Leadership in the Time of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic is the most frightening, disruptive, and widespread crisis of our lifetime. As managers and leaders, none of us have faced challenges of […]
Agile Project Governance: It Should be Easy
Many organizations struggle with project governance, oversight, and control. The truth is that most projects are not successful. Over the past 25-years, only 30% of […]
Disciplined Agile: To Agility and Beyond
Disciplined Agile (DA) has the potential to become a leading agile framework because it creates harmony in this congested thought-space. DA recognizes practices from across […]
Failed Agile Sprints
Agile teams using the Scrum framework commit to delivering value in each development sprint. Sprints are generally 2-weeks long, and the goal is to create […]
Engage Your Stakeholders
Managers and project managers are often told that “engaging stakeholders” is critical to success. However, they rarely receive guidance on what it means or how […]
Know Your Stakeholders
Stakeholder management is one of the most critical project management functions. Stakeholders are our customers, organizational leaders, members of our project teams, and people we […]
Going Agile
Many organizations try to catapult into agility. Striving to instantaneously transform their traditional practices and culture. Unfortunately, this strategy is usually painful and often fails. The […]
PMI Goes Agile
The Project Management Institute (PMI) is making a bold pivot toward agile. As a project manager and an agilist, I am excited by these moves. […]
Is Your Agile Project Healthy?
Experienced agile coaches and practitioners develop a sixth-sense. They can quickly assess the health of an agile project or team just as doctors do with […]
Knowledge Management: Share the Wisdom
Knowledge Management (KM) is broadly defined as the process of creating and sharing information across the organization. Its goal is to enable learning. KM became […]