Last week Assembla posted the 7 things they hate about Agile. Here is my take on their seven things I hate about people that hate Agile: 1) My cultural norms are not your cultural norms Apparently according to Assembla everyone that does Agile is old. Damn I have been doing Agile since I was 27. …
This is a back to basics post driven from a number of interesting conversations I have had recently. Firstly here is my personal definition of Agile: An umbrella term for the toolbox of light-weight methods, practices and techniques that are focused on working smarter, not harder. So let’s break that quote down. “An umbrella term” …
With the rise of more and more organisations moving towards using Software as a Service (SaaS) and Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solutions for their product problems there is a gap in understanding about what Agile can offer in this space. Most believe that Agile firmly just sits with the actual development of the product …
In April 2002 Rob Thomsett released his successful book Radical Project Management. Contained within was a little gem known as Project Success Sliders. In normal Project Management there is a well known term called ‘the Iron Triangle’. This triangle represents the three key facets that a Project Manager needs to normally watch like a hawk …
I had a considerable amount of trepidation when reading this book by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. The title itself is ellusive and doesn’t lead the reader to understand the value that it might have for them. The subline is a bit more useful “How to Create Uncontested Market Space to Make the Competition …
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