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Project Manager to Scrum Master
Many organizations looking to Agile methodologies to gain better results more quickly at lower costs are taking on the question of what is the role of a Project Manger (PM) on Agile Projects. It is...
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Cost of Software Defects
I recall from my early consulting days a graphic that was often hauled out at management meetings and retrospectives. It looked something like this: I’ve often wondered the source of this wisdom and...
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What’s so Wrong with Pushing
In agile development, much emphasis is rightfully placed on burn down rate, the number of story points completed within an iteration of development. I’ve never been fully satisfied with explanations...
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The First Law of Development
In my post, What’s so Wrong with Pushing, I showed by analogy how Time Blocked Iterations, Story Points and Burn Down Rate enabled a superior pull mechanism over traditional management for development...
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Measure Outputs for Success
I’ve responded to comments from clients in the past asking why they did not see certain contractors on-site at their project as often as they expected. This even on fixed fee engagements. When pressed,...
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Measuring Outputs Expanded
I talked at a high level in my Measure Outputs post about the types of measures that are useful. That post stated broadly that input measures do little to help improve, control or predict performance....
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