Data visualization can help project teams envision projects progress, success, failure, risks. It enables users to create, view and manipulate data in more instinctive and effective way than with traditional reporting of just two-dimensions of columns and rows. It can be a powerful tool but we need practices in order to succeed with delivering the… Continue reading Visualization in Projects – Recommendations
Since we announced our plans to update “Going Agile” last year, we have now released the updated version. The first edition introduced different agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Feature-Driven Development and practices such as task boards, Kanban boards, and release planning. The second edition adds color graphics and additional field experiences. The book… Continue reading Finally here! Updated “Going Agile”
We are planning an update to our book [amazon text=Going Agile Project Management Practices&asin=098864830X] by including experiences from project managers and team members on using agile practices.
I have worked in many different types of projects: large government contract with more than 600 people; small projects with five to seven people; software development projects with fewer than 60 people; client organizations in different industries. In all of my experience, I have never worked on a project where the teams worked with no… Continue reading Some agileist live in an alternative universe
People need to collaborate on projects. As a follow to our blog post we want to know what type of tools are most used. Take our poll to help answer this question: Poll!
For managing projects in general and agile projects in particular we need to collaborate with project team members, communicate milestones, interact with clients, solve problems, and share folders, project documents, reports and tasks in real time. All this even being distributed around the world. So, the questions are how to manage such a project in… Continue reading Collaborative Tools for your Agile and Distributed Teams
In Chapter 17 of “Going Agile Project Management Practices” we discuss the need to work with the finance department to establish new practices to capitalize agile project. Daniel R Greening, Ph.D., the Managing Director of Senex Rex, has published a good article on this topic: Why Should Agilists Care About Capitalization?
Once upon a time.. I was very naive to think I could spend a few days or weeks to write a book: “Going Agile Project Management Practices”. I just wanted to document some of my experience about project management specifically being agile. Well, in the end the book project took six months and involved about… Continue reading 2013…What a year! maxmetrics successes and challenges
At the PMI Global Congress in New Orleans, I will present 10 to 12 techniques and practices that can be used to avoid or minimize the common challenges and problems faced in agile projects.
The agile manifesto (www.agilemanifesto.org) suggests that working software should be delivered in short delivery cycles. To realize this, one of the practices that teams need is test automation.