Social, Agile and Transformation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Labels: agile software development , project management , software development , web development.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Measuring actual costs turns out to be an easier process assuming that you have a tool to manage the backlog and a scrum master running daily standups. Labels: agile planning , agile software development , cio , it management , project management. agile software development. (56). crisis management.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Are you a technology executive looking to adopt or migrate to an agile software development practice?

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

I then discussed how BusinessWeek moved to an agile development process (specifically, SCRUM), to build its newest product, the Business Exchange. Labels: about me , agile software development , business exchange , content agility , web 2.0. 1 comment: shannon 7:16 PM Any tips for how to budget when using SCRUM rather than waterfall?

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Social, Agile and Transformation

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Agile proponents did themselves a favor adopting the generic agile development to represent processes like SCRUM, Extreme Programming, etc. Are you open to a different approach to managing and measuring projects? Also, agile practitioners (product owners, scrum masters, developers, etc.) agile software development. (56).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JUNE 9, 2009

Recognize that process is always in a state of flux and improvement, so when improvements are needed or opportunities identified use an agile / SCRUM process to schedule, commit, and measure improvements. Next post: SCRUM for Process Maturity. agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3). it management. (34).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

AUGUST 11, 2010

The problem is, using agile process (scrum specifically) for planning, problem solving, developing a strategy, documenting an architecture requires some discipline and thinking a little differently. Labels: agile planning , cio , it management , project management. agile software development. (56). it management.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

People have asked me, "how do you get executive buy in on moving a department or team to an agile development software lifecycle "? Agile practices (SCRUM, XP , etc.) We didnt spend a lot of time discussing SCRUM or other approaches internally or with executives. agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

My favorite business topics include CIO , Agile Software Development , Enterprise 2.0 , Open Source Software and Social Networking. Labels: about me , agile software development , business exchange , in the news , media and publishing , web 2.0. agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3). Newer Post.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JUNE 2, 2009

Now theres nothing wrong with the article or some of the concepts, but I feel compelled to throw in my two cents on maturity models in general and especially applied to agile software development. In general, Ive only seen maturity models used in one way - to sell enterprise executives either software or services. crisis management. (3).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

5) Help the team make it successful - Make sure all team members have a basic foundation in an agile (probably scrum) process. I highly recommend training and ideally an agile coach if you can afford it, but at minimum make sure you have a team lead (scrum master.) whos been through a successful agile project. it management. (34).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

If you’re lucky they’ll tell you about their software stack and then throw in a bit about their software development life cycle. Scalability for a SaaS vendor has at least the following areas: Software platform – How often do they put out new releases of core software? agile software development. (56).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 5, 2009

Looking back to 2008, I shifted this blog from covering startups and issues for CTOs (re: Startup CTO ) and covered a lot about the agile software development life cycle. I also covered some practical matters on when to use (and not use) pair programming , a bit on the Scrum Master role , and on story writing vs requirements docs.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3). it management. (34). product management. (26). project management. (50). agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3). it management. (34). product management. (26). project management. (50).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

MARCH 17, 2009

If youre practicing SCRUM, make key members of your teams have some basic training. When recruiting new members, look for people with experience on agile projects Make sure your offshore team members have some understanding of the business, product, and even competition before going agile. agile software development. (56).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 16, 2009

One good way to insure a smooth transition is to learn the process either through participation, taking a training class, and ideally applying agile/SCRUM as a business process. Great articles posted at the Business Exchange Agile Software Development topic. Labels: agile software development , product management.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

APRIL 10, 2009

But I warn business managers that with agile comes some new responsibilities. Below is an incomplete list of some things the Business needs to manage when working with an Agile software development team 1) Expect to spend a lot of time with the technologists! - agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

That hasnt been my experience in building KashFlow (leading UK SaaS accounting software), but thats because Ive been fortunate in being the founder *and* developer. agile software development. (56). crisis management. (3). it management. (34). product management. (26). project management. (50).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

If you want to increase the success of IT projects, you need to create a team that is responsible for what they make and takes ownership over what they do.” Establish product ownership Traditional IT project teams are no match when the goal is all about building solutions quickly and being hyper responsive to customer needs.

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