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I am thrilled to announce the second edition of Agile Project Management. This is a long-overdue update of the book
This time of year in Chicago I can’t help thinking about snow. We haven’t had a real snowstorm yet but
I am frequently asked about the best books for learning about agile and Scrum. It’s not easy to answer. I
My colleague Bill Baxter informed me that PMI had just released the Earned Value Management (EVM) guide in December 2019
I have had it with the whole concept of scope creep. Scope creep is a negative label given to an
You would have to be living under a rock to not have heard of agile these days. The label is
I’ve had the opportunity to train or coach over 100 teams since 2008, which has been incredibly fun and interesting.
Recently a client told me that they were adopting the Spotify Model. Which sounded great at first. Spotify has published
The Project Management Institute (PMI) recently announced that they purchased Disciplined Agile (DA). Though not shocking, it was a little
I recently wrote about how to improve your Daily Scrum meeting. Now I think that we should just cancel the
The Product Backlog Refinement (PBR) activity is one that many new Scrum teams struggle with. Insufficient PBR often results in
A frequently asked question when I am working with teams moving to Scrum is what is the role of business
It has been common for years to use project success measures based on the triple constraint. Reporting on whether the
The most recent Standish Group Chaos Study results show Waterfall and Agile project success and failure rates. It should come
Agile approaches for estimating and forecasting are better than traditional approaches because they deliver better and more predictable results. Agile
Between Santa Claus, Big Foot and the Agile Project Manager, which exists? Few people argue for the existence of Big
Last year I wrote Project Managers Don’t Get Agile for the ProjectManagement.com website. I also wrote The Myth of the
I recently published the article below on the Project Management.com website (see Project Managers Still Don’t Get Agile). The point
One of the most common conversations I’ve had with clients over the last few years is how to move from
The Agile Retrospective Over the last few months, I have been writing about how to improve team retrospectives. This has
As you have probably noticed by now, I am a huge fan of Agile approaches and ways of working. This
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