What are the implications to project risk management when you choose to deliver a project using an agile approach? Here are a few similarities: Risk…
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When we think about the journey from traditional delivery approaches to agile, the focus is normally on delivery teams or on those areas of the organization…
Read more: Human Resources needs to be part of your company’s agile transformation!

Studying for the PMP exam forces a candidate to relearn project management using a standardized nomenclature, to view the world of project management in black…
Read more: Don’t forget n*(n-1)/2 when scaling agile!

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Death by paperwork,” or “Death by process?” Better yet, have you ever experienced either of these? If you have…
Read more: A Case for Lean Project Management

Labor Day weekend marks the ceremonial if not precise end of summer. Starting tomorrow, kids across North America will resume school after a long break. This…
Read more: Project initiation is like back to school…

Primary roles on agile delivery teams are expected to be fully dedicated to the one project or product that they are supporting. Depending on the…
Read more: True agility requires ruthless prioritization

For organizations transforming their technology delivery from traditional to agile approaches, there’s a need to evolve team practices, tools, leadership behavior and stakeholder change appetites in…
Read more: The five failures of agile tools

One of the challenges of traditional project delivery approaches is that team members often treat the completion of their own tasks as proof of project progress. This…
Read more: Are you done?

I wrote a few weeks back that while retrospectives are commonly associated with agile projects they can also be equally useful on traditional ones. So…
Read more: Run relevant retrospectives!