A surprisingly perfect introduction into Agile
09/08/15 20:29
Agile is far from new and the times are thankfully over, where it was hyped as the silver bullet for any kind of project and as the ultimate way to project management bliss. Still, while all this up and down of the popularity of Agile happened in small IT businesses a long time ago, it was only in the last years where in the world of large, multinational organizations Agile really was recognized as a valid alternative.
Given the multitude of processes, departments, IT systems and other dependencies, the implementation of an Agile path in a corporate methodology is quite complex and must be thought through in great depth. Also, it is almost impossible to apply a pure methodology like Scrum. To fit in, it needs a mix from different methodologies and lots of customizing. As a result, these Agile add-ons come in all shapes and sizes. Still, the core principles, as once edged in stone in the Agile Manifesto, can be found at the core of all of them.
While the execution of projects with these Agile add-ons works great, there is a dilemma: How can project managers be trained, so that they are adequately prepared to use these unique Agile customizations successfully? Read more….
Given the multitude of processes, departments, IT systems and other dependencies, the implementation of an Agile path in a corporate methodology is quite complex and must be thought through in great depth. Also, it is almost impossible to apply a pure methodology like Scrum. To fit in, it needs a mix from different methodologies and lots of customizing. As a result, these Agile add-ons come in all shapes and sizes. Still, the core principles, as once edged in stone in the Agile Manifesto, can be found at the core of all of them.
While the execution of projects with these Agile add-ons works great, there is a dilemma: How can project managers be trained, so that they are adequately prepared to use these unique Agile customizations successfully? Read more….
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Takeaways from the PMI EMEA LIM & Congress 2014
24/05/14 19:09
The PMI EMEA LIM (Leadership Institute Meeting) & Congress 2014 in Dubai was once again packed with takeaways. If you missed it here all that I found noteworthy:
https://storify.com/SaschaWyss/takeaways-from-pmi-emea-lim-2014
https://storify.com/SaschaWyss/takeaways-from-pmi-emea-congress-2014
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https://storify.com/SaschaWyss/takeaways-from-pmi-emea-lim-2014
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Do you speak your stakeholder’s language?
07/05/13 07:45
It’s the most normal thing in the world – project managers hand the charter, the requirements specifications and many other documents to other stakeholders for review and for approval. And it’s also quite normal that this document handover results in rather unpleasant feedbacks like: “I don’t have time for this”, “I don’t understand what is written in there” or a more general: “If you have to write these documents, then do it, but don’t bother me with it…”
The cause for this reaction is most of the time the language in which the document is written. And language does not mean English or French.Read more….
The cause for this reaction is most of the time the language in which the document is written. And language does not mean English or French.Read more….
The "What's in it for me" principle
08/04/13 23:45
Time and time again the question stands in the room what makes a project successful. And while most people agree today, that a simple "On schedule, in scope, in budget" is not good enough anymore, the term "customer satisfaction" still sounds very tempting. If the customer is happy, what else than success could it be?
But one thing gets easily forgotten - in most cases the customer and the user is not the same entity. The customer is usually a manager, a committee or an overseeing group. But the users, who are most impacted by the change, can be found some levels below. So what if they are not happy - is the project still a success?Read more….
But one thing gets easily forgotten - in most cases the customer and the user is not the same entity. The customer is usually a manager, a committee or an overseeing group. But the users, who are most impacted by the change, can be found some levels below. So what if they are not happy - is the project still a success?Read more….