What’s the Story, Morning Glory?
Don’t look back in anger, but some might say that for a simple concept story points may be one of the most misunderstood and misappropriated aspects of the Agile methodology.
Category: Project Management
Weighted Average of Dimensions for Initiatives
I have long advocated for and attempted to practice dimensionalising competing development requests. Generally two dimensions are sufficient—value and effort—, but I’ve created 3-dimensional models by further breaking out customer
SAFe Value Stream Mapping
As in Orwell’s dystopian 1984, SAFe reinvents terms to suit its needs and hijack words but not their underlying concepts. One of these terms is value stream. The reason is
Software Solution Problems
I’ve had many conversations about the failings of Agile and of the inability for enterprises to be agile. One fundamental difference comes down to trust. In fact, we don’t even
Disadvantages of Agile
Agile Coach and Agilista, Anthony Mersino, of Vitality Chicago, shared a blog post about the disadvantages of Agile that got me thinking. And when I think, I write. J’écris parce
(Fr)agile
As promised, this segment will not discuss Agile, but it will discuss agility, the namesake thereof. I even hope to work in fragility or else the title will make no
What’s the story with story points?
In Agile, there is a concept of story points. Story points are used when an epic (or large story) is too complex to estimate in hours. Instead, story points are
Why Blended Agile Fails
I was introduced to Agile in 2003 and fell in love. I haven’t used it since. Not even close. Since this summer romance, I’ve been forced to use a blend.
The Matter with Project Managers
Here’s an interesting take on what allows a good project manager to be a good project manager. The Matter with Project Managers is also available as a blog post.
In Defence of Project Managers
I’ve been a bit hard criticising project managers—or project management as a discipline—especially harping on the fact that 70 to 80 per cent of project-managed projects fail—the larger the project,