Category Archives: Project management
The survival of project management
When an organization starts a new project or program, they also have to define the project management approach and governance structure (or at least adapt the company standard). This includes different kinds of meetings, tools, reports, roles & responsibilities, etc.
The survival of project management
When an organization starts a new project or program, they also have to define the project management approach and governance structure (or at least adapt the company standard). This includes different kinds of meetings, tools, reports, roles & responsibilities, etc.
Agile performance reporting – part 3: Cost control
This blog post is the third one of the Agile Performance Reporting series. 3. Cost control The third controlling process of PMBOK is cost control. It’s goal is to control the changes that influence the cost baseline. There are 4
Agile performance reporting – part 3: Cost control
This blog post is the third one of the Agile Performance Reporting series. 3. Cost control The third controlling process of PMBOK is cost control. It’s goal is to control the changes that influence the cost baseline. There are 4
Agile performance reporting – part 2: Schedule control
This blog post is the second one of the Agile Performance Reporting series. You can read the first one here. 2. Schedule control The second controlling process of PMBOK is schedule control, which goal is to assess the current status
Agile performance reporting – part 2: Schedule control
This blog post is the second one of the Agile Performance Reporting series. You can read the first one here. 2. Schedule control The second controlling process of PMBOK is schedule control, which goal is to assess the current status
Agile performance reporting – part 1: Scope change control
Many people think that you can’t benefit from agile if the rest of the organization hasn’t changed. That is only true to a small degree, much less than you would think. In essence, the only organizational change that is a
Agile performance reporting – part 1: Scope change control
Many people think that you can’t benefit from agile if the rest of the organization hasn’t changed. That is only true to a small degree, much less than you would think. In essence, the only organizational change that is a
Forget about poker planning
Explaining agile estimating and planning is the hardest part when teaching a class. That’s because people freak out when they hear about story points and relative estimations. Why wouldn’t they? If you’ve ever done a project before in your life,
Forget about poker planning
Explaining agile estimating and planning is the hardest part when teaching a class. That’s because people freak out when they hear about story points and relative estimations. Why wouldn’t they? If you’ve ever done a project before in your life,
Blue mice are eating my project
Reading a new book often gets me starting to think about concrete practices we run into each and every day. While ‘The Black Swan‘ by Nicholas Taleb doesn’t seem closely related to software development or project management, its core ideas
Blue mice are eating my project
Reading a new book often gets me starting to think about concrete practices we run into each and every day. While ‘The Black Swan‘ by Nicholas Taleb doesn’t seem closely related to software development or project management, its core ideas
No place to hang up a taskboard?
One thing I insist on doing with every team is using a physical task board. I like to visualize work to understand the flow and spot bottlenecks and impediments. Plus, it makes it easier to hold a daily stand-up meeting. You
No place to hang up a taskboard?
One thing I insist on doing with every team is using a physical task board. I like to visualize work to understand the flow and spot bottlenecks and impediments. Plus, it makes it easier to hold a daily stand-up meeting. You
Agile abuse
I hear and see more signals of agile going mainstream. Customers start asking for an agile project management approach when requesting our services. Agile is becoming a topic on most conferences, more and more books are being released about the
Agile abuse
I hear and see more signals of agile going mainstream. Customers start asking for an agile project management approach when requesting our services. Agile is becoming a topic on most conferences, more and more books are being released about the
