT Metrics and Productivity Institute (ITMPI) on how I became an “accidental project manager” which I think…

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