Articles & Papers
Scrum is Not Just for Software
Traditional project management methods often approach all projects in the same plan driven manner regardless of the level of uncertainty and change represented by the project. As a result projects fail to meet their anticipated business objectives and overall confidence in the team’s ability to deliver is lost. Agile methods are becoming well established to address these issues in software development efforts, but agility is not just for software.
What Does Done Mean
How to determine if a developer is “done” with a particular piece of code is often not well defined. As result software development projects can incur significant rework of features previously thought to be completed, and the quality of the overall solution can be compromised in an effort to make amends. For Agile teams in particular, there must be a clear and consistent meaning of “done” and the team must be able to quickly demonstrate it. Here is one way to define and quickly validate what it means to be “done”.
On Time, On Budget, All the Requested Functionality – It’s Not Enough
On time, on budget deliveries can still lead to failure. Read how to better assess the success of your software development efforts.
Four Steps to Improve Software Development Projects
Software development is often a mystery. Read about four steps you can take to remove some of the mystique and put your projects on a path toward success.
Presentations
What’s This Thing Called Agility? – for CEO Netweaving Houston
Agile practices offer a reasoned way to address uncertainty and change in ever evolving business environments and steer the organization toward achieving the best possible outcome for its effort. This presentation introduces agile practices using Scrum as example and looks at the makeup of agile teams and leadership they require.
Scrum is Not Just for Software – for PMI Houston Conference & Expo
Traditional project management methods often approach all projects in the same plan driven manner regardless of the level of uncertainty and change represented by the project. As a result projects fail to meet their anticipated business objectives and overall confidence in the team’s ability to deliver is lost. Agile methods are becoming well established to address these issues in software development efforts, but agility is not just for software. Agile methods like Scrum can be applied to any project effort that entails significant uncertainty to deliver improved business results in ever evolving business environments, and do so in a manner that demonstrates visible, predictable progress toward today’s most important business priorities. Based on a real-life client experience, this presentation will show how Scrum can be used to manage a complex supply chain process and ensure that business objectives are met.
Introduction to Agile Project Management – for Association for Women in Computing – Houston
By focusing on business value, transparent collaboration and continuous improvement, agility provides alternative approaches and toolsets than can meet today’s challenges. Using Scrum as an example, this presentation will provide and introductory look at how agility can be applied to deliver improved business results in ever evolving business environments.
Meeting Management – for SYSCO
Meetings often tend to just spring up out of nowhere and accomplish nothing. Here are some tips for planning and conducting productive meetings that accomplish real business goals.
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